Selected Handgun Detail

Manufacturer
	Fabbrica D' Armi Pietro Beretta SpA More Info

About the Gun

Compact polymer-frame DA/SA pistol with a double-stack magazine, interchangeable backstraps, and an integral rail. Cougar-pattern rotating-barrel lockup in the Compact envelope, with the Compact’s ambidextrous slide stop. Two-tone layout: bead-blasted stainless Inox slide over a black fiberglass-reinforced polymer frame. Type F slide-mounted ambidextrous safety/decock lever.

Production

Production ran from 2012 through 2019.

Market value

MSRP at production was around $700. Current used market value for examples in good to very good condition ranges $450–$600.

Cartridge Specifications
Cartridge:	9 mm Luger
Alias:	9 mm Parabellum
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Analysis

The Compact itself had arrived in 2010 with a black Bruniton slide, the same rotating barrel as the full-size Storm, and an ambidextrous slide stop the full-size gun did not use. Compact Inox kept the same lockwork and Type F lever and changed only the slide to a satin, non-reflective stainless finish. Both 9 mm and .40 S&W were cataloged. Black Compacts were the regular commercial gun. Compact Inox was a smaller two-tone run. U.S. and Italian lists carried it through the same window as full-size Inox, then dropped the stainless Compacts when that finish left the PX4 line. Used examples show up less often than black Compacts and usually bring a small two-tone premium value when the slide is clean.