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When I sold my last beretta M9, I started missing it soon after.
To pacify those "lonely feelings", I set out to purchase another M9,
but this time I wanted the M9A1 version. I called around to various
stores, but nobody had one. I left a $50 deposit at a gun shop that is
know to have some clout in obtaining what I wanted. After 5 months,
they couldn't get their hands on any, as they claimed all these type hg's
were being shipped to the military. I got my deposit back and figured
I'd have to wait until things settled down with the demand. Then a couple more
months went by when a friend gave me a call and told me that Bass Pro Shops
is advertising the M9A1's for sale. When monday, Aug 16th, rolled around I thought
I'd give them a call to see what they had. They said they had two left, and had a
$50 instant rebate as well. Along with that, if I opened a CC with them I would get
another 10% off ($60 more dollars). Price $650 -50 -60 + tax = $571.34 OTD .
I told them to hold one for me and that I would be right in to pick it up. Wahlah !
The small negative was that it had a barrel parkarizing flaw and I had to get a new barrel.
Now that I have a new barrel installed, here is the
"New Toy in the House"

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Nice looking gun. Persistence pays off!

R,
Bullseye

Looks good. Nice to get what you want and some of the price knocked off.

Good looking pistol. Always go after what you want and never settle for second best. It pays off in the long run. Good luck with it.

Thanks for the compliments, I appreciate them.
This gun is not the easiest to be accurate with for me,
but just the same, it is a interesting piece of history.
Plus the fact that it is a steel framed gun is sort of unique.
One aspect of the Beretta I like alot, especially since I don't
intend to carry it for SD, is the "decocker/safety" mechanism.
To me, it is a great piece of work.
I also put 100 rds thru it this past saturday, and she purrs like a kitten!
Thanks again, haka

Nice!

I carry one at work, and between maintaining my qualifications and spending a week at the NRA Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor school, I have put many, MANY rounds through one.

Wouldn't be my first choice for SD/CCW due, as you say, to the design of the decocker/safety and the weight, but a fine weapon in all other respects. All of the off-the-shelf bone stock military issue weapons I've fired have been plenty accurate and I've only seen one failure. That was a decocking lever that one side fell off after Lord only knows how many rounds and years of being abused as a range gun.

I bought one back in 81 when I was in Germany after I had less than good experiences with S&W semi-autos. I put a lot of rounds thru it and never had a malfunction. Sadly I later sold it to a friend of mine who "worked behind the fence" at Bragg in a moment of stupidity

Sadly I later sold it to a friend of mine who "worked behind the fence" at Bragg in a moment of stupidity

Those same feelings made me buy another.
Haka

Very nice HAK, and the way things came together means that it was meant to be in your collection again. Regards