There are no other import marks on these pistols.Ĭhoosing the Hand pick option will get you the best 1 out of 10 pistols cosmetically. – MADE IN ITALY” on one side of the slide, and “PB PATENTED, BERRETA USA CORP. The vast majority of these pistols have “PIETRO BERETTA GARDONE V.T. These pistols also come with TWO 8 round magazines.īased on the information available we believe all of these pistols are from the Guardia di Finanza, as they all have a Y prefix serial number. We took high res pictures of these pistols so you can see the flaws in them, they are not perfect but they are very nice. Just like our previous batches of surplus Beretta pistols these show very little wear from actual firing, they may have nicks, scratches, wear from holster use, handling, or storage, and or some light freckling. We are offering these very nice pistols as standard and hand pick (our staff will select the cosmetically best one out of 10) option is available for $20.00 extra on these. These pistols are rated Very Good surplus to Good surplus condition. This shipment is very nice and many of these pistols will exceed very good condition. 380 ACP pistols are original Italian made Beretta’s, that come from an Italian Federal law enforcement agency. These Surplus Beretta Model 85-BB Cheetah. UPDATED : We are no longer offering the handpick option on these as our stock has gone below where it is worth it to look through 10 pistols. 380 ACP, Very Good to Good Surplus Condition with Two 8 Round Magazines We have also seen markings where roman and numerical figures are combined, for example XX, XX and XX.Surplus Beretta Model 85-BB Cheetah. It should be noted that some wartime production firearms were void of any marking to indicate the production date. This practice ended in 1945 with XXIII at the close of World War Two and the chart below takes up from that point. The first Beretta firearm using this dating system was the Model 1934 pistol (introduced in 1935), thus the year was indicated as XIII (usually marked on the slide) and refering to the 13th year of Mussolini's regime. The Italian Proof House used a roman numeral system marking the year of his reign which began with 'I' in 1922. The exception to this occured during the regime of Benito Mussolini. In this case the date can be located near the test proof marks on the frame. On some older firearms, produced between 1925 to1954, the actual date was stamped instead of a code mark.

You may need to remove the barrel to read the mark.

Shotguns have this mark stamped on the barrel near the chamber. For recent pistols this mark is usually located on the frame near the trigger guard, for older pistols, the mark is on the slide or on the frame behind the grip area. The chart below is used to identify the year by this mark.

Beretta firearms produced in Italy carry a proof mark for the year of production.

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