First post on the forum. Wanted to share a recent pick-up - the Girsan Regard. Imported from Turkey by EAA. Purchased this from Guns Midwest for $340 all in including shipping and CC fee. My FFL is a gun dealer and hand a couple Beretta variants on hand and the fit, finish and trigger all appeared very similar to the Regard. The grip on the Regard is a bit thinner, which I like as the one concern I had about getting a Beretta was the beefy grip. I did not like the grip panels, however, and switched them out for some CoolHands G10 thin panels. Excellent grips, but hand to slightly enlarge the screw holes to get them to fit on the Girsan. Not much and just used a round file. The Girsan also has finger grooves, which I appreciate.
Took it to the range and it shot beautifully although the trigger was significantly heavier than my CZ P07 and CZ 75 and to be fair I did full trigger jobs to both of those. I decided to do the same to the Girsan. Did the typical Beretta polish job. Nothing too aggressive on the sear, and hammer. Installed a Beretta "D" hammer spring and MCarbo reduced power trigger return spring. The results were amazing. I do not have a trigger gauge, but both the SA and DA feel comparable to my CZ pistols now. I may like the break on the Girsan a bit better, but need some more time with it to know for sure. Of the 3 9mm pistols I have this one for some reason shoots the softest. Not night and day difference, but I can get the Girsan back on target quicker.
My only issue is that I tend to ride the slide release when I shoot, which an result in the slide not locking back on the last round. Too used to the CZ design so need to modify my right thumb placement on the Girsan.
I had the whole lower portion apart on this gun and from what I can tell it is an excellent clone of the Beretta M9A3.
Only came with one magazine. I ordered a Mec-Gar Beretta mag that appears identical so hopefully that will work since Girsan mags are not available.
Here it is: