[/quote]My cousin was a Marine armorer who served in Iraq. He found the 1911 preferable to work on over the M9.
I love my M9's. That said, they have a LOT of parts. If you've ever watched the video of one of Beretta's top armorers at Beretta Italy doing a complete disassembly and reassembly, you'd see what I mean. The process is something beautiful to watch, though. [/quote]
Things get real exciting when a locking block breaks. It's a two man job with the gun in a vise to get the slide to open. Chuck the gun in the vise, one guy takes a hammer and a pin punch to drive the locking lugs down out of the slide, while the other pulls back on the slide.
