Beretta APX Carry Review

[Mrgunsngear]

Got this little blaster in last week and headed to the range for the video below.

Pros:
-100% reliable to date
-grip texture
-improved serrations over larger APXs
-steel sights
-chassis system so you can swap grips should they choose to make a 43x/48 issue offering one day

Cons:
-trigger

Review:

[1168]

Dear Glock: Where’s my factory extended 43 mags?

[Gadfly]

Soooo, is it a repackaged Nano?


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[0uTkAsT]

Great review as always MGNG.

I'm sure it's a decent little gun, but IMO, Beretta keeps trying to raise the bar on ugly with every reiteration of their polymer pistol lines.

[Gadfly]

Well, seeing the mag and hearing the description of the trigger pull... sounds like it is the NANO in a new shell. Yuck.


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[ramairthree]

Thank you for the review.

[Nightvisionary]

Well, seeing the mag and hearing the description of the trigger pull... sounds like it is the NANO in a new shell. Yuck.


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I could accept the trigger pull on the Nano but the extreme height over bore and the fact that mine shot 10 inches about POA at 7 yards killed it for me.

[lowprone]

It would be pretty much right on then @ 100 yards

[Mrgunsngear]

I could accept the trigger pull on the Nano but the extreme height over bore and the fact that mine shot 10 inches about POA at 7 yards killed it for me.

that's why I never picked one up as well.

[Bret]

I picked up an APX A1 Carry recently.



I took it to the range today and put 50rds of Geco 124gr FMJ through it. It passed the first test of carry guns; it was 100% reliable. From there it was downhill. The trigger is pretty bad with it mainly having a reset that's too long. Accuracy was poor. Often times bullets were just not going where I was pointing. I wasn't having a bad day either. I followed this pistol with my S&W M&P 10mm which showed incredible accuracy. The large magazine holds 8 cartridges and the smaller one holds 7 cartridges. An odd thing is that after a cartridge is chambered, the smaller magazine can't be topped back to 7 cartridges and then lock in the pistol. So I guess you get to carry 9 with the large magazine or 7 with the small magazine. I'd choose the former because it offers a better grip anyway. The really bad part was that the rear sight came loose while I was shooting the second magazine through it.


The rear sight was not held in with a a press fit at all even though it's dovetailed. Apparently they expect a set screw to do the job. The set screw was still in the sight, so it apparently wasn't screwed down tight enough. I could fix this myself, but I think that I'll entertain myself by sending the slide back to Beretta for repair. We'll get to see how their customer service handles the situation.

Once I receive my rebate I'll have $245 total in to this pistol. I suppose it's worth that, but it's obviously not a gun that I'd trust my life to. I think Beretta could have done better. On a positive note, I do like the size of the pistol and I think it does look better than the first generation.