skeptical_in_Ohio
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Hi all-
I've had a Neos for a while now; despite reading in over 90% of the posts/reviews I could find that it will "eat anything", when I first got it I found it didn't like Federal AE or Federal Bulk. It didn't particularly like CCI Blazer either; rare was the mag that I got through without a FTF, FTE, FTL or an empty not clearing prior to the slide closing. After I started lubing it more liberally it began to tolerate Blazers, and likes CCI Minimags and the CCI AR Tactical.
Maybe I'm cheap, but for a plinking pistol I'd like something that will shoot the better inexpensive stuff rather than the better not-so-inexpensive stuff. Both MiniMags ($35/500 rounds at Wal-Mart) and AR Tactical ($33/500 rounds anywhere around here) are a bit more than Blazer (routinely less than $20 per 500+ rounds), so I'd like to figure things out.
I kept wondering why it still tended to have issues over the past few range trips and actually contacted Beretta for a shipping tag. I figured that today, when I took it out, if it kept having problems I'd go ahead and let Beretta see what might be the deal.
Then this happpened today...
20 MiniMags - no problems
59/60 AR Tactical - no problems - I have posted a picture of the 60th round which got chewed up while loading (it stuck and I racked the slide resulting in this) - it also looks like the case got dented a bit
1/8 Cheap (really cheap) white box Winchester from Wally - no problem with the first round (up until it didn't eject); further the other 7 rounds were so irritating (every problem I've ever had at least once) that I stopped at 8 rounds and went to Blazers.
69/70 Blazer - no problems - the one problem round was an empty that didn't quite clear before the slide closed.
Hence, save with really cheap stuff (that did to be fair work in my Marlin 60 and Savage Mark II) it seems to have done well. Now I'm thinking maybe I just stand pat and plan on shooting Blazers, or at least wait until I see the problems in a big way again. It may seem odd, but this throws me a bit - I was prepared to experience the issues and ship it to Beretta, but I wasn't prepared for it to shoot really well. This outcome returns me to uncertainty, waiting to see if the problems re-emerge. To be honest if it had performed as well throughout its life as today I wouldn't be posting this today.
Any advice on what I should do now? Should I continue to keep it really clean/well-lubed and shoot Blazers or is mine unduly picky compared to other peoples' Neos pistols, meaning I should send it to Beretta?
I put a poll here - I was curious how these worked anyway. Thanks for your time and attention.
Dave
I've had a Neos for a while now; despite reading in over 90% of the posts/reviews I could find that it will "eat anything", when I first got it I found it didn't like Federal AE or Federal Bulk. It didn't particularly like CCI Blazer either; rare was the mag that I got through without a FTF, FTE, FTL or an empty not clearing prior to the slide closing. After I started lubing it more liberally it began to tolerate Blazers, and likes CCI Minimags and the CCI AR Tactical.
Maybe I'm cheap, but for a plinking pistol I'd like something that will shoot the better inexpensive stuff rather than the better not-so-inexpensive stuff. Both MiniMags ($35/500 rounds at Wal-Mart) and AR Tactical ($33/500 rounds anywhere around here) are a bit more than Blazer (routinely less than $20 per 500+ rounds), so I'd like to figure things out.
I kept wondering why it still tended to have issues over the past few range trips and actually contacted Beretta for a shipping tag. I figured that today, when I took it out, if it kept having problems I'd go ahead and let Beretta see what might be the deal.
Then this happpened today...
20 MiniMags - no problems
59/60 AR Tactical - no problems - I have posted a picture of the 60th round which got chewed up while loading (it stuck and I racked the slide resulting in this) - it also looks like the case got dented a bit
1/8 Cheap (really cheap) white box Winchester from Wally - no problem with the first round (up until it didn't eject); further the other 7 rounds were so irritating (every problem I've ever had at least once) that I stopped at 8 rounds and went to Blazers.
69/70 Blazer - no problems - the one problem round was an empty that didn't quite clear before the slide closed.
Hence, save with really cheap stuff (that did to be fair work in my Marlin 60 and Savage Mark II) it seems to have done well. Now I'm thinking maybe I just stand pat and plan on shooting Blazers, or at least wait until I see the problems in a big way again. It may seem odd, but this throws me a bit - I was prepared to experience the issues and ship it to Beretta, but I wasn't prepared for it to shoot really well. This outcome returns me to uncertainty, waiting to see if the problems re-emerge. To be honest if it had performed as well throughout its life as today I wouldn't be posting this today.
Any advice on what I should do now? Should I continue to keep it really clean/well-lubed and shoot Blazers or is mine unduly picky compared to other peoples' Neos pistols, meaning I should send it to Beretta?
I put a poll here - I was curious how these worked anyway. Thanks for your time and attention.
Dave
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