New Beretta 80X Cheetah

[Palmetto9]

https://www.beretta.com/en-us/80x-cheetah/

An awesome surprise. Optics cut and all.

Attachment 100021

[MandoWookie]

Shouldn't that be an Italian flag?

[Palmetto9]

Shouldn't that be an Italian flag?

That and it’s supposed to be a gif as well as erect. 1 out of 3 ain’t bad.

[Trooper224]

I have a Browning BDA (same thing, made by Beretta under contract with a closed slide. I briefly toyed with carrying it after I retired. My youngest son owns an 84, which he did carry for some time. We both found that the pistol is something of a chunky monkey, that doesn't really conceal any better than a larger weapon. They both shoot great and the recoil is very mild from my perspective. Mounting an optic and a light on the thing? I'm sure there's a market, but I'm not it. I still want a classic 84, with the round trigger guard and blued finish, because it's sexy. Not as sexy as my 70S, but close.

[arcticlightfighter]

Don't think of it as adding a new caliber, because you won't be able to find .380 ammo, anyway.

I'm looking forward to fondling one.

PSA has NORMA 85 GR MHP .380 ACP AMMUNITION 20 ROUNDS for $7 a box

[Warped Mindless]

Personally I’ve got no use for a 380 that’s the size of many great 9s but I’m also not recoil sensitive. For those who are, like my father, this may well be a great carry pistol.

[SCCY Marshal]

I don't own a .380 and have no interest in .380 and I can't stop thinking about how cool this pistol would be.

Imagine potting tree rats with a red dot pistol and making an author from the 1964 Gun Digest proud:

[Velo Dog]

Cocked and locked deleted, safety now combines decocking...available in "Tactical peanut butter".

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/sh...80-acp-pistol/

"The 80X Cheetah’s trigger is excellent and the frame-mounted safety gives you the option of carrying cocked and locked with a light single-action trigger pull right off the bat, or de-cocked with a slightly heavier (but still very manageable) initial pull if you want."

The safety is the up for safe, up again for decock.

Is "cocked and locked" a carry option or can the safety only be engaged with the hammer fully lowered?

[Flamingo]

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/sh...80-acp-pistol/

"The 80X Cheetah’s trigger is excellent and the frame-mounted safety gives you the option of carrying cocked and locked with a light single-action trigger pull right off the bat, or de-cocked with a slightly heavier (but still very manageable) initial pull if you want."



Is "cocked and locked" a carry option or can the safety only be engaged with the hammer fully lowered?

I didn’t get to shoot it, but I got to mess with one today at SHOT and the safety would go on with the hammer back. I talked to one of the Italian designers. He said that .32 ACP was on the table, but no date or firm yes.

[Noah]

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/sh...80-acp-pistol/

"The 80X Cheetah’s trigger is excellent and the frame-mounted safety gives you the option of carrying cocked and locked with a light single-action trigger pull right off the bat, or de-cocked with a slightly heavier (but still very manageable) initial pull if you want."



Is "cocked and locked" a carry option or can the safety only be engaged with the hammer fully lowered?

Pic with the hammer back and safety on.