I just got a Beretta 21A as a replacement to my jam-o-matic/break-o-matic Kel-Tec P-32. I only had enough time to run 8 rounds trough it when I got it but today I got to shoot it much more.
It is just a matte blue used 21A that looks to have been carried a lot and shot some but not as much as it was carried. It is nothing close to new.
I shot at least 200 rounds in an effort to make it jam. I had intended to keep shooting it until it jammed but that never happend so I am happy about that. At first, I loaded some Winchest X-Perts that wouldn't feed. I didn't expect them to work because they don't work in any of my semi-auto .22s for some reason. I decided to scrap that idea and went to a box of Rem Golden Bullets that I had. These are cheap and tend to misfire once in 500 rounds or so. I shot over 200 of these with not a single problem.
The gun is both accurate and reliable. It can be fired extremly fast and stay on target because of the good grips and low recoil of the .22lr. It points quite well when I tried some unaimed fast shooting. I figuire that this is the type of shooting that this gun will have to preform if I ever need it to defend myself with. I shot about 100 rounds this way and got better the more I shot. I think I will be practicing this type of shooting a lot with this gun until I get to when I can draw it and fire all the shots into a pie plate size target as fast as I can pull the trigger. I am close but sometimes my first and second shot are a little off target. I just need more pratice to find out where it points and I will be there in no time. Next time, I will buy some CCI Stingers and see how they work, if they are just as reliable, I have found a new mouse gun for every day carry.
I did some accuracy test to see just how well it shoots. It has tiny sights that are hard to see in certain light but the DA and SA trigger are surprisingly good. In DA it is smooth and long but breaks nice. In SA, it has more creep but it is light and smooth also. Very easy to shoot with the good trigger and low recoil and the tiny sight are very precise if you can see them. I was able to pick off shotgun shells at 10 feet and hit clay targets at 30-35 feet. I never shot it at paper so I don't know how tight a group I can expect but the sights seem to be right on and need no Kentucky windage.
As a mouse gun, I think it is a good choice for someone who understands that it may not be a "fight stopper". It is what it is, a tiny .22lr. It is not much of a caliber but it is better than nothing and better than a unreliable gun. It holds 8 shots safely and can be fired fast and accuratly with just a minimun amount of practice. I am happy with it as a pocket gun but I do understand its limitations.
It is just a matte blue used 21A that looks to have been carried a lot and shot some but not as much as it was carried. It is nothing close to new.
I shot at least 200 rounds in an effort to make it jam. I had intended to keep shooting it until it jammed but that never happend so I am happy about that. At first, I loaded some Winchest X-Perts that wouldn't feed. I didn't expect them to work because they don't work in any of my semi-auto .22s for some reason. I decided to scrap that idea and went to a box of Rem Golden Bullets that I had. These are cheap and tend to misfire once in 500 rounds or so. I shot over 200 of these with not a single problem.
The gun is both accurate and reliable. It can be fired extremly fast and stay on target because of the good grips and low recoil of the .22lr. It points quite well when I tried some unaimed fast shooting. I figuire that this is the type of shooting that this gun will have to preform if I ever need it to defend myself with. I shot about 100 rounds this way and got better the more I shot. I think I will be practicing this type of shooting a lot with this gun until I get to when I can draw it and fire all the shots into a pie plate size target as fast as I can pull the trigger. I am close but sometimes my first and second shot are a little off target. I just need more pratice to find out where it points and I will be there in no time. Next time, I will buy some CCI Stingers and see how they work, if they are just as reliable, I have found a new mouse gun for every day carry.
I did some accuracy test to see just how well it shoots. It has tiny sights that are hard to see in certain light but the DA and SA trigger are surprisingly good. In DA it is smooth and long but breaks nice. In SA, it has more creep but it is light and smooth also. Very easy to shoot with the good trigger and low recoil and the tiny sight are very precise if you can see them. I was able to pick off shotgun shells at 10 feet and hit clay targets at 30-35 feet. I never shot it at paper so I don't know how tight a group I can expect but the sights seem to be right on and need no Kentucky windage.
As a mouse gun, I think it is a good choice for someone who understands that it may not be a "fight stopper". It is what it is, a tiny .22lr. It is not much of a caliber but it is better than nothing and better than a unreliable gun. It holds 8 shots safely and can be fired fast and accuratly with just a minimun amount of practice. I am happy with it as a pocket gun but I do understand its limitations.
