Beretta 1934 Info G14419

[rpboone]

I checked the berettaweb site ( http://www.berettaweb.com/armi/Beretta mod 1934 & 1935.htm ) for information on my 1934 -- Just so happens that I have a G14499 serial number. Notice that G series is listed with the same numbers for 1943-45 and 1970 - 75. Is this a misprint - if not how do you tell the difference?

Start / end of production from 1934 to 1980 (1991)
Quantity produced about 1,080,000

Start - End - Serial numbers
1934 - 1942 - from about 500073 to 999996
1934 - 1942 - from 1 to about 40000
1943 - 1945 - from F00001 to F99997
1943 - 1945 - from G00001 to G57486
1943 - 1945 - from 0001AA to 9997AA
1943 - 1945 - from 0001BB to 9971BB
1946 - 1949 - from C00001 to C99998
1949 - 1954 - from D00001 to D99999
1954 - 1967 - from E00001 to E95760
1967 - 1973 - from F50001 to F61693
1970 - 1975 - from G00007 to G49620
1972 - 1974 - from H00001 to H25000
1971 - 1980 - from T 1 to T 10217
1991 onwards from A28530Y

 

[Ron James]

I do believe the 43 to 45 Beretta's `1934s had the year made in Roman numerals on the slide.

 

[Jim K]

The year in Roman numerals is not the calendar year (e.g., 1941) but the year of Mussolini's rule, starting with the year 1922 as the Year 1 (the advent of the new "Messiah"). So add the Roman numeral to 1921 to get the true date of manufacture. For example, "XIX" (19) added to 1921 gives a date of 1940.

The Roman numbers continued in use for quite a while after the war, as it took time (this is Italy, remember) to change the law.

Jim