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Manufacturer
	Fabbrica D' Armi Pietro Beretta SpA More Info

About the Gun

Compact double-stack DA/SA blowback pistol with an alloy frame and an open-top slide. The 84FS uses an ambidextrous slide-mounted safety/decocker, a squared combat trigger guard, and a hard-chromed barrel. One variant is matte Bruniton with black plastic grips. The other is nickel with checkered wood grips. Fixed three-dot sights.

Production

Production ran from the early 1990s through 2017.

Market value

MSRP at production was around $650. Current used market value for examples in good to very good condition ranges $500–$750.

Cartridge Specifications
Cartridge:	.380 Automatic
Alias:	9mm Browning Short
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Analysis

The 84FS is the last letter gun on the .380 Auto double-stack Series 81 line. Beretta moved the safety/decock lever to the slide on the F guns and corrected the lever on the FS so it would not hang in a half-cocked position. Cheetah went on the slide and the box in the mid-1990s. Italian production continued in small lots into the mid-2010s and stopped in 2017, when the series paused. Rome’s municipal police issued the 84FS from 2002. Nickel guns were a catalog option, not a separate mechanism. Used Bruniton 84FS pistols are the common Cheetah on the market. Nickel examples with original wood grips and the box sit well above them.