How about a suppressed Beretta 21a?

[Lightsped]

I saw a neat little gun at my local gun store yesterday. It was a suppressed Beretta 21a in .22lr. I held the gun and really liked it. I am considering buying a gun when my .22lr suppressor arrives.

What is the verdict on the Beretta 21a? Is it reliable? How many rounds does it hold? Anyone ever suppressed one?

 

[Joe Demko]

Gunkid was a great proponent of the suppressed 21A.

That aside, I owned a couple that weren't suppressed and shot several others. On the whole they are nice little guns. I never saw a problem with one that wasn't traceable to the magazine and correctable with repair/replacement of same.

 

[Lightsped]

Who or what is/was Gunkid?

Are magazine issues common with the 21a? What are my chances in getting one that runs perfect?

 

[Joe Demko]

Gunkid was a famous troll.

Magazine issues aren't what I would call common with the 21A. The ones I owned personally were quite reliable as .22lr pocket guns go. Out of the ones I fired but didn't own, all but two were reliable. Both had magazines with a notably soft spring. With one of my magazines in them, they worked. I advised the owners to replace the spring or the whole magazine.
IMO, everything happens very fast with such a small pistol. A magazine spring even a little soft in a 21A doesn't get a chance to fully elevate the cartridge before the slide is coming back and misfeeds result.

 

[brentn]

From the reading that I have done, I'd say infamous

Picture of said gun?

 

[takhtakaal]

Have you seen this unit?

http://www.impactguns.com/store/AWC-BKDR.html