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The Neos is a futuristic pistol that would look at home in a Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon comic. The frame is polymer. The grip sweeps backward at a rakish angle that puts the shooter in mind of the German Luger or a 1950s era High Standard Supermatic .22 target pistol. Rising high above the frame, the flat-sided barrel and sleekly sculpted slide flow upward into a full-length rib with a ventilated space that makes you think of an ancient Roman viaduct. To that look of Rome, Beretta adds a touch of Greece.

“The pistol gets its name from the Greek word meaning ‘new.’ And the Neos is one neat gun, thanks to its ultramodern styling,” says friend and fellow gun writer Wiley Clapp in the Guns & Ammo online magazine, www.gunsandammomag.com. At 25 yards, firing with a two-hand hold from a sandbag rest, Wiley was pleased with the results. “Early on it was obvious that this was a decent gun,” he wrote. “The creep in the trigger system was annoying and made me wonder what a good pistolsmith might be able to do. But even with the annoyance – you don’t get a match trigger in a plinker – the accuracy was there. Shooting six premium .22 Long Rifle loads produced an overall group average of 1.40 inches. That is smaller than the X-ring of the Standard American Pistol target (1.695 inches). And the best single group, fired with Eley Tenex, measured .97 of an inch. I think that is far better than we have any right to expect.”