Beretta Nano???

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Tom Burbs

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What do we think about the Beretta Nano 45?
 
I know that we just passed on purchasing a 9mm Nano in favor of the S&W Shield. The latter was my wife's preferred pistol when comparing the two, though either would likely make a fine carry gun.
 
I like the shield better myself. I carry the px4 subcompact and feel if it had the flip out finger extension base plate on the mags it would fit my hand better.
I feel the bore axis is high too, other that no complaints. I have no doubt it wouldn't be a trust worthy gun. MY px4 serves me well
 
beachbum17 said:
I like the shield better myself. I carry the px4 subcompact and feel if it had the flip out finger extension base plate on the mags it would fit my hand better.
I feel the bore axis is high too, other that no complaints. I have no doubt it wouldn't be a trust worthy gun. MY px4 serves me well
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Just to clarify... you said you have no doubt it would NOT be a trustworthy gun. Is that what you meant, or did you mean the opposite? I'm guessing the latter, but good to be sure when dealing with guns. :wink:

And I did prefer the Shield as well. :-)
 
I carry a BU9 Nano as well. I question the reliability of a gun that cannot cycle properly until you put a 300-500 rounds of +P ammunition through it. Now that i have done that it fires and cycles great but was totally unreliable when i first bought it. I had no idea what was going on and searched forums for the answer finding many posts explaining about the "breaking in" period. In my opinion, there should be no "breaking in" period with self defense pistol. It should be ready for every day CC right out of the box. Not a bad pistol if you can get over this and the unreasonably long trigger pull.
 
I have a BU9 also, but have only put about 50 rounds through it so far and have not had a problem. As for the trigger pull, I like it better than my BG380, but not as much as my Glock. It carries better than the Glock, but not as nice as the BG380. They all have their compromises!
 
I looked at a nano before I bought my shield. The beretta just wasn't for me, didn't quite feel right in the hand. I wanted to like it....just didn't. Better trigger on the shield, IMO too.
 
I find it really hard to understand that a Gun Manufacturer like Beretta would make a gun that you have to fire 300 to 500 rounds thru it to make it work right?? I won't be buying a Beretta. maybe I'll stick with my Springfield xds45acp
 
I bought my Nano within a few months after they were first made and every forum was littered with complaints about failures to eject (which was my main problem). Other comments on this thread lead me to believe that they may have corrected this issue. I do like my Nano and still use it for every day cc but if I were able to go back I would have spent the extra money and bought a Sig .380. I have a couple of Sig's (too big for every day carry) and would love to have one always at my side.
 
Tom Burbs said:
I find it really hard to understand that a Gun Manufacturer like Beretta would make a gun that you have to fire 300 to 500 rounds thru it to make it work right?? I won't be buying a Beretta. maybe I'll stick with my Springfield xds45acp
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can you provide and kind of credible evidence to back up your claim that this weapon doesn't function properly until 300-500 rounds have been fired by it until the pistol functions properly?
 
The nano would be trustworthy* just needs the finger extension like my storm. Shield fits the hand way better for me
 
Most guns have a break in period. Wether it's 100-200-500.
The parts need to bed together. If you want something that is milled perfectly and polished by the manufacturer then buy urself a $1k+ pistol.
If you buy a $400 gun then expect to have to do a little work.
I would definitely run a few 100 rnds through a pistol to make sure it works flawlessly before I would trust my life with it.
 
Acasper708 said:
Most guns have a break in period. Wether it's 100-200-500.
The parts need to bed together. If you want something that is milled perfectly and polished by the manufacturer then buy urself a $1k+ pistol.
If you buy a $400 gun then expect to have to do a little work.
I would definitely run a few 100 rnds through a pistol to make sure it works flawlessly before I would trust my life with it.
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is that so? I've never had that kind of experience with any gun that I've owned, I do know about one friend who bought a Kahr that was bad out of the box and was sent back for repair.
I've found that they either work well right from the get go or they never work well regardless of break in period
 
Well sometimes it's operator error as well.
My Kahr needed 200rnds for break in and it's flawless.
But a lot of people will take the gun right out of the box brand new and expect it to be ready to go. The grease on most new guns isn't for shooting its to prevent corrosion. Also there can be a bit of metal debris still left over from machining. If you don't fully clean it out of the box then ur runnin all that debris through the pistol.
Including that, yes manufactures produce lemons once in a while and they usually need to go back and get fixed.
That's basically what the break in period is for. To find out if you have a lemon.
 
For example you could look at Keltecs. They keep prices down by skipping on a quality machined finish and that tends to cause them to not work well. If you go to the Keltec forum almost every member will tell you to do a fluff n buff on it. Basically smoothing out any sharp edges and buffing out heavy machining marks. I would say 80% of the time they work perfect after that.
That's also what the break in period does. It beds the mating surfaces together. Sorta like on a brand new motor in a car. They run it at a certain rpm for a specific amount of time. To make sure everything beds together.
 
Tom Burbs said:
I find it really hard to understand that a Gun Manufacturer like Beretta would make a gun that you have to fire 300 to 500 rounds thru it to make it work right?? I won't be buying a Beretta. maybe I'll stick with my Springfield xds45acp
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The issues with the Nano were worked out in the first production series of the gun. Since then, I've seen no reports of any problems with the gun. I've had mine since theis past Spring without any issues at all. Gun fits my hand just peachy, completely reliable with any load 9mm (115 gr included, as I shoot a ton of that.) I've seen a lot more complaints about problems with the Shield to be honest, from it's inception right up to present day. That's disappointing since I wanted to get a Shield initially, till I held the nano, and it was case closed.
 
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