Help with Berretta 92 .22 cal conversion

FredB

FredB

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I need a little guidance here. I have a .22 cal conversion kit for my Beretta 92fs which works flawlessly. I decided to add a short picatinny rail and mount an optic, which I have done. (Bushnell trs25) I expected that the added weight would cause me some problems with the slide being able to fully cycle and that is in fact the case. Switching to high velocity ammo did not help. The chambered round fires and ejects but the slide will not reliably cock the hammer and it will not strip the next round from the magazine.
Having anticipated this, I planned on getting a reduced power recoil spring from Beretta or a second recoil spring assembly and clipping the factory spring to compensate. Beretta has no such reduced power spring and will not sell me a replacement spring or recoil assembly! These are available in the UK and Germany for 7 euros. Beretta can't or won't sell them in the US because of legal restrictions, or so they claim. If they sell parts there, they don't sell them here and Vice-versa or some such bs. Europe doesn't ship to the US. Beretta customer service has been useless.
Anyway, I have checked Brownels, Midwest, ebay, etc. with no luck. I am hoping someone here can direct me somewhere I can buy a recoil spring assembly for the conversion unit. I do not want to cannibalize the only one that came with the kit.
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The m9 assembly has the same part number that I am looking for! Too bad it's on backorder. If I can't find one anywhere else I'll I'll just order that.
Thanks
 
I'm not sure the recoil spring is where I'd look first. On my .22 conversion kit the recoil spring is a flimsy joke of a spring so I doubt that's what is causing the issue. I'd suspect the factory hammer spring (20lbs) is the likely culprit. The "d" spring is 16 pounds. I've got a 12 pound Wilson (maybe 13, I forget) spring in mine and combined with a skeletonized hammer it doesn't reliably fire .22 that's not CCI brand. The "d" spring is an easy upgrade and those are normally available. It'll make your double action pull quite a bit better too even when you aren't using the conversion kit.
 
Already got the "d" spring but I take your point. It takes an extra 3 or 4 lbs on my gauge to overcome just the hammer. I'll check into it. Thanks for the hint.
FredB
 
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