Surplus Berettas

[mont1120]

Since the military is hell bent on moving over to the SIG platform, what happens to all of the Berettas sitting in the armorys? Does anyone know how these surplus firearms will be handled after the SIGs take over?

 

I would like to buy a couple if the price is right, and the slide isn't as loose as some of the surplus .45 Colt 1911s we had assigned to our LE departments a few years back. (Some would even rattle.)

[robertg5322]

If it's anything like the 1911s, they'll sit on them for about 75 years, then try to give them to CMP to sell at inflated prices.

[Jim Watson]

More likely they will give them to foreigners or scrap them like they did to most of the 1911s. 

[Stony Lane]

I believe Beretta still has a contract to provide 100,000 more 92's to the military.  If so, they will be around for quite a while.

[PatrickDoyle]

I have heard the same bout them being around for quite some time.

[mont1120]

That figures, no need to recoup any of the tax dollars we all put in. 

 

I actually started my competitive shooting with a Beretta (Actually the Taurus clone at first) and I still really like the platform.  It shot good, balanced well, and got me by in my first year of IDPA shooting. Gave my first one to my son so he could get into the sport.

 

Oh well, I will keep looking in the used ads and get one there.