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I am not a Beretta fan. Everyone I have owned has been a disappointment. I have never fired the A1. For the price it's a good deal. If you don't like it you can always sell it and get your money back for the most part. There was something goofy about this gun, maybe takedown? Take another look at it and if you think you might like it, go for it.
 
Annihilator said:
Anybody have any input on this Beretta Apex A1 tactical, was looking at it today at my shop, real good price, plus you get 3 21 round mags with it.

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I have the 9mm Centurion APX (15 rounds), with the compact frame (13 rounds). Like the Sig P320, the trigger group (or Fire Control Unit as Sig calls it), can be swapped into different size frames. I like mine but it’s essentially the Gen 1 version. The A1 is more a Gen 2 with several improvements made.
 
nmedge said:
I am not a Beretta fan. Everyone I have owned has been a disappointment. I have never fired the A1. For the price it's a good deal. If you don't like it you can always sell it and get your money back for the most part. There was something goofy about this gun, maybe takedown? Take another look at it and if you think you might like it, go for it.
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Take down can be tricky I guess, once you know gun is clear, you move slide a tad back and press the disconnector button on rear and then you press the round take down lever on one side as you rotate the take down lever, this can be difficult I guess, I handled it and it felt good, just didn’t jump on it at this time, was just wondering
 
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Annihilator said:
Anybody have any input on this Beretta Apex A1 tactical, was looking at it today at my shop, real good price, plus you get 3 21 round mags with it.

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It's a great gun. It's very robust and overbuilt. Most who bash it know little about it or it's features. It has a great trigger, it's modular with a stainless steel chassis, has the option for factory 10, 13, 15, 17, and 21 round mags, it's ambitious, unlike the P320 it has interchangeable backstraps, under cut trigger guard, flat face trigger, like the M&P 2.0 it can be field stripped with or without pulling the trigger, field stripping is easy and simple, the recoil spring assembly is good for I believe over 20k rounds, the barrel is cold hammer forged and chrome lined which is something you typically find in full auto riffles, there aren't really any polymer internal as the slide stop, mag release, and recoil spring are all steel, and there are other features.
 
Annihilator said:
I didn’t say it was hard, just tricky, at least that’s what my friend at my shop said, he told me it takes some practice, he just said you have to push the round part of take down lever as you rotate the lever itself, he showed me how he did it.
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Yes, you simply push the takedown level round part on the opposite side and rotate the lever. As you can see in the videos, it litteraly takes a second. When you put the slide back on, the level will rotate back into place. It's just as simple as having to pull down both tabs on a Glock. The only difference is you don't have to pull back on the slide with the APX.

The only issue might be that it can be stiff at first, but it will loosen up with use. I wouldn't say it's hard at all or takes getting use to, but rather it's a different method than most are use to. I've seen many people on forums, at gun shops, and on YouTube who don't read the manual, do it the wrong way, and then get the impression that it's difficult.

If you look at the two videos above on how the slide is removed rather easily in about a second and compare that to the video below that does it the wrong way you can see why most have the idea in their head that it's hard to do.
 
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I've also heard a LOT of people say the trigger sucks too. I typically will post post these video in rebuttal. Those are the original APX in the video, but the APX A1 now ships with the green competition striker spring installed from the factory whereas you had to buy it separately with the original. Once broken in, the trigger pull should be 5.5lb to 5lb.


 
The cons are it's slide is thick and robust as it was designed for military use to win a military contract more so than conceal carry.

It's a 3 or so ounces more than most other handguns in it's category because of it's slide and stainless steel chassis.

There are holsters and aftermarket parts from night, fiber optic, and suppressor hight sights, magwells, extended mag releases, and recoil springs, but options are limited. You can find a solution, but it just might not be from your favorite aftermarket manufacturer.

The complete takedown of the frame isn't as simple as the P320; however, once you do it a couple of times it's rather easy and straightforward. It can be done in 5 minutes or less. It's certainly much easier and faster to break down vs M&Ps, XD(m)s, HKs, Walthers, and other non chassis systems.
 
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WellArmed said:
I've also heard a LOT of people say the trigger sucks too. I typically will post post these video in rebuttal. Those are the original APX in the video, but the APX A1 now ships with the green competition striker spring installed from the factory whereas you had to buy it separately with the original. Once broken in, the trigger pull should be 5.5lb to 5lb.


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Trigger can’t be any worse then any Ruger polymer pistol…..
 
I’ve heard good things, just not popular but it’s likely on par with most Stryker guns in its class maybe slightly better. Its
My understanding they have a fire control unit similar to the p320 (plus I haven’t heard of the apx randomly discharging a round lol). So everything can be changed which is sort of handy if you like to tinker. I think honest outlaw was impressed with it.

Honestly beretta seems to fall under the radar, I have shot a few 92’s but my fathers px4 shoots amazing and 0 issues apparently those are overbuilt tanks too.
 
No experience with this one. It could be a fine range gun due to weight and capacity. Suppressor ready could appeal if you have or want one. I think it's butt ugly, but to each his own. The only Beretta I have is an 85FS that I love.
 
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