![]() The Italian gunmaker had good reason to turn its attention to the dominant firing system of modern handguns with the creation of the APX - the U.S. 40 S&W.Ī few years back, Beretta broke with tradition to create its first full-sized striker-fired pistol. It also has two more rounds of capacity in 9mm and three more in.The difference between the APX Compact and Centurion is height and capacity.Both pistols have 3.7-inch barrels and are available in 9mm and.The new pistols are the compact and mid-sized variations of duty-sized APX.What the compact and mid-sized pistols bring to the table: For plainclothes guys/gals you can drop the FCU into any of the smaller grip frames and voila, a smaller gun that is still compatible with their patrol holster.Beretta aims its modular pistol line at the concealed market with the introduction of the APX Compact and APX Centurion. It puts out enough light for duty use (remember when we were using X200s) and will stay out of the way fairly well. The barrel is long enough for functional velocities, the TLR7A (Or a Surefire equivalent, if it ever drops) extends just far enough past the muzzle to provide some bit of stand-off (If you care about that), but not enough to be obtrusive. ![]() The problem is most people hang an X300 or TLR1 on the rail and completely defeat the purpose of the shorter slide/barrel.įrankly, just my opinion, but take the APX Centurion- Streamlight develops a rail key for the TLR7A, Safariland makes a 6360, and Beretta drops a 17+1 grip frame for the compact slide and that's a pretty solid duty package. I think the P320 Carry or Glock 45 sized weapon concept is really valid for LE use. Duty guns do a lot of in and out of cars/SUVs, maneuvering around objects, banging seat-belts, and otherwise getting in the way a lot more than they're fired. My current issued pistol is a Glock 21 that I mounted a TLR1HL. If some reputable manufacturer (Maybe that's Olight, but not to me, yet.) made a light that fit a Centurion sized gun fairly well and didn't produce a lot of extra bulk, I think that would have a lot of merit in the LE world. I want to see more options for subcompact wml. I don't think carry guns have to have them either. So for the Centurion, trying to get a WML to fit it kind of seems like trying to figure out how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.I won't completely disagree with you. Home defense guns yes, but then since it doesn't need to be concealed, I can just get a bigger gun and put an X300 on it. This gets me back to the whole question of "does this gun need a light?" Because I'm not dogmatic that carry guns need to have WML on them. I do know, however, that the large trigger guard *is* a reason that I favored the APX over some other options, and a WML on the Compact or Centurion would not matter to me personally as much as the nicer trigger guard, so I am a bit biased in that respect. ![]() Of course, this is all just guess work on my part, so the real reason could be anything, really. Given that the extra large trigger guard is part of the selling point of the APX in the first place, getting rid of that would not only mess with the brand identity and design language, but it would also probably negatively impact some of the more prominent selling points. Namely, given the size target they are trying to hit, the extra-large trigger guard probably plays a role in restricting the amount of real estate available for the rails, unless there is something else that is negatively affecting fitment of the standard lights. Pretty short sighted by Beretta to offer a 15 shot 9mm that won’t accept an industry standard WML.I suspect that the restriction is the result of trying to juggle a bunch of potentially conflicting requirements that grow more pronounced when the size of the gun shrinks. That probably means the TLR 1/7 size lights won’t fit either.
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