Full-size striker-fired BERETTA???

[wesnellans]

Just got this from Beretta on their FB page... looks interesting, anyway...

Beretta debuts first full size striker pistol

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Just doesn't feel like a "Beretta" anymore... There are some guns that just the name defines who they are.

Glock, for example. You would never imagine a hammer-fired Glock. When I think of Beretta, I see the 92FS-styled handgun that defines them.

 

[Bonkers4Bacon]

Intriguing but......downright ugly IMO

 

[wesnellans]

A bit more info here...
Beretta APX pistol - Beretta - all4shooters.com

 

[jwh20]

Darn it! What did they have to go and do this! Now I'm going to have to buy one...

Actually looks pretty sweet to me and is not the first Beretta striker fired gun. The first full-sized one but the Nano is striker fired and is, in my opinion, a really well done pistol. The APX looks to share the modular design where the actual registered part is inside so that many parts of the gun can be swapped out. Obviously many makers are moving this direction and I think it's a good thing.

I'll be looking forward to seeing one of these in the wild soon!

 

[throttletony]

Just doesn't feel like a "Beretta" anymore... There are some guns that just the name defines who they are.

Glock, for example. You would never imagine a hammer-fired Glock. When I think of Beretta, I see the 92FS-styled handgun that defines them.

This is true... but it's all a matter of perspective. Ruger in the 80's meant Mini-14s and revolvers, Colt 100 yrs ago meant revos (SAA, etc). IF glock ever came out with anything different than their familiar stuff, people would react the same way.
I think Beretta is really just trying to stay competitive and chip away at the international defense market that Glock has taken from them over the last 20 yrs.

 

[throttletony]

seems to share a lot in common with the Sig 320 series (change components, even calibers)

 

[USMC-Johnson]

seems like the hi point has some competition for ugliest hand gun now...

 

[indykid]

As a hugh Beretta fan, I have to say it looks like a Beretta of unknown DNA got too personal with a Glock and this was the offspring.

Looks like a Beretta version of a Glock.

 

[SSGSAD]

As a hugh Beretta fan, I have to say it looks like a Beretta of unknown DNA got too personal with a Glock and this was the offspring.

Looks like a Beretta version of a Glock.

YES, I think so too ..... COPY CAT !!!!! JMHO..... YMMV.....

 

[hawkns]

I think i'm in the minority, but I really like the way this gun looks. I am excited to see where they come in price wise.

 

[nakinate]

Not sure about the looks of it, but I'm interested.

 

[throttletony]

I think i'm in the minority, but I really like the way this gun looks. I am excited to see where they come in price wise.

me too. also curious to see what magazine it will use -- (new, or old)

 

[U.S. Patriot]

Beretta makes a good gun, but the ergonomics on the 92FS leave something to desire.

 

[jonjon]

This could be a nice gun

 

[MAJB Retired]

I'm a traditionalist! I like the looks of the traditional Berretta and the nice clean looks of a 1911. This doesn't interest me in the least...just from looks. Sorry, first impressions are important.

 

[Tombs]

I find the whole fad quite funny. Upper end striker fired polymer guns... Walther was the first to really get it right with the PPQ. H&K dived into the market right behind them with the VP9, then sig came up on their heels with the P320. Now beretta with the APX.

Hilariously, the APX looks like what happens when the youtube tactical operator designs a modern firearm. Everything is dehorned, slide is nothing but serrations, aggressive grips with what appears to be a fully swappable side and back, and clearly the same old drop safe trigger design.

I imagine it will be a great firearm though, just as the PPQ, VP9, and P320 are. Starting to wonder if we're seeing the plateau of handgun design. Kind of ashame people are afraid to do something truly different these days, the arsenal strike one is one of the few somewhat revolutionary newer guns I've seen following this formula.

 

[Tactically Fat]

It looks like that new-ish Russian pistol that came out not too long ago... The one that looks like a really goofy G17. The Strike One. New Russian Arsenal Firearms Strike One ?Strizh? Polymer Pistol - The Firearm Blog

Or maybe the Strike One and a Steyr M9-A1 got together and had a love child.

 

[Hmod]

I don't like it at all. I think its a just for looks and appeal to the crowd type of thing.

 

[nakinate]

Is weird, I don't hate the looks of the slide and I don't hate the looks of the frame, but put them together and it just doesn't work.