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The barrel is steel, and the slide is aluminum. Aluminum slide plus aluminum frame makes for a very light pistol indeed. The action is simple blowback. The ten-round magazine (one only provided with the unit) is polymer. The finish appears to be Beretta’s familiar Bruniton.

A neat little adjustable sight is provided, always a big help when you’re shooting for precision. My boss got to it first and sighted it in for himself, which puts it a little low-right for my eyes. Clicks seemed to be positive and replicable. Sight picture was excellent with a little white dot inset for iffy light conditions.

The slide locks back on the empty magazine, and can be manually locked back via the slide lock lever. Some conversion units don’t have these features.

The slide runs smoothly and effortlessly. The safety/decock lever is that of the F-series pistol, but it also works with the G-series, the designation for a spring-loaded lever, which functions as a one-stroke decocker, but not as a manual safety. However, the Beretta website does not list it as being compatible with the D-series, the double-action-only (self-decocking) variation, which makes mechanical sense.