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Some features are less likeable. The magazine release is a push-button in an unusual place: directly in front of the trigger guard and above it on the right side of the frame. With my average size male hands, and being right-handed, I found it easy and quick to hit the mag release with my trigger finger. This is a good thing, as far as it goes, because it gets the trigger finger out of the trigger guard at a time when it shouldn’t be in there. However, I don’t think left-handed shooters will find it nearly as convenient as we righties do. The drop of the magazine was clean and efficient.

The Beretta 87 works with a broad range of .22 LR ammo, unlike some Berettas that aren’t meant for less than high-velocity loads.

The manual safety is ambidextrous, a pleasant surprise and one too rarely seen on .22 caliber pistols. Unfortunately, the design of the safety catch is not ergonomic at all. When on safe, two sharp little pointy “ears” project downward toward the web of the hand. The camper who has picked up the gun when something in the woods went bump in the night may be tempted to off-safe the gun prematurely to relieve this sharp-edged discomfort. A cocked, off-safe pistol is now in hand. Not a great thing. Moreover, the angle at which the safety moves to put it in fire position is quite awkward.