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Old 10-27-2004, 14:16   #18
SERPENT5XX
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Pic of broken M9 locking-block

Gentlemen,

Here is a pic of a broken M9 locking block.

All the ones I have seen break, all fail on the same side. Sometimes there is a tell-tale “peening” on the flange before it breaks and sometimes not. I have inspected the block at the end of a range day and it looked fine. The next day on the range it breaks within the first couple of drills. The problem is you never know if the round in the chamber has fired or not when the slide freezes up. Usually the round is has been fired, but not always.
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