Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Star Megastar: Spain's Massive 10mm Autopistol" video.

  1.  @collinbrown5751  Early 92FS pistols suffered from a faulty batch of Winchester-made M882 Ball 9mm ammos that developed pressure in excess of proofloads. It was a wonder the pistols could endure several thousands rounds before breaking in those conditions (it's not clear if the same ammos had been used in the XM9 program tests, but it's a fact that only the Beretta 92 and the H&K P7 reached the 7000 rounds threshold with all three pistols tested for "service life" without cracking a frame or a slide). After Beretta technicians found the real cause of the damages (after the Picatinny Arsenal blamed the "Tellurium" in the steel alloy) Beretta sued the US Government for the delay, the bad press and the unnecessary modifications required to the pistols. The lawsuit was settled off-court with the Government paying to Beretta further 10 million $.
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  2. They should have called the next model the "Death Star"
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  3.  @theghettogunfighter  That of the SMG ammo happened not to the 92F/M9, but to the 92SB of the SEAL. They had two cases of cracked slides. Upon investigation it was found that one of the pistols had fired an unknown number of rounds, but surely over 30,000 (an unreasonable number at that time. Not by chance the XM9 requirements only called for an average service life "not inferior to 5,000 rounds"). On the other, the SEAL was testing handloads he made for his SMG, so none could say what was the operative pressure.
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  4. Nothing to do. Of italian guns, it resembles more a Bernardelli P18, that was in itself inspired by the SIG P220 family.
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  5. To think that nowadays 10mm Auto is fired by compact polymer-framed guns (IE Tanfoglio Force/Witness Polymer).
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