1951 Beretta Questions

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I am now the owner on a 1951 Beretta or at least I will be in 10 days. It has a couple of issues I'm hoping someone will know how to resolve.

Issue 1. When you 1. Cock the hammer, 2. engage the cross bolt safety, 3. pull the trigger, 4. disengage the cross bolt safety; the hammer falls upon disengagement of the cross bolt safety.

Issue 2. When retracting the slide there is a hitch when the falling blocks disengage from the slide. The party that had it before polished the radius of the locking block to try and alleviate the problem. I don't think this was ever the issue as I believe it has something to do with the pin the impinges upon the locking block forcing it to drop. The slide does retract and the block does drop. It''s just that you can feel a hitch. It's not smooth and you have to apply a little extra pressure to get the slide to overcome the hitch. Any ideas?

Is this something I can repair of is there a smith that works on these weapons?

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crickets

[Dr69er]

IIRC on the M1951 Beretta the cross bolt safety when on the "safe" position
It should have virtually no play when sliding it from "fire" to "safe" and the hammer when fully cocked and the safety is in the "safe" position the hammer should have near zero forward movement when pressed forward.

It is possible that their maybe damage to either the safety bar, sear, or the hammer notch.

I would just remove the grips and the slide assembly to get a better look at the Inner workings of the frame parts, hammer, sear, dis-connector, and safety bar...

As far as the locking block is concerned, likely what may have happened is if it was sticking at some point and the previous owner was not really mechanically Inclined just started polishing and buffing the locking block with reckless abandon...as you have noted.

The sticking is more likely a result of the locking block pin/plunger hitting a rough spot on the "ramp" portion where the pin rides on the locking block.
So check to see if there are and gouges or rough spots on the angled ramp...
If there is, you may want to get that nice and smooth.

Generally the M1951 pistol is considered to be a reliable and very accurate military pistol of its period and is usually very serviceable...I have had quite
a few Beretta pistols in my collection back in the day and they tend to be very
durable, accurate, and reliable overall.

Getting replacement parts may get tricky though...you may be better served by looking up Beretta collectors/forums on the net to see what is out there.

Also, area fun shows may also a good place to look to for Beretta related material and knowledgeable collectors and such.

Good Luck.

[CASEC]

IIRC on the M1951 Beretta the cross bolt safety when on the "safe" position
It should have virtually no play when sliding it from "fire" to "safe" and the hammer when fully cocked and the safety is in the "safe" position the hammer should have near zero forward movement when pressed forward.

It is possible that their maybe damage to either the safety bar, sear, or the hammer notch.

I would just remove the grips and the slide assembly to get a better look at the Inner workings of the frame parts, hammer, sear, dis-connector, and safety bar...

As far as the locking block is concerned, likely what may have happened is if it was sticking at some point and the previous owner was not really mechanically Inclined just started polishing and buffing the locking block with reckless abandon...as you have noted.

The sticking is more likely a result of the locking block pin/plunger hitting a rough spot on the "ramp" portion where the pin rides on the locking block.
So check to see if there are and gouges or rough spots on the angled ramp...
If there is, you may want to get that nice and smooth.

Generally the M1951 pistol is considered to be a reliable and very accurate military pistol of its period and is usually very serviceable...I have had quite
a few Beretta pistols in my collection back in the day and they tend to be very
durable, accurate, and reliable overall.

Getting replacement parts may get tricky though...you may be better served by looking up Beretta collectors/forums on the net to see what is out there.

Also, area fun shows may also a good place to look to for Beretta related material and knowledgeable collectors and such.

Good Luck.

Thanks!