Of course, on the day my two I ordered are delivered you post this.
I have a CZ50, so I bought one as a "companion gun" from Aim.
I was pleased with it.
Just ordered one of the model 81's from Classic. I know it's a roll of the dice with them, but I've usually had pretty good luck and they had the best price at 209.95. Look like neat little guns.
Edit: Has anyone found anybody that carries spare magazines for these? I've checked Classic, J&G, Liberty Tree, AIM and Numrich with no luck.
I think gb is your best chance
Dang, struck out on GB too. Even checked Mec Gar's site with no luck.
I heard Berettas got a bunch overseas but wont import them. Maybe if more buy these and demand goes up they'll bring some over.
I saw one guy on a C&R facebook group that I belong to post that he used the model 84 (.380) mags and just modified the feed lips and said they worked in the 81, although he did say that sometimes they would lock the slide open with one round left in the mag.
And of course the first thing I read in that same thread was that Classic was blocking negative reviews of their 81's and that some people were getting crappy ones. Some did report that they were happy with theirs though. Hopefully I'll get lucky. I can live with cosmetic imperfections as long as it functions reliably.
I think the berretausa store online has them but they're spendy.