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The shooter used to pressing a button with his thumb to eject a magazine has a tendency to try to do this with the baby Beretta by flipping it upward in his hand. DON’T DO IT! This gives you a very tenuous grasp on the pistol, and creates an excellent chance that you’ll drop it, with a round in the chamber, the hammer cocked and the safety off. You don’t need me to tell you that this would be a bad thing.

The best very small plinking pistol ever, in the author’s view, was this uncommon 4-inch variation of the Beretta Minx.

The smoothest reload for the right-handed shooter is to bring the left palm down under the butt of the pistol. Now, as the left thumb pushes straight in on the button, the magazine drops cleanly into the palm of the hand to allow for a secure grasp. Take it out, put it away, reload and carry on.

That’s the smoothest magazine removal, presuming casual plinking. The most efficient reload, which presumes a “need for speed,” is the one I taught my little girl. Withdraw the fresh magazine, holding it between thumb and middle finger with the bullet noses toward the index finger, which is alongside the front of the mag. Extend your thumb and jab the mag release. The spent mag will fall away cleanly if you press in hard and the pistol’s grip is perpendicular to the ground. Now, insert the fresh mag.