cool45auto
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The regular 92fs barrel is slightly longer than my Vertec barrel. Will it work? I've got a friend who will give me one if I want it, I haven't seen it yet. He says it will work. What do you think?
92fs longer barrel in Vertec?
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bountyhunter
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I know a bunch of people do it. It should work no problem, but the change is strictly cosmetic. There is no perceptible difference in accuracy.
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In theory they should work in each other? It should be the same as the other circumsized (Elite) barrels.
cool45auto
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Thanks guys. Since it's free I'm going to go ahead and take it. I'll keep it in my spare parts box.
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The locking block too? I think they are fitted to the barrel. You can keep a spare since they break so much 
cool45auto
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Hey Skunk, is that true about the locking block breaking so much or is it rumor? Have you ever had one break?
Anybody else? Is it good to have a spare? How many more question marks can I use?
Anybody else? Is it good to have a spare? How many more question marks can I use?
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Take everything here with a grain of salt.
A buddy of mine is a gun store clerk and has a bag of broken locking blocks to warn people, but he's a Berettaphobe.
I only have one first-hand account of a locking block breaking. I was at the range and a lovely lady whom I know to frequent the range was shooting her 92SB and hers broke. She puts in several hundred rounds of Winchester Whitebox a week and the Walmart clerks know her by name and she buys the stuff by the thousands.
I read somewhere (take with a pinch of salt) that they changed and improved the locking block design but I can't confirm this. Heck I can't even remember where I read this or if I dreamt it. I'm running a search at Berettaforum right now for 'locking block' but it's getting close to 80 results so I'll do some digging tomorrow.
Again, take everything here with a pinch of salt, I don't know the circumstances of my buddy's broken locking block collection or the condition or history of my acquaintance's 92SB.
A buddy of mine is a gun store clerk and has a bag of broken locking blocks to warn people, but he's a Berettaphobe.
I only have one first-hand account of a locking block breaking. I was at the range and a lovely lady whom I know to frequent the range was shooting her 92SB and hers broke. She puts in several hundred rounds of Winchester Whitebox a week and the Walmart clerks know her by name and she buys the stuff by the thousands.
I read somewhere (take with a pinch of salt) that they changed and improved the locking block design but I can't confirm this. Heck I can't even remember where I read this or if I dreamt it. I'm running a search at Berettaforum right now for 'locking block' but it's getting close to 80 results so I'll do some digging tomorrow.
Again, take everything here with a pinch of salt, I don't know the circumstances of my buddy's broken locking block collection or the condition or history of my acquaintance's 92SB.
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cool45auto
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Thanks Skunk. That's a lot of information. I recently joined Beretta Forum but it never occured to me to do a search on locking blocks. Duh. Thanks for taking time to help me out.
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I wonder if it's safe to use the 4.3" barrel from a Centurion in a standard length slide. I have both a full-size 92FS and a 92G Centurion. It looks stupid to swap barrels, but I wonder if in an emergency situation there'd be any problem firing with the smaller barrel installed on the full-size frame. It's recessed about .4" from the slide, BTW.
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