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SRVA wrote:No mechanical problems, just some grip adjustment needed.

Yup, that's it! Thanks to SRVA and GordonC for taking the time to help me out with this. Pistol inspection showed it to be a-okay. The conclusion we came to is that I'm getting lazy with my strong hand thumb and it is striking the safety lever. I'll just have to pay close attention to my grip for a while.

Jeremae - No, I was in Dave's (?) squad, squad 4. Luckily my weak hand thumb stays glued to the frame in a forward position.

age_ranger thanks for the link to the exploded veiws, those will come in handy some day!

JLaw

Gordon C wrote:Jlaw,

Couple of things........

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3) Simple test..... Place the gun in you weak hand and shoot several magazines through the gun. If the problem does not occur, then it is not mechanical and more than likely your grip.

Hope this helps.

Gordon

Thanks, I'll give this a try. Appreciate the tip.

age_ranger- The safety-decocker is actually moving to the 'on safe' position, and I have to thumb the safety 'off' to continue firing. I have never had an instance where it looked like the hammer fell past the sear and the safety was still in the 'off' posistion. I will lock the slide back and check the safety tonight, hopefully SRVA can take a look at it if I make it out there tonight.

Wildscar - The ammo I'm shooting is Remington UMC. It feels a little stouter than WWB when fired through my S&W 908. Like stated earlier I don't think it's an ammo problem, the safety is in the 'on safe' position when I have the problem.

Thanks for all the help guys, I'll post any updates.

JLaw

SRVA wrote:Jlaw, Only way to really determine what is happening is to have someone watch you while your shooting. If you have time this week, let me know and maybe we can get together.

Steve

Sounds great, I'll take you up on that sometime, not sure about this weeks evenings yet. BTW, is Thunder Tactical shooting tommorrow evening?

JLaw

Hmmm, okay. You are correct, the safety is awfully far back to be accidentally bumped on. I suppose it could be a mechanical problem, MoJo already suggested this and I didn't think it would be a problem. But I suppose it is a possibility.

The weapon is pretty new, bought earlier this year. Total round count is low, maybe 800 rounds, definitely under 1K.

I didn't know about the IDPA safety rule, sounds like I need to sit down and read the book and see what else I'm doing wrong! Then I'll get out and practice flipping off the safety during the draw.

JLaw

I don't think it's a mechanical problem, the safety feels pretty firm to engage and disengage. But no one else has shot the weapon to confirm this.

I do not practice flipping the safety off when I draw this weapon, only with my S&W 908. Same safety configuration, but the Beretta's lever is a little higher up and farther back. The safety is never engaged on the first shot, it's always been in the middle of a string of fire. I dunno?

JLaw

So as not to hijack another thread, and thanks in advance to GordonC for offering up some pointers...

Well I've begun shooting the Beretta 92FS in IDPA, really enjoying this pistol but have noticed I have a nasty flaw somewhere.

(Gordon C - I was shooting revolvers before making the switch.)

Several times in two matches so far, I have somehow activated the safety/decocker lever on the Beretta. I am a right handed shooter, using a a firm thumbs forward grip. My support hand rides as high as possible with the thumb pointing forward and in contact with the frame, forward of the takedown lever. My strong hand is typical I suppose, but instead of my thumb pointing straight forward (call it 12:00), I have to angle it to the left slightly...to around "11:00". I have to do this to keep my stong hand thumb away from the slide lock lever so that it will lock open after the last round. No one home to take a photo at the moment, I'll post one if that changes.

The only thing I can think might be happening is I'm getting lazy with my strong hand thumb at times, and maybe it's coming up off my support hand and activating the safety/decocker during recoil. Not sure of this, but can't find another explanation.

And thoughts, ideas or comments?

JLaw