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The sights themselves are an integral part of this design theme. The rear sight takes up the entire width of the sighting plane and proved to be reliably click-adjustable. The front sight rises boldly to give a clearly visible outline to the marksman’s eye. Explains Clapp, “Out front there is a superb front sight. It is really just a block of blued steel, but this one was cleverly designed. It’s tapered from the rear edge forward. This means the shooter who wants a crisp sight picture focuses on the front sight where he is looking at three edges (top and both sides) and not three surfaces. It is a small contour change, but it pays big dividends. Also, the top rib on the Neos is set up as a full-length Weaver base that allows for the mounting of various projected dot or scope sights.”

The Neos is a combined effort of Beretta engineers and the house of Guigiaro, the Italian designers. As noted elsewhere in this book, I thought the Guigiaro-designed Beretta 9000 was a spectacular failure, a triumph of eye candy over ergonomics and good mechanical function. But not all Guigiaro-styled Berettas are clueless. Witness the excellent ergonomics and function of the Extrema shotgun. In the case of the Neos, the engineers didn’t let the designers go nuts. They merely let them fancy up a very solid, functional .22 pistol.