Beretta PX4

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Does anyone have experience with these? I was able to get one for a ridiculously low price ($223 OTD), but have never shot one and don't know much about them.

I picked it up just yesterday. It's 40 caliber, DAO, and looks to me like a police turn-in. I get the impression it was carried quite a bit but not shot much. The rotating barrel mechanism looks interesting. The night sights still work.

Any information would be much appreciated. I won't have a chance to shoot it until Tuesday.

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The rotating barrel design is a great recoil absorb-er. I have the PX4's earlier version, the 8045 Cougar in .45ACP. I can shoot hotter loads in it than I can stand in a 1911 and it doesn't seem to bother. They are worth far more than their price.

Stu
 
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No experience with the PX4 but I would get one only because I'm also fascinated with the rotating barrel design.
 
have a sig mauser m2 .45acp with rotating barrel. really like the rotating barrel setup and recoil perception of absorbtion, so i imagine the beretta would be quite nice as well.
 
I looked at it more closely today. The rails and locking area have more shiny areas than I noticed yesterday, so it's been shot a bit more than I'd thought. It's still not "worn", but I will work on that.

Here is a picture of the breech mechanism. If you look at the spring assembly on the left, you can see the little piece sticking up in the middle of the rectangle. If you look at the barrel/slide assembly on the right, you can see the groove that the notch fits into.

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I had a 40 cal Cougar for a few years and liked the design, not the cartridge.

I've also shot a 9mm PX4.

Both guns are soft shooting and are easy to maintain. I think you'll enjoy it.

I have no need, but would like to pick up a PX4. Not sure what clambering.
 
My Father has one in 9mm,the recoil has more of a push than a kick due to the locking design.
 
I keep thinking of getting one (in 9mm) but there's a 9mm Stoeger Cougar (8000) in my LGS for $325 that keeps calling to me. Anyone have any experience with the two? I know the PX4 replaced the Cougar in the Beretta Italian factory and they shipped all the tooling to Turkey for manufacture. The Stoeger is Inox and feels pretty good in the hand.
 
I keep thinking of getting one (in 9mm) but there's a 9mm Stoeger Cougar (8000) in my LGS for $325 that keeps calling to me. Anyone have any experience with the two? I know the PX4 replaced the Cougar in the Beretta Italian factory and they shipped all the tooling to Turkey for manufacture. The Stoeger is Inox and feels pretty good in the hand.
Yep, as posted above. My Stoegar was a good gun.

If you like all metal, go with the Cougar. If you like polymer, and a little bit of a modernized design, go with the Beretta.
 
I'm on my 4th 8045 Cougar from Stoeger. Friends insist on buying them out of my hands when they shoot them and find out how inexpensive they are. I tried a PX4 but sold it and went back to the all metal Cougar. I guess I don't like the newer plastic guns.

Stu
 
I tested them in 09 (I think) when the Army was considering them for a M9 replacement, in regular DA as well as DAO. I wasn't impressed with them, but if you like it then you got a good deal.
 
Didn't mean to hijack the thread....so many, many thanks for the input. Somehow it didn't dawn on me that the PX4 was a plastic gun. I much prefer all metal (I've got my share of plastic, mostly Walthers) so I guess this is gonna be an easy decision. Will probably visit the LGS and hope the Stoeger in still in the case. Pics when and if I get it.
 
I thought I would add a quick range report. I fired about 50 random reloads through it today. My FiL is trying to find a bullet that will feed into our seven or so various 40 caliber pistols. I only had 3 FTF (my 1911 wouldn't feed any of them), so I thought that was pretty good.

I like how it's thick and heavy. Between that and the rotary breech, the recoil was squat. The sights are good. I could shoot it as well as the average service pistol. The trigger pull was smooth and not heavy, but it was loooong. I would start pulling it and need a shave by the time it went off. That was good for trigger control practice, and I shot it reasonably well, so all was good.

If someone wanted a 40 caliber DAO pistol, I would cheerfully recommend it. :)
 
I have a PX-4c in .40

It's a very accurate, relatively soft shooting, and easy to carry pistol.

Once you get the hang of lining up the cam with the block reassembly is no more difficult than guns with the tilting barrel design.

Mine is TDA and it has a great trigger.
 
Were any past kinks worked out of the PX4?
I suppose you'd have to identify what "kinks" those were.
Is the PX4 Compact reliable?
Ernest Langdon has been working a trio of PX4 Compacts for the past couple of years with great success.

http://www.gunnuts.net/2015/08/17/ernest-langdon-and-the-beretta-px4/

For those interested in this sort of thing, Langdon, Beretta, and Robar have gotten together to produce the PX4 Compact Carry

Beretta http://www.beretta.com/en-us/px4-storm-compact-carry/

Robar https://robarguns.com/pro-shop/product/beretta-px4-compact-carry-pre-order/

For those that like the full size gun, you can probably expect a full size Robar PX4 in the future.
 
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