![]() ![]() If you're using a pistol to defend yourself, you're probably at inside-the-room distances, so the big front sight of the APX will work just fine. Behind the slide lock lever is a window revealing the serialized frame underneath. ![]() The APX lacks a thumb safety but does sport a trigger safety, and the teardrop-shaped mag release is easy to access. The rear sight has a forward edge so you can rack the slide on a hard surface if necessary. No plastic sights, no fiber-optic rods that could break. The sights are steel and have three big white dots on them. Beretta's APX-specific website for this pistol is, which should tell you Beretta intends the APX to be a fighting tool. When considering the APX, keep in mind Beretta designed this pistol from the ground up to be a serious law enforcement, military, "shooting bad guys in the face" pistol (and that's an actual quote from one of the company's law enforcement consultants). The factory grip checkering is pretty aggressive, and that combined with small finger grooves kept the pistol from moving in my hand once I had the correct backstrap size installed. The APX has interchangeable small, medium and large backstraps, and these wrap around to include the grip panels on either side, which means they're a perfect target for do-it-yourself stippling- if nothing less than the most aggressive grip texture possible will do, that is. Magazine base pads flare a bit, which helps in stripping mags from the gun if necessary. The wraparound, interchangeable grips run a bit on the small side, at least for some shooters. The frame housing is, according to Beretta, constructed of "fiberglass reinforced technopolymer." (I didn't think technopolymer was a real word, but the internet tells me it is.) The frame housing features a standard Picatinny rail for mounting lights and/or lasers. I'm told that initially only black pistols will be available, but colored frame housings will be offered for sale from the Beretta Pro Shop immediately. pistols were rolled out, Beretta showed off housings in several colors, including flat dark earth, olive drab and gray. What would be the frame in most pistols is simply the frame housing. Instead of a serialized frame, the serial number is etched into a steel chassis. military's Modular Handgun System requirements in mind. More on those in a moment.īeretta designed this pistol with the U.S. As a result, the gun looks a bit like some other offerings on the market, but the serrations on the slide make the APX stand out in a crowd. The APX is certainly far from the first polymer-frame, striker-fired pistol on the market, and you can put only so much company personality into that envelope. The APX not only is solid performer but also is competitively priced at $575. The pistol weighs 28 ounces empty, which puts it in familiar territory for striker-fired pistols. Overall, it is 7.56 inches long by 5.6 inches tall, and it is 1.3 inches wide. 40 S&W, and in 9mm it sports a capacity of 17+1 rounds. The barrel is cold-hammer-forged and features polygonal rifling. This is a big, duty-size pistol with a 4.25-inch barrel. During the development process, Beretta surveyed more than 500 military, law enforcement and everyday shooters, and it used their input to improve the pistol. By the time Beretta felt the APX was ready for sale, the gun had been in development for four years, with more than 1 million rounds fired through test guns. 1 question American consumers had was, "When can I buy one?" The answer is, "Now."īeretta is the oldest firearms company in the world- more than 500 years old, although it can find records going back only 490 years- and established firms tend not to go off half-cocked. ![]() This full-size, polymer-frame, striker-fired pistol was aimed at the international military and law enforcement market, and the No. Word of it leaked more than two years ago, along with photos. ![]() One of the worst-kept secrets in the firearms world in the past few years has been the Beretta APX. ![]()
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