I should note up front that Beretta manufactures two.380ACP pistols of. Or Model 85FS that is featured in this article, and the Model 84FS not.
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Need some clarification. I see where some 84fs came with 10 rd. Magazines not the 13 rd., wider grips etc. The 85fs comes with 8rd. Magazine, so can the 85fs accept the 10rd. Magazine from an 84fs? I am assuming the 84fs with 10 rd.
Magazine is single stack?I live in California and both models are on approved D.O.J. List here ( I am sure the 84fs would be the 10 rd. I am finding both models for sale but do not know what improvements in the 85 model over 84 model were made and if it would really matter.Bought the wife a Ruger SR9c in 9mm and she does not like it-too small and dose not care much for recoil.
So then I pick up a CZ 75B in 9mm, you guessed it still does not like the recoil of 9mm. So I let her shoot a friend of mine's Bersa.380acp and she fell in love with the recoil-Some days you just can't win! But I would rather buy a Beretta over a Bersa any day as I feel it is obvious it will hold value better. So any body while I am writing this interested in a couple of 9mm's let me know.
The 84-series uses a double-column magazine, even on the 10-round mag, and the 85-series uses a single column-only magazine. The mag well on the 85 isn't wide enough to accept an 84-series mag, even the 10-round version.
Otherwise the 85 models and 84 models are identical, except I think the 85's never got the squared off trigger guard and stopped equivalent to an 84BB. At least all my Beretta 85s are 85BB models. The major difference is truly in the size of the grip.
Smaller hands will want an 85. The 84's can accept up-to a 13-round magazine in States where idiots do not rule. If you have an 85FS that one should have the squared-off trigger guard. Thanks, good idea. All California gun dealers for years now have been hit with premium pricing on all handguns from their distributors.
You name the make and model at any caliber and I guarantee you I can buy it for a lot less through GunBroker etc. And pay the shipping back into my FFL here ( as long as it is on the approved list ).
Take the Bersa Thunder, not on our list but, if a California resident has one and wants to sell it I can buy it leagaly as long as it is a 'Private Party transfer' and does not have a magazine greater than 10 rd. We both have to go initially to the dealer he gets copy of seller drivers license, he leaves with his money and 10 days later I can pick up the gun.
Again I have not been able to find any of the Bersa models I could buy this way ( until I buy a Beretta and then 10 of them will come on the market-never fails )Wayne.
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