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The Indiana State Police bought a Beretta 84 .380 for each of their troopers, as an off-duty and optional backup gun. The pistol was issued simultaneously with the Beretta 92G 9mm that was adopted to replace the agency’s traditional .357 Magnum service revolvers. When ISP later “powered up” to the .40 S&W service pistol, they chose the Beretta 96G, but kept the Beretta .380s for the backup/ off-duty function.

A fascinating variation of the Beretta Model 84 is the version long produced for Fabrique Nationale as the Browning BDA. This double-stack pistol has the enclosed slide of the old Beretta Model 90, and a slide-mounted combination safety/decock lever that functioned exactly the same as that on Beretta’s service-size 92F.

This is the 1935 Model .32 with the hammer at rest and off safe. Of the Beretta intermediate-frame pistols this is part of the first classic generation. …

… and here it is cocked and on safe. The 180-degree safety catch proved awkward. This pistol appears to have been chrome plated after market.