New Beretta 9mm

[padawan]

What he said. Talk about a little let down.

stryker fired

hmmm


kinda disappointed on first reaction.

 

[crispy]

You guys are as bad as the Ruger guys when they introduced the LC9.

This is the hot market space right now. Beretta wants to make money.

Can't blame them at all.

 

[shooter521]

This is the hot market space right now. Beretta wants to make money.

Can't blame them at all.

Not blaming them for wanting to get into that market segment, but rather for how they have apparently executed the product.

 

[crispy]

If the trigger is good and it appears to be reliable, all of those other things won't matter.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

If the trigger is good and it appears to be reliable, all of those other things won't matter.

Can't even speculate on the trigger...

But Beretta has a FANTASTIC long-term reputation for reliability (locking blocks on the older Beretta 92 notwithstanding...)

I'd trust a new-to-market Beretta way before I'd trust a new-to-market Ruger / Taurus / KelTec / etc

That sentiment might burn me, but I figure odds are in my favor.

-J-

 

[Kagnew]

Damnation. One day after I buy a new Tomcat for pocket carry, they come out with this. Who says I don't have timing?

 

[foszoe]

Here you can try on the nano technology for only 75$ !!!

You can even get your money back after you try it on for size if you don't feel it fits you!!

http://www.berettausa.com/products/nanotechnology-plain-front-field-chino-pant/?keywords=nano

 

[Koukalaka]

Does anybody else think that this pistol looks a LOT like the Taurus TCP?

Not that this is a bad thing...I like my TCP and it's been a great pocket-carry pistol for me this summer. But, as someone else above mentioned, a lot of us have been hoping for something that looks like the Tomcat but is chambered in .380, or even 9mm. I just ordered an "Alley Cat" Tomcat, and I'm still excited about that--as a pistol of similar design but in a larger caliber would certainly be larger.

But man, a tip-up 9mm resembling the Tomcat would be sweet. I can see the advantages of thin polymer pistols...again, I think the TCP is excellent, and I used to have a Kahr PM9...but I think that a Tomcat or even a Bobcat feels better in my hand than any of these super-thin pistols do. I don't find the thicker grip to be that much of a disadvantage with respect to concealability.

 

[foszoe]

Damnation. One day after I buy a new Tomcat for pocket carry, they come out with this. Who says I don't have timing?

Love my Tomcat!!!

Remember its Beretta which means its Italia which means they can introduce something next week but for the average guy to actually get one? Could take years.

Trust me. I ride a Moto Guzzi....

ordered one part that had to come from italy and had to wait from july to september because the whole plant is on holiday for the month of august!

Enjoy the Tomcat!

 

[dondavis3]

I read a short article per-announceing it.

It didn't say the name.

But that it was Beretta's 1st striker fired gun.

and Similar in size to the Ruger LC9

It didn't tell the price point

or exact delivery time.

 

[Kagnew]

Love my Tomcat!!!

Remember its Beretta which means its Italia which means they can introduce something next week but for the average guy to actually get one? Could take years.

Trust me. I ride a Moto Guzzi....

ordered one part that had to come from italy and had to wait from july to september because the whole plant is on holiday for the month of august!

Enjoy the Tomcat!

Yeah, I think my Tomcat would be pretty hard to beat. The only advantage to having the Nano would be that 9MM is cheaper than .32 ACP, and it could share ammo with my M9. On the other hand, I think that I like hammer-fired better than striker-fired, and the Tomcat is definitely nicer looking.

 

[sparkyfender]

Interesting.
Doesn't look too ground breaking, ergo, I probably won't be in the market for one as I own several carry worthy pistols. But the more choices the better!

 

[ultraspec]

I would have to hold one and pull the trigger to decide if I like it. But considering there is no external slide lock I doubt I will consider one. The grip angle doesnt look too good to me either. The first handgun I shot as a kid was a beretta so Im a fan of them, but their last few smaller guns didnt look good or feel good at all.

 

[ThrottleJockey]

I love Berettas, and am intrigued by this, but also disappointed as usual. They have a habit of building their new products up through marketing so big that they are always disappointing when we find out what it really is.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

I could be tempted into one as a smaller alternative to my M&P9c... For when I just don't want to carry my j-frame revolver.

Of course, the small Ruger 9mm pistol might fit that bill, too. Or I could get another Kahr. The Walther PPS is also an option, but man are they expensive. Heavy, too, for no bigger than they are.

But when comparing track records, the on-paper-nod goes to Italy (in my opinion).

I'd really like to handle one!

 

[rugertoter]

Kinda looks like a "squared" up and downsized 9000S.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Kinda looks like a "squared" up and downsized 9000S.

I think that the 9000s looked OK...

It was the 2nd pistol I'd ever bought, actually.

It just wasn't all that comfortable to shoot...or carry.

 

[Kagnew]

Trust me. I ride a Moto Guzzi....

Ah, ma benni! But have you ever driven a 1939 Fiat Topolino from Asmara to Massawa, Eritrea? Tropo speciale!

Dare in Brocca!

 

[diverdown219]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1474saF7g&feature=player_embedded#!

Looks like it is a mixture of several designs.
I'm not liking the fact that it has no slide release.