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I've encounted the same problem with locking blocks on the M9.

When we incorperated marksmanship training into Phase II of the Qcourse we drew a couple of hundred M9s from the SWC Armsroom. This is where I saw the majority of the problem. I doubt they keep round counts on the pistols, at least we never turned a round count into them.

Its happened twice on my team in the past year as well. We keep a couple of extras in the repair kit now, and I'm trying to get them all replaced w/new barrels prior to deployment.

There are a couple of locking blocks out there, so be careful what you order. About 10 years ago Beretta developed a new block with a taperd flangethat is supposed to last longer. The ones in our kits are still the early models.

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