Beretta M9A3 Full Auto .177 CO2 Air Pistol

Full size, weight is relatively close.Full auto, That's just fun .It's cheap to shoot and plinking in the backyard keeps it simple.

It's a Beretta. No change needed.

It's fun for adults (full auto).It gives the kids a chance to practice gun safety and be comfortable when at the range.

Received by FedEx in only 2 days. What I really like is owning this excellent Beretta M9A3 replica. Weight is realistic. Comfortable to shoot. Easy to disassemble. Blowback is not the best but is reasonably solid. I love the color. Love the look. The full-auto feature is fun but the lever action going from semi to full auto is too easy and can be accidentally switched. The magazine is solid but is difficult to load BBs due to the heavy spring. I was able to get 40-42 shots per fill (about 2.5 mags) before power went too low. The pistol made spec, shooting a Max Velocity of 332 fps. Lo velocity was 316 fps on a 10 shot string with an average velocity of 324.5 fps and an SD of 4.6 fps. Variance was 21.45 fps. Accuracy was sort-of OK, shooting a little low and left at 10 feet but needs a laser sight for better performance at 20 feet. Nice weaver rail. Easy trigger pull in Single Action.

The slide action was a stiff when I received my M9A3. Before actually operating the pistol I removed the slide and coated the moving rails and other visible moving parts with a thin coat of Molly lube and then worked the slide action five or six times to lube the action which improved the slide operation greatly. Operation should improve even more with break-in. The Safety on my particular issue could not be put on Safe fully until the magazine was removed for some reason. No solid snap-in. The magazine is well made (solid build) and CO2 installation is easy. Loading BBs is NOT easy. The plastic spring follower is flush with the magazine and is VERY stiff to pull back and hold. I ended up using a 90 degree angle pick to pull the follower back and tilt it into the holding recess. The port for loading BBs, though, is very nice.

Accuracy is good but POA/POI do not coincide using iron sights. My criteria for determining BB gun accuracy out of the box is whether or not I can put five shots into a 2" circle from 10 feet away to get a feel for the grouping. I was able to do that with just the iron sights and a little compensation. At 20 feet, however, I had to install a laser to improved the accuracy. 20 feet and beyond POA and POI differ by several inches. Also, I should mention that occasionally on my pistol the slide stuck in the open position on blowback and would not release until I pulled the magazine and played with the slide to release it. This might get better as the pistol is fully broken-in. Overall, I like the pistol but this is not a competition shooter. It is a great replica and is fun to shoot and is a great addition to my M92A1 and M92FS Berettas. But for fun shooting I will be sticking with plinkiing for the M9A3.

Really looks and feels like the real fire arm

Nothing for now

It is just fun to use the full auto