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Beretta’s Tomcat has earned itself a lot of friends. Some owe it their lives. A fellow identified only as GB wrote the following first-person account of such an instance in the “It Happened to Me” section of Combat Handguns magazine: (1)
Even the short-barreled Centurion 9mm dwarfs the Tomcat .32, below.
“That day had started like any other for the last 15 years. I’ve had a jewelry store and pawn shop in West Palm Beach, Florida, but this day would change my life forever. I set up the showcases for the day. It’s a beautiful South Florida day, hot and humid. (Two young males dressed in black) were hanging around looking at rings and things. The first guy was in the shop in the morning and was looking to sell his 14-karat gold chain. I thought he was going to make a trade for a ring or some cash. The pair just kept looking at more and more stuff. After about 35 minutes I asked, ‘Do you have any cash?’ The first guy just showed me a pocket with nothing in it. He still had the 14-karat gold chain to work with, so I went on waiting on them.