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Introduction

It is a good-shooting pistol, and I still have it. The previous owner had gotten tired of its awkward 180-degree safety and removed it. He replaced the safety with a plug of brass and apparently just used the half-cock notch for safety. Beretta ergonomics got a lot better later.

When my first-born was ready for pistol shooting at age 8, I started her with the littlest Beretta; the Minx .22 Short. With that gun, she learned the fundamentals of good handgunning. Eleven years later, she used another Beretta at the National Tactical Invitational, and her skillful use of that Model 92FC 9mm won her the women’s championship. She still owns those guns. The 92FC is one of the carry pistols on her license.

This is the author’s first Beretta. He received it from his dad for his 12th birthday. Ayoob has appreciated Beretta quality ever since.

It was a pleasure and an honor to be asked to write The Gun Digest Book of Beretta Pistols. I go back a ways with these fine handguns.

I got my first centerfire handgun “of my very own,” when I was 12 years old. It was a Beretta Model 34. The gun was a World War II veteran and so was the man who gave it to my dad. The first owner had retrieved it from an Axis soldier who, in the words of the day, “… didn’t need it any more.” The day came when the vet wanted to avoid the memories the gun brought with it and he traded it to my dad who gave it to me for my birthday.