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The Meow Of The Tomcat

Beretta is a company that believes, like Burger King, that you, the customer, should be able to “have it your way.” A recent Beretta ad in a foreign gun magazine showed a range of Model 92 options from the old frame-mounted safety style that hasn’t been imported into the U.S. for many years, to the familiar 92FS, the shorter Centurion, and the heavy-duty Brigadier. And of course there’s the double-action-only 92D that’s popular among U.S. police.

Similarly, Beretta USA offers a wide power range to the good guy or gal who draws a weapon in the face of imminent, unlawful use of deadly force. You can respond with the roar of the Cougar (9mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, .357 SIG, or .45 ACP caliber). You can reply with the growl of the Cheetah (.380 ACP).

And now, you can answer with the meow of the Tomcat, the smallest .32 auto that Beretta has offered.

This is not your grandfather’s Beretta .32, which would have been the single-action 1935 model, a solid and chunky gun that was optimistically named the Puma when Beretta sold it here commercially years ago. Nor is it the .32 version of the Model 84, the high-capacity DA first-shot pistol of recent years. Both of those autos were much better in their natural caliber, the .380 ACP. Their recoil was negligible, and they were hell for accurate. Unfortunately they were also big for the power they put out.