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I've been drawn towards this pistol for some time and finally decided to bring it home. I wanted something larger than my wife's P238 for .380. I have short fat hands that find it difficult to hold the smaller Sig.

This is 23oz with a 4 inch barrel, 13 round capacity, and I can (almost) get a full grip.

It's Beretta quality, but the slide is alfully stiff. I'm not sure if it's the smaller surface area to grip when retracting the slide, or the slide's just fitted tight to the frame. I'll investigate later when I shoot it.

The trigger is typical factory and needs to be stoned, but the DA is stiff with an acceptable single action.

Anyway, I'm pleased with it. Hope it shoots as well as it should. That'll be end of summer when this herniated L4-L5 should be healed.





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Sexiest pistols around, the Beretta 80-series.
 
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Dig it !
 
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Love the 84FS. Had one for a few years, and it was just fantastic. Best shooting .380 I've ever owned.

People who owned .380 in a LCP or P3AT were bewildered at how soft it was from my 84. (Plus it doesn't try to tear your hand apart like a PPk.)

Hope you get your back healed up soon.
 
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A great little pistol. I too picked one up about a month ago. A couple of thoughts.

The slide is hard to rack because it's a blow back action. It will loosen up some after time, but will always be heavier than a tilting barrel action, even a .45 acp. The small, sharp serrations don't help this.

As far as the trigger needing work, mine was somewhat stiff when I first got it but lightened up nicely. I left it with the slide locked back for a couple of weeks, and dry fired it a lot. Now, SA brakes clean at 4.25 lbs and DA is fairly smooth 8.5 - 9 lbs. I'm pretty sure the DA will get a bit better over time.

My gun shoots at a small (1.5~ at 7 yards) 6 o'clock hold. Not my favorite but I can live with it.

Enjoy!



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The Beretta 84/85 and Browning BDA are what I think of as "genteel men's" guns.


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Beautiful!
 
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I really, REALLY hate you guys. Pics like those should be BANNED.

I just completely broke my own tenet regarding .380 (again) and put a damn near pristine P232SL on layaway. And I don't even like shooting them. But alas I allowed myself to fall for its blatant sexiness. And now, pics of a nickel 84...jeez. Such porn is bad, BAD I say.

Yeah...I probably end up convincing myself that I must have one of these, too. Wink
 
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Great looking Beretta!
 
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I can haz?

Lovely pistol.
 
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My buddy has one. Very cool pistol. Perfectly optimized for .380. I like my G42 for carry, but the Cheetah is great for shooting. Enjoy!
 
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It's Beretta quality, but the slide is alfully stiff. I'm not sure if it's the smaller surface area to grip when retracting the slide, or the slide's just fitted tight to the frame. I'll investigate later when I shoot it.
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Because the action is blow-back whereas the P238 has a lock-up action.



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These are terrific guns, but yes...stiff to rack them.

I have an album of pics showing the differences between a double-stack 84FS and single-stack 85FS here: http://imgur.com/a/iA7M4
 
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Best option for someone who likes the 80-series but doesn't like 380 is the Beretta 87 / 22LR. Easy to rack, cheap to shoot.

Just saying. Wink
 
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and harder to find these days....
 
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Not hard to find if you already have one in the safe!

Some people find that cocking the hammer and then racking the slide is a workable work around for the heavy racking.
 
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Thanks for the comments on the racking effort. It's great to have a knowledge base like sigforum!


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Beautiful gun. I have acquired 3 over the past three months.
 
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Love the lines of the 80 series Beretta. I wish the Browning BDA version had the same frame mounted safety vs. the slide mounted unit.
 
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