I am not a gunsmith!! All I can say is what happened to me. By direction of Beretta I sent the gun back to a smith in Missouri. They told me the retaining spring broke and that the gun would have to be replacedjonrjen wrote:Yeap, the pin came all the way out, but with a little time and light pressure I was able to get it back in place. But, all of this makes me kind of wonder...do you think if you were to grind down one side of the pin it would make it easier to reseat the pin should it once again get pulled all the way out. I was wondering how you would go about replacing that little tiny spring should it ever snap. I guess you are telling me that it can't be done....correct?RockingRook wrote:It is not good to take that pin completely out. You can get it back in but it may/will eventually break the retaining spring. Then you will have troublejonrjen wrote:I agree with you on the pin. Once that little sucker comes all the way out it can be a pain to get it past the spring and back into place.
with the gun itself if the retaining spring breaks, the retaining spring cannot be replaced. I am all too familiar with that. Try not to take it out!! When I clean mine I
am now very careful with that pin and I take more time disassembling the gun for cleaning.
Chuck
because the retaining spring cannot be fixed or replaced in the gun. I think he said t was part of the frame. A week later I had a new gun.
All I can say is be careful Yes, the take down pin can be put back in with a little bit of wiggling but according to Beretta taking the pin all the way out should be avoided. I think the instructions say to
listen for the second click and that is when the slide will come off to clean the gun. If you do not hear or fel that second click and you go further the pin will come all the way out.
I am hard of hearing and I have to judge/feel for that second click. I keep trying to remove the slide and if it does not come off I move the pin a little more out etc.
I read somewhere on the web that someone, maybe Beretta's gunsmith, made the second notch on the take down pin a little deeper so that it was more obvious that the pin
had moved into the position for removing the slide.
Too be honest maybe the retaining spring was broken due to something else happening but I do know that Beretta says it
is better not to take that pin all the way out!!
This is all I know. since I received my replacement gun I have taken it apart and cleaned it more than just a few times but I have been extra careful.
The gunsmith [he works on many other brands] says that the PX4 SC issue that I had was not that common and the gun is a "keeper" it is a good sidearm.
I like the gun, the way it shoots and it is very concealable almost like the glock 27 in size but maybe a hair thicker and a hair shorter. Good gun!!
Chuck
