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The author thinks the best casual sporting .22 Beretta ever made was the Model 70. This one has adjustable sights, factory thumb-rest stock.

Few pistols point as well as a series 70 Beretta, or feel as good in the hand.

The Beretta Model 70 .22 became famous as an issue weapon for Mossad, the Israeli secret service.

Cocked and locked, the second-generation Model 70 is seen with its ergonomic thumb safety, which replaced the previous cross-bolt design.

Dubbed the “New Puma,” the series 70 Beretta .32 was a sleek single-action auto with some unusual features.

Unlike first-generation guns, the second-generation intermediate frame Berettas had this efficient, ergonomic slide lock design.

Shooting the Beretta .380s

Not until a year or so into production of the third-generation guns (81 series) did Beretta .380s start coming with internal firing pin safeties. This rendered them drop-safe. Prior state-of-the-art was such that if a semiautomatic pistol with a round in the chamber and no internal firing pin lock should be struck sharply on the muzzle or hammer end, the firing pin could be driven forward enough by inertia to fire the weapon. Thus, if you have any pistol without an internal firing pin lock, it is an excellent idea to carry it with an empty chamber and jack a round into the firing chamber Israeli-style when the gun is drawn in an emergency or any other situation where it may be appropriate to fire. The current Beretta .380s with internal firing pin lock are, however, safe to carry with a round in the chamber, the way U.S. police and most of us “in the business” carry our semiautomatic pistols.