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The .22 conversion unit is less picky about ammo than many other .22s, including some other Beretta options in the caliber.

Bear in mind that at this time, approaching 1,500 rounds, the conversion unit had not yet been cleaned. Carbon and lead buildup were visibly present, but the pistol kept chugging along. I say “chugging” advisedly. At least half of the ammo my boss put through it was standard-velocity, lead-bullet target stuff. This ammo has a very mild recoil impulse that will not operate a number of .22LR pistols and even some .22 auto-loading rifles. About half of what I put through it was less than high-velocity too, mostly the inexpensive Blazer.

As crudded up as it was, the converted pistol would very occasionally go “chug, chug.” By that I mean the slide would come back, it would start forward, seem to stall, then finish its forward movement and go into battery. This happened only with the low-velocity ammo. With plated-bullet high-velocity ammo, the standby of plinkers, cycling was crisp and perfect with every shot.