A Concealed Weapon Must Go Bang Everytime
To increase your appreciation of S&W The Company and your Shield Pistol; go to the Beretta Forum. Read there, the last 4-5 pages on the new Beretta Nano. Comments and Reviews by Nano owners of their pistol and the company.
Schneider,
Schneider:
I know there are a lot of unhappy Nano owners. I contributed to a lot to those posts when I owned a Nano and shot 1,334 rounds and experienced 11 FTEs.
Sad there are Nano owners posting they are ok with one or two FTEs in a range session.
Amazing how the Nano performance bar has been lowered to the point it is tolerated by some to have FTEs especially with 115 grain ammo.
My frustration, as a former Nano owner, was even after sending my weapon back to Beretta for a chamber and feed ramp polish I still continued to experience a 2% FTE rate with Federal Champion and just under 1% FTE rate for WWB and S&B 115.
Beretta Administrators in my opinion did what they could early on addressing customer concerns with the Nano and they pretty much argued the line that weak ammo was the reason for the FTE trouble. The problem with that argument, however, is S&B 115 FMJ has a power factor of 143.75 which equates to the highest rated 115 grain ammo among all major brands and the FTE rate held steady just under 1% for that brand of ammo before and after Beretta polished my feed ramp and chamber.
In defense of the Nano I did shoot 130 rounds of NATO 124 grain with zero failures but shooting army ammo is like +P and it is not fun for target practice in a pocket size two finger gun.
It was also reported on the Beretta forum but to a lesser degree of Nano owners having issues with 124 grain and 147 grain ammo which was a concern to me especially if my Nano was my concealed carry weapon.
Confidence is everything and there just are too many unresolved question. Is it weak ammo, recoil spring too stiff, is the 40 caliber platform too much for 9 mm or is it the design or tension of the extractor the cause of the FTEs?
Delays releasing the 40 caliber and the lack of aftermarket accessories in my opinion are only adding to the PR challenge facing Beretta.
Too bad for Nano owners because the quality of the gun is excellent but a concealed weapon must go bang every time with all major brands of ammo if I am going to rely on it to protect my loved ones.
Beretta, I believe, needs to follow Kimber Solo and place ammo restrictions on the Nano if that is the root cause for the FTEs. If the problem is with the design or tension of the extractor they need to open a dialog with Nano owners and make it right if they are serious about saving their reputation especially in the ccw arena.
Right now there is silence from corporate Beretta and anyone involved in public relations knows when there are unresolved concerns with a defective product failure to admit there is a problem and provide the public with an action plan and updates to correct the problem will only lead to speculation by the public and ultimately the death of brand loyalty.
Amazing a 500 year old company chooses to ignore a very elementary principle to ensure brand loyalty.
Russ
