Beretta 81 trade ins hitting the market

[ripley16]

If you haven't noticed there are several web dealers selling some really nice Beretta 81 models, 12 rounds, .32acp. A local dealer just received his order and I had to jump. Dealers are selling from $220 to about $270. The one I bought, at $239, is in excellent shape. Very clean, (for a batch of trade ins), nice bluing and lots to choose from. A beautiful model to add to the Beretta collection. Can't wait to shoot her. I was lucky to find one with the nice smooth wood grips. Most have the standard black plastic.

[Barth]

If you haven't noticed there are several web dealers selling some really nice Beretta 81 models, 12 rounds, .32acp. A local dealer just received his order and I had to jump. Dealers are selling from $220 to about $270. The one I bought, at $239, is in excellent shape. Very clean, (for a batch of trade ins), nice bluing and lots to choose from. A beautiful model to add to the Beretta collection. Can't wait to shoot her. I was lucky to find one with the nice smooth wood grips. Most have the standard black plastic.

Looks sweet!
I shouldn't ask, but where did you get it from?

I need to settle down.
This is my unissued Makarov 9x18



Still, looks like a great buy!!!

[ripley16]

I got it from my LGS. Here's a link to his web site; https://dkfirearms.com/
He's a very popular dealer in this area both in shop, at gun shows and on line.

[berettabone]

A nice pickup...……………………………...

[trentu]

Picked me up one. Never owned a .32acp so thought I would try it. Extra mags are high priced though. You would think the extra mags would have been imported as well.

[ripley16]

Yesterday I shot the Beretta and can report it's a sweetie. Softer shooting than I expected. The small sights are harder to acquire than many more modern sights, but I shot a pretty tight group at 7 yards of about two inches. My .32 stock was pretty low so only about 40 rounds was used. S&B mostly but also a few Winchester Silver Tips which proved to run fine and was my most accurate group. I tried to use a magazine from my model 84, which loads like it will work and even fed a few rounds but failed to feed them all. Worth a try but .380 mags won't work. The correct mag loaded and fed just fine. A nice gun that I really enjoyed.

[Planedude]

I have one of these on order thru AimSurplus. Looking forward to it's arrival. I did note that the day after these hit the market, the country wide supply of .32acp magazines was sold out. I am already on a couple of wait lists for an extra mag or two.

Peace

[kenemoore]

Plenty of .32ACP at SG Ammo (0ne of my favorites.)
https://www.sgammo.com/catalog/pisto...-auto-acp-ammo

[Barth]

I got it from my LGS. Here's a link to his web site; https://dkfirearms.com/
He's a very popular dealer in this area both in shop, at gun shows and on line.

Thanks for the tip, always wanted a Cheetah.
Have a hand select inbound...

[ripley16]

Barth, let us know how she is when it arrives. The ones I saw while there in the shop were in very good shape. Standard condition were nice too but had more handling marks and some had a bit of slight surface rust.