[Beretta Lover]

anyone here have any experience with parts breakage on an SP01 shadow?

I hear FP block, slide stops especially do break eventually

If you have one f these and have alot of rounds through one, can you clue me in?

I am considering picking up a shadow and a .22 kit, but I have very reliable bustage reports from an M and a GM

[ChuckS]

I used my SP-01 for one season of shooting and experienced 2 trigger return springs breaking and one slide stop in 10,000 rounds and a butt load of dryfire.

Later,
Chuck

PS: I am only a B shooter but I think I can break guns with the best of them

ETA: Stats:

1017 Rounds: Trigger Return Spring broke during dryfire
4678 Rounds: The gun gave me a demo on why it is good to remove the extractor and clean the pocket
5314 Rounds: Trigger Return Spring #2 broke during dryfire, the night before Area 5
7154 Rounds: Slide stop broke
8155 Rounds: Replaced TRS prior to Area 2.
9245 Rounds: Last shot fired.

Conclusions: People have reported some good luck and some not so good luck with TRS. As for the slide stop, get a spare, make sure it works and use it only for major matches.

This post has been edited by ChuckS: 06 August 2009 - 05:36 PM

[NOSAJ19]

My Shadow has over 50,000 rounds through it. 1 trigger spring replaced @ 30,000 rounds. Gun still running strong.
Everything breaks eventually. You don't drive a car & not service it regularly, still expecting it to be trouble free.

Cheers, Ando.

This post has been edited by NOSAJ19: 13 August 2009 - 04:42 AM

[GeneBray]

I have a 75 SP01 Mx history:

14,812 slide stop broke.

18,036 trigger spring broke

22,720 slide stop broke

27,175 extractor broke

28,709 rnd count as of today.

Perfectly happy with reliability of the pistol!!

These are components that will break eventually (unless replaced at regular intervals as preventative mx). Like Ando says, you have to maintain the pistol....