Beretta PX4 Full Size

[LockedBreech]

I keep telling people that the full size PX4 is one of the best guns out there, but because Beretta's never really done a great job marketing it, no one believes me.

This thread makes me happy, and kind of want to buy another PX4.


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As an 8-year owner, agreed. I've already decided on an Inox 9mm to complement my blued .40. Just have yet to pony up the cash.

It's amusing in its way. As a first-time gun owner and young penniless student I read the legends of 92 and 226 and 1911 thinking I wasn't legit yet, then grew up, accumulated handguns like weeds in a garden, and realized the PX4 stands very strongly on its own merits.

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[LearnedHat]

Does the steel recoil rod offer any performance benefits other than durability and putting a little more weight towards the front of the gun? My plastic recoil rod seems to bow quite a bit under load.

[Clobbersaurus]

On my PX4 full size and compact mags they come from the factory with a very "sticky" preservative on them. I disassemble and degrease everything , and again after the mags have a a few hundred rounds through them.I haven't had any malfunctions with that routine.
It seems that preservative stays around for awhile and can makes things a but sluggish even after the first cleaning. YMMV.

Is the preservative yellowish in colour? I noticed some yellowish residue in some mags.

[Colt191145lover]

Id say a bit on the orangeish side. I also get that residue in the magwell.

[LockedBreech]

Does the steel recoil rod offer any performance benefits other than durability and putting a little more weight towards the front of the gun? My plastic recoil rod seems to bow quite a bit under load.

I replaced with a steel fluted Wilson one in my 92FS because the original design contemplated steel and I like the slide feel better, but I don't do it with poly guns because it can beat up the frame. If Glocks can run as well as they do on poly rods don't stress about it.


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[Clobbersaurus]

Id say a bit on the orangeish side. I also get that residue in the magwell.

Does it look like this (top right corner of magwell)? I was wondering what that discolouration was. Interesting....I will degrease the mags before my next range session. The magwell is getting a bit beat up from dry fire.

[Colt191145lover]

Yup thats it!

[LangdonTactical]

I have a full-size PX4 coming soon. Just read through the whole tread and I am really excited to put this gun through the paces.

Wonder if I can get Ameriglo to make the TCap sights and maybe an FO front?

[LangdonTactical]

So I spent some time playing with the mag well area on the PX4. As you can see from the picture, I turned the spring clip that holds the backstrap on around backwards and then open up the magwell area quite a bit front to back. I really did help a ton. I find the front to back way more important on reloads than side to side with a double stack gun.

[jeep45238]

Mr. Langdon, out of curiosity, what are the odds you'll switch fully to the px4 platform?