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Beretta APX A1 Carry anecdotes (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just ordered one of these bad boys from PSA. They got em for about $240 and with the $100 credit for the beretta store I’ll be able to grab a holster for nothing. Anybody who’s had one of these have any strong feeling either way on it? Have you had any cycling problems with any particular ammos.

I’m getting back into the habit of carrying regularly and intend to replace the beretta pico I used to carry in situations regular compacts were unconcealable. I’m not looking for a high performance luxury shooting experience. Just something I trust will work and that I can deliver center mass up to 30 yards.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have the APX Carry, not the A1.

It is a perfectly adequate gun. I have no strong feelings for or against it. I admittedly haven't shot it in years, but I do remember mine shot several inches low. I also remember one or two malfunctions in the few hundred rounds I've had through it, but that was cheap range blasting ammo.

If you look at pictures of the old Beretta Nano and the APX Carry side by side, you can clearly tell that's its lineage, not the APX full size.

The magazine capacity is obsolescent in the now crowded market of "micro-9s" which hold a minimum of 10 flush, but you can still make it work. This is likely the main reason why they are being offloaded at a markdown.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

That sounds like exactly what I was hoping to get out of it. I have a G23 and Ruger SR40c for all the times I can effectively conceal one of them on my person. I was used to carrying a Pico years ago which has a strict capacity of 6+1 in .380 so the small capacity in a 9mm doesn’t put me off too much.

You weren’t kidding about the nano. There’s a clear relation there. I’ve ready a few other reports about the A1 carry hitting low too. The general consensus was the heavy and “gritty” trigger pull was causing an overcompensation in anticipation of the recoil. I’m hopeful a few hundred round of mindful practice can iron that out for me.