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Thread: Beretta ARX-100 current production

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    When Beretta came out with their 7.62mm version (the ARX-200), they dispensed with the quick-change barrel feature and went to right-hand ejection only. According to a Beretta presentation on Youtube, both these changes were done to increase accuracy over the ARX-100/-160. So there might be something to the accuracy issues being at least partially related to the quick-change barrel.

    Presumably, eliminating the left-hand ejection port increased the rigidity of the receiver to a certain extent?
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    Like I say in these threads: it's an Italian AKM that fires 5.56 from AR-type mags with high reliability and total ambidextrousnous. (New word!)

    Still have mine but I'll probably sell / trade it just because I enjoy firing some other guns more.

    I don't care where a rifle throws Russian bullets, or M193, M855, or M80. It's all 4 moa at best ammo.

    I never went with more than a RDS on my ARX. I recall 3-4 moa w/Federal 50 gr BT. (Factory) Never fired it over 100 yds iirc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron3 View Post
    Like I say in these threads: it's an Italian AKM that fires 5.56 from AR-type mags with high reliability and total ambidextrousnous. (New word!)

    Still have mine but I'll probably sell / trade it just because I enjoy firing some other guns more.

    I don't care where a rifle throws Russian bullets, or M193, M855, or M80. It's all 4 moa at best ammo.

    I never went with more than a RDS on my ARX. I recall 3-4 moa w/Federal 50 gr BT. (Factory) Never fired it over 100 yds iirc.
    I found there was a noticeable difference from 2 MOA to 4 MOA, and again from 4 to 6+. At 4 MOA there's effectively no margin for error on realistic targets (equivalent to a partial head/shoulder) at 100+ yards. At 6 MOA, you frequently miss even when you're doing everything right.

    All I can think of is what it could have been had they noticed and addressed the accuracy issue during development. "Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more." There's no good reason that rifle couldn't be made to shoot 2 MOA. Switch to US made button rifled/stress relieved barrels and retrofit a barrel attachment method that makes the barrel rigid with the receiver instead of flopping around. It could have been a 2 MOA rifle with all the benefits the ARX offers, minus the goofy quick detach barrel.

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    I have had very good experiences with my Beretta ARX 100. I bought it around Christmas 2016 and it has been problem free and extremely low maintenance. Accuracy on mine has been in the 2.5-3 MOA range if I do my job. I have hit targets out to 300M with the trijicon MRO with little difficulty.

    However the accuracy range seems to be a hard wall with the ARX100 and I haven't been able to shoot much under the numbers given no matter what ammo I use. Unlike for example my BCM SOCOM upper AR which may shoot 2 to 2.5 MOA with 55gr ammo but accuracy will hit near MOA if I shoot match ammo and if I do my job.

    The best way to conceptually think of the ARX100 is a very lightweight 5.56 AK with good ergonomics and good accuracy using an RDS. It is a great grab and go rifle especially with a lightweight RDS like a Trijicon MRO which is a great match for the rifle. Although the longest range I have shot my ARX is 300M, I really think the rifle is best optimized as a 0-200M rifle equiped with a lightweight RDS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crusader377 View Post
    I have had very good experiences with my Beretta ARX 100. I bought it around Christmas 2016 and it has been problem free and extremely low maintenance. Accuracy on mine has been in the 2.5-3 MOA range if I do my job. I have hit targets out to 300M with the trijicon MRO with little difficulty.

    However the accuracy range seems to be a hard wall with the ARX100 and I haven't been able to shoot much under the numbers given no matter what ammo I use. Unlike for example my BCM SOCOM upper AR which may shoot 2 to 2.5 MOA with 55gr ammo but accuracy will hit near MOA if I shoot match ammo and if I do my job.

    The best way to conceptually think of the ARX100 is a very lightweight 5.56 AK with good ergonomics and good accuracy using an RDS. It is a great grab and go rifle especially with a lightweight RDS like a Trijicon MRO which is a great match for the rifle. Although the longest range I have shot my ARX is 300M, I really think the rifle is best optimized as a 0-200M rifle equiped with a lightweight RDS.
    That's great that you got a good one. I don't think anyone should complain about a 3 MOA rifle with the other features an ARX100 has. The problem is, I got a lemon that couldn't do better than 6 MOA with any ball ammo and Beretta's reaction to my complaint was to pull dirty underhanded tricks to make sure they didn't get it back as a "defective" rifle. It took going to the BBB to get them to take responsibility for it. If Beretta did that to me, they will do it to someone else as well.

    What I want any prospective Beretta buyer to know is: You can expect virtually any other 5.56 rifle, including an AK, to dependably shoot at least 4 MOA. According to several reports, when you buy an ARX100 you are rolling the dice as to whether you get a 3 MOA rifle, a 7 MOA rifle, or something in between, with no easy recourse if you're unsatisfied with the result. Who knows if Beretta will continue to respond to even a BBB complaint? Maybe they'll start doubling down on that as well if they get too many complaints?

    Would you want to be the one stuck with a $1200-$1600 rifle that shoots 6-7 MOA and trying to sell it to someone else? Are you going to be dishonest and omit that fact or will you be upfront and try to find a buyer who'll buy a 6-7 MOA rifle? How much money are you going to lose going the honest route?
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    Quote Originally Posted by crusader377 View Post
    I have had very good experiences with my Beretta ARX 100. I bought it around Christmas 2016 and it has been problem free and extremely low maintenance. Accuracy on mine has been in the 2.5-3 MOA range if I do my job. I have hit targets out to 300M with the trijicon MRO with little difficulty.

    However the accuracy range seems to be a hard wall with the ARX100 and I haven't been able to shoot much under the numbers given no matter what ammo I use. Unlike for example my BCM SOCOM upper AR which may shoot 2 to 2.5 MOA with 55gr ammo but accuracy will hit near MOA if I shoot match ammo and if I do my job.

    The best way to conceptually think of the ARX100 is a very lightweight 5.56 AK with good ergonomics and good accuracy using an RDS. It is a great grab and go rifle especially with a lightweight RDS like a Trijicon MRO which is a great match for the rifle. Although the longest range I have shot my ARX is 300M, I really think the rifle is best optimized as a 0-200M rifle equiped with a lightweight RDS.
    Hmmm, I was considering the MRO... They're affordable enough that I could easily get 3 of them, one for each of my three ARX-100s. But my concern about the MRO was with it's somewhat (comparably) large parallax shift combined with the large accuracy spread of the ARX might not be a good combination. So I've been considering the Aimpoint COMP M5S, but to buy 3 of them would have me out about $3000 dollars when I include getting the mounts I want along with them... It's just a hard pill to swallow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aries144 View Post
    Would you want to be the one stuck with a $1200-$1600 rifle that shoots 6-7 MOA and trying to sell it to someone else? Are you going to be dishonest and omit that fact or will you be upfront and try to find a buyer who'll buy a 6-7 MOA rifle? How much money are you going to lose going the honest route?
    Potentially a lot, but it's better to lose money than integrity.

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    Wonder if Beretta is still making the FDE version?

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    Just sold mine. Didn't need it and wasnt partially more fun / rewarding to fire than other rifles.

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    I traded my Beretta ARX100 for a LWRCi M6-IC. I think I had a good deal.

    I found the sights while moving for the Beretta. I wish I had kept the Troys I had on them but need to have sights for the sale.

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