Honestly, a SAO Beretta is a mixed bag ergonomically. AGW (Allegheny Gun Works) did work years ago on converting DAO 92a to SA using factory parts and I looked into a gun configured as such .After researching the ergos I scrapped the project: the Beretta SA safety is a big honking lever right where my support hand parks. It's not like the PT92 where it's a stubby little lever.
So. Beware what you wish for on that score.
The Minority Marksman.
"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword: Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet."
-a Ch'an Buddhist axiom.
Would love to see a D model, but I seriously doubt this is in the works.
IIRC, Bill Wilson hinted at "something in between a full size and a compact" shortly after the Brig Tac was released, which a lot of us took to mean a Centurion style gun. We later got the Compact Carry, but I suspect a Centurion may still be on his to-do list.
I would love to see a dovetailed front sight, but I doubt that Beretta can provide the slides, as this reportedly would require a new forging, meaning it would involve significant tooling costs. I'll be ecstatic if they prove me wrong, though. If it's the current short slide, I'm hoping that a factory tritium front is an option.
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The rails that the barrel rides in are shorter on the lowers machined for the short slides than they are on the lowers made for the full slide, along with a couple other things. That was the explanation for why you couldn't build your own Centurion with a compact top end on a standard lower.