Reeder Custom Guns - The M9 was a poor choice ....

Jim Taylor
The M9 was a poor choice ....
Sunday, December 27, 2020, 13:23

The General Accounting Office report in the 1980's detailed the problems. There were a number of broken guns and injuries to the shooters. The slide would come back and bash your face when it let go.

It would crack here:
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I've seen some that were cracked all the way through on one side.

Here's the report:
https://www.gao.gov/assets/110/102286.pdf

Waterboy! - Tits LaRue, 2020-12-27, 08:14
- Those are great shooters, the mags are a little difficult - WB, 2020-12-27, 11:43
  - Not to discourage but it’s interesting that - WB, 2020-12-27, 11:55
    - The M9 was a poor choice .... - Jim Taylor, 2020-12-27, 13:23
      - To be somewhat fair, they did address and fix the issues .. - Jim Taylor, 2020-12-27, 13:35
        I think most of the failed guns were well used if not abused - WB, 2020-12-27, 18:08
        I can't speak for other countries, - IC, 2020-12-27, 19:48
        I was hoping you'd chime in. Being empathetic - WB, 2020-12-28, 17:36
        I'm not standing up for the Beretta, - IC, 2020-12-28, 18:46
        Very interesting. I wondered how it was organized. - WB, 2020-12-28, 21:32
        I don't have any Berettas. - IC, 2020-12-28, 22:10
        There were 14 failures by 1988 - Jim Taylor, 2020-12-27, 18:27
        I’ll take any you want to dispose of! (nm) - Df, 2020-12-27, 21:19
        One is always to much when it's you. - WB, 2020-12-27, 19:52
        I went to the Ruger plant in Prescott in the 80's ... - Jim Taylor, 2020-12-27, 21:15
        But, maybe that's not cheap enough. Interesting time to... - Huey, 2020-12-27, 13:39