Re: ? for those who have used the M9 in the Desert
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sinister</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Kraig,
I've shot LOTS of 92s and M9s -- I've shot them a lot, I shoot them well, and I still don't like nor trust them.
I have a Dave Sams bullseye-tricked Brigadier strictly for the National Match Course and EIC matches.
I would find some good commercial <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000099">polished blue</span></span> Italian Beretta mags (or whoever made their OEM magazines) and send them to Robbie Barkmann down in Arizona to have them NP3 coated. I suppose Ion-Bond does the same thing -- I don't know for sure.
AVOID LIKE HELL any parkerized GI magazines you may run across or get issued. Uncle Sam specified parkerizing for a while and those magazines are ABSOLUTELY USELESS -- YOU RISK A STOPPAGE AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME, ESPECIALLY IN SANDY/DUSTY/GRITTY AREAS.
I shot them because they were issued guns, not for any preference. I bought one to practice the All-Army and AFSAM/Wilson combat-format, and traded it off as soon as I retired and was no longer able to compete in uniformed-class.
Good luck to you.
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Have you ever gotten the parkerized one's finished in a polished blue? I have a bunch and wondered if it would help them.
As I mentioned above, I came across two italian made mags during the Klinton era, some guy on e-bay missspelled Beretta and I went looking for that - gave $15 for both of them, during the ban...and I still kept those two even after I sold hte 92F. I have a Brigadier now as well, damn good pistol, stainless slide...