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Beretta M9 .22 LR from Chiappa
Posted by Junior Shooters
By Andy Fink and Ashley Hunt (16)
Chiappa’s M9 is awesome! Built in .22 LR, it is a great gun for a mid- to large-size junior.
The Beretta 92 was designed in 1972, but its popularity didn’t come to be until after 1985 when the United States military replaced the M1911A1 .45 ACP pistol with the Beretta M9, the Model 92, which is still in service today.
The action is double-action/single-action with the first cartridge being fired in double-action mode unless the hammer is pulled back first. It is now available in several variations and calibers, but the M9 came in 9mm with a factory standard 15-round magazine. Chiappa’s M9 .22 LR is the spitting image of the U.S. military’s M9 9mm. It comes in .22 Long Rifle with a 10-round magazine and weighs in at 2.3 pounds. With a MSRP of $259, this gun is fun to shoot and very accurate.
Here is what one of our juniors thought about it:
Ashley:
Shooting firearms is so much fun! I always love to try out new guns. The other day my coach, Andy Fink, let me shoot a Beretta 92 .22 LR. The pistol was made by Chiappa, and it’s a good-looking pistol. At first sight, the pistol has an attractive speckled pattern that stuck out to me immediately. The pattern has a sleek brown color that adds kind of an elegant rustic touch to the gun and surrounds the Chiappa Firearms (CF) logo.
Pistol length is a big deal, especially when in competitions! Having a pistol with a short length affects accuracy, and too long of a pistol makes it hard to put back in a holster, which can affect your time a lot. The Beretta 92 .22 LR was about an average length for a pistol, which is ideal. It also had a great handle grip that you easily wrap your hand around. My hands are a little on the smaller side, so sometimes I have a hard time wrapping my whole hands on the grip, but this handle grip was pretty good.
This pistol is a double-action/single-action pistol. With a double-action gun, the first shot is always hard to shoot. I had a little bit of trouble with this as my hands are a little smaller, so my finger had a little bit of trouble squeezing the trigger all the way back. The gun was, by far, the most accurate pistol I’ve ever shot. From 50 yards away, I was able to hit my target with no problem. The one thing I wish that was different about this gun is that whenever I go to reload a gun, the first thing I do is put the gun back on safe, but this pistol doesn’t allow you to do that if the hammer is back.
I think that this pistol was amazing! I would definitely try this pistol out. It was by far my favorite handgun for accuracy. Chiappa did a great job creating this pistol. The Beretta 92 .22 LR works very well and is so much fun to shoot!
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