Beretta Takes Shot at Army MHS Reliability
Beretta Defense Technologies said recently that its M9 pistol is about 10 times as reliable as the U.S. Army’s new Modular Handgun System.
During this testing period 42 M9 pistols were fired 210,000 rounds, with resultant reliability “almost 10 times better than the rate of reliability required by the U.S. Army in its current Modular Handgun System program,” according to the release.
Beretta U.S.A. completed the fourteenth consecutive M9 Lot Acceptance Test this month with an average of only one malfunction every 19,090 rounds.
So, mathmatically speaking, Beretta is saying that the Army's new Sig P320, Malfunctions approximately every 1,909 rounds?
Remember, Not too long ago, Glock was saying something similar about the reliabilty of the Army's new choice.
The Government Accountability Office denied Glock’s protest of the Army’s selection, but the GAO describes the Sig Sauer as having lower reliability than Glock 19 on page 11, footnote 13 of its findings.
“Under the factor 1 reliability evaluation, Sig Sauer’s full-sized handgun had a higher stoppage rate than Glock’s handgun, and there may have been other problems with the weapon’s accuracy,” GAO states.
And lets not forget the recent drop test failings and recalls of over 500,000 Sig P320's?
I know from research, the drop test failures are only focused on the civilian models, but this makes me wonder if the reliability issues that Beretta and Glock are claiming on the Army's Sig model doesn't translate to the civilian models reliabilty.
I have personally fed and shot a little over 2,000 rounds now thru a Sig 320 Compact with various loads and haven't had even the slightest hiccup with it's reliability.
Beretta Defense Technologies said recently that its M9 pistol is about 10 times as reliable as the U.S. Army’s new Modular Handgun System.
During this testing period 42 M9 pistols were fired 210,000 rounds, with resultant reliability “almost 10 times better than the rate of reliability required by the U.S. Army in its current Modular Handgun System program,” according to the release.
Beretta U.S.A. completed the fourteenth consecutive M9 Lot Acceptance Test this month with an average of only one malfunction every 19,090 rounds.
So, mathmatically speaking, Beretta is saying that the Army's new Sig P320, Malfunctions approximately every 1,909 rounds?
Remember, Not too long ago, Glock was saying something similar about the reliabilty of the Army's new choice.
The Government Accountability Office denied Glock’s protest of the Army’s selection, but the GAO describes the Sig Sauer as having lower reliability than Glock 19 on page 11, footnote 13 of its findings.
“Under the factor 1 reliability evaluation, Sig Sauer’s full-sized handgun had a higher stoppage rate than Glock’s handgun, and there may have been other problems with the weapon’s accuracy,” GAO states.
And lets not forget the recent drop test failings and recalls of over 500,000 Sig P320's?
I know from research, the drop test failures are only focused on the civilian models, but this makes me wonder if the reliability issues that Beretta and Glock are claiming on the Army's Sig model doesn't translate to the civilian models reliabilty.
I have personally fed and shot a little over 2,000 rounds now thru a Sig 320 Compact with various loads and haven't had even the slightest hiccup with it's reliability.
