[marktwain]

I remember when the first tests were conducted back around 1980 by the Air Force. All the pistols went through the regular series of torture, reliability, mud, dirt etc. and the Beretta won easily.

As I recall, the Glock was not allowed in those tests. I think it was because it lacked a manual safety. I always thought that was a political decision.

[yarddog]

I had an early Glock 17 and a 17L. Both of them jammed quite a bit and mine were not the only ones.

It was eventually traced to a series of bad magazines. You could identify them because you could see brass on the feed lips. Maybe it was the ones in which you could not see brass, I have actually forgotten.

They fixed the problem and I suspect Glocks are now as reliable as any.

[smokingfrog]

I think it was because it was a foreign made gun. Beretta had a US factory.

http://www.berettadefence.com/index.aspx?m=53&did=144