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I’m not sure how much of that errant first shot problem will clear up with scrupulous cleaning. We couldn’t find out because the gun was earmarked to go to a military firearms training unit after we were done with it, and the one thing being studied was how many rounds it could handle before it choked on the dirt.

The accuracy for all but that hand-chambered first shot was a pleasant surprise. We took this gun out to the NRA Hunter Pistol range, where we tried it on steel silhouettes cut for small-bore shooting. They happened to be set up only at 40 meters (chickens) and 50 meters (pigs). However, they proved to be easy work for the Beretta conversion unit, even from the standing position. Given that NRA Hunter Silhouette uses half-size animals in comparison to the International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association, this was good accuracy indeed. The “chickens” are about as big as pigeons, and I’ve owned housecats bigger than the “pigs.”

Final Notes

How good is the conversion unit? I bought the test sample. What’s more, I’m gonna have to buy another. My chief has dibs on the first one. Is Beretta gonna make a million bucks on this neat little setup? Well, there are over seven figures worth of guns out there to which they can be fitted. If every gunowner purchases a unit for it, and if Beretta makes a profit of a dollar per unit …