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Sinister · 10-26-2004, 17:58

I have had the locking lug break with a live round in the chamber. I could not clear the weapon because of the way the lug broke (you could not retract the slide).

In Okinawa I would have my troops turn in their M9s by ODA when we reached 5,500 rounds. My PBO would then issue new pistols and we would return the used guns directly to the National Inventory Control Point (NICP), the first place in the Army chain where they receive materiel from the civilian manufacturer.

I was going to take a .45 to Iraq, but the Chief of Staff of the unit I was augmenting warned me he only had 9mm ammo. I drew an M9 and deployed. The very first round out of the brand new magazine to test-fire in Saudi was a failure to feed.

10-26-2004, 17:58	#7
Sinister Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 261	I have had the locking lug break with a live round in the chamber. I could not clear the weapon because of the way the lug broke (you could not retract the slide). In Okinawa I would have my troops turn in their M9s by ODA when we reached 5,500 rounds. My PBO would then issue new pistols and we would return the used guns directly to the National Inventory Control Point (NICP), the first place in the Army chain where they receive materiel from the civilian manufacturer. I was going to take a .45 to Iraq, but the Chief of Staff of the unit I was augmenting warned me he only had 9mm ammo. I drew an M9 and deployed. The very first round out of the brand new magazine to test-fire in Saudi was a failure to feed.
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