Beretta Storm

Purchase a Beretta Storm or not????

  • YES, buy the carbine

    Votes: 49 75.4%

  • No, it's a POS

    Votes: 7 10.8%

  • Buy a Ruger M-14

    Votes: 9 13.8%
  • Total voters
    65
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I have looked at but never fired nor have seen one at the range, how are the Beretta Storm carbine rifles in 9mm??????

Do any of you have one and is it fun to shot?????

How is it's accuracy at 50 yards?????

Would you recommend someone getting one, if so why not??????
 
I bought one at Christmas for my 11 year old and I took it away from him :)

I enjoy shooting it very much. I've found it to be very accurate out to 75 yards or so (that's as far as I've shot it) and the ammo price is certainly better than lots of things.

There seem to be a ton of aftermarket goodies for it, my boy is wanting a VFG and red dot for his.

Because of the length I think it would make a FANTASTIC home defense weapon.

I've read some reports of reliability problems but this one I have has been fine through 500 rounds or so.

ETA: This is the 9mm one, you know they are coming out with one in .223 too right?
 
ETA: This is the 9mm one, you know they are coming out with one in .223 too right?
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I'd definitely buy one in .223, but how would they make it? No mag full of .223 is going to fit into the grip, the gun would have to be redesigned.
 
It's a different model, but still called a Storm. The pic here is the SBR version, but they are making one for non-LEO sale.

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At the time of writing, 8 ayes, zero nays, and zero recommendations to buy the Mini-14.

Heh.

I have a two Storms - the carbine and the pistol. I was going to look into the rifle, too, but wound up buying a traditional AR because I found one for a good price and it's likely the Beretta will be banned by the time it reaches the US civilian market anyway (get to writing those congressmen, by the way).

In any event, the carbine is light, handy, well balanced, accurate as hell, and fun to shoot. Mine sports a BSA red dot sight of no particular merit that works quite well; I've converted it to take the same magazines as my Storm pistol but you can buy new carbines nowadays that do that from the factory. I bought mine very early on.
 
While the storm isn't exactly pleasing to the eye, it's an accurate and well designed carbine.

I've only handled one once (the .45 model), but I was impressed. Using iron sights at ranges <100 yards, the carbine was at least as accurate as my AR.
 
Only concern

I had one and it was fine. It was a 9mm and accurate enough at 50 yds. The only thing I worried about was if you hit the grip with your hand, the mag would drop out. This may have just been mine though.
 
A range near me has a storm as a rental gun. I don't like it at all. The magazine release is right where my thumb rests naturally, so I will fire a few rounds and then the mag will fall out. Other than that I just didn't like the ergonomics very much. I'm sure there are better carbines, but if the storm fits you than it should be about as good as any of them.
 
Some while ago my sainted mother indicated that she was getting on in years a bit to far to comfortably shoot the cut-down 20 ga. SXS that had been the house gun there for a long time. So we commenced looking for alternatives. We went through the commonly available pistol caliber carbines, and the one we settled on was the Storm in 9mm.

I took out the stock spacer, installed a top rail, outfitted it with 20-round Beretta magazines, a Trijicon Reflex sight and a Streamlight TLR-2 LED light/laser combination on the pop-out rail. We worked on the manual of arms for several days, and did a good bit of range time both day and night.

She really likes it, thinks the laser is the best thing going. She can handle the gun easily, running the bolt was a problem for her with the KelTec Sub2000. The magazine is big enough to make me happy, unlike the 10 rounder in the HiPoint 995. It just feels right in all regards.

Only problem is, now my wife wants one too.

lpl/nc
 
I have a Storm in .40S&W, and mounted a red-dot sight on the top. Out to 50 yds, you OWN anything in the scope's view.

The carbine is light, short, and handy, and VERY ergonomic, at least for me. (I have never experienced the mag. release issue noted by another poster.)

My only complain is that I need to find some larger magazines for it, as 11 rounds of .40 goes pretty quick......
 
i have experince with two they were both in 9mm and they were accurate enough for thier intended purposes. one was toped with an aimpoint red dot and the other an imitaion by burris i believe. i haven't shot one using the iron sights but the red dots and the accuracy worked well. the triggers left alot to be desired but it is definetly something that can be gotten used to with a little bit of practice. they are pretty neat i think. i love the fact that everything can be switched and made ambi if need be, and the light weight is a plus. plus the 9mm model that takes the 92 mags is great which was the case with the two i have shot. the mags are easy to find and every once in a while you can get a great deal on them.

will i buy one? maybe when all the other priorities on my list are taken care of but it is a long expensive list that will have me busy for a while, making the money to spend on everythin that i want. plus my dad has one and i will be more than happy to shoot up his ammo in his gun!:)
 
Many years ago I bought an HK SP-89 for my home defense, at least that is what I thought.... I quickly found that the gun had no purpose other than to be collected, it shot well, but it only had the pistol punch and was really heavy and ackward.

I would place the Storm in the same category.
 
I have been eyeing a pistol-caliber carbine for awhile, I have a Marlin 1894C already, and Winchester 94 in .44 magnum. I looked at the Storm at a gun shop, and an M1 Carbine, and decided on the M1 carbine.
 
I have one in 9mm and I absolutely love it! I have only shot it at an indoor rage that is only 50 feet. I'm planning on taking it to an outdoor (100 yard) range soon.
 
I have a 9mm Storm. It is a fine gun, but if the goal is for plinking and such, you can spend a lot less money and get comparable performance from a Hi Point carbine. At 50 yards, the results will be comparable. You just don't have the mag options with the Hi Point that you do with the Storm.

I am not sorry I purchased my Storm, but it is a pricey little pistol caliber carbine.

Scoped (for me anyway), you should be able to make head shots on an IDPA target consistently at 100 yards. Open sights, hitting a silhouette at 200 isn't a problem once you get familiar with bullet drop. After than, things seem to go down hill pretty quickly, in my experience.
 
I love my Storm....I'll have to get it out and snap some piccies later.

Swingset:

where'd you get the flashhider???
 
The FH for my Storm is just a std. 3-prong M16 hider, but drilled out to 9mm. Thought it looked good on there....matched the barrel I think.
 
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