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A The and Collector's Shooter's Comprehensive Guide Wood J. B. ii uiauupui* 0-8117-0425-4 $25.95 in Canada Beretta Automatic Pistols The Collector's and Shooter's Comprehensive Guide By J. B. Wood Until today, there has been no definitive English- language book on the world-famous Beretta auto- matic pistols. But shooters, collectors, military his- torians, and pistol buffs of all varieties can now breathe easily. J. B. Wood has done the job that Berettafanatics have long been hoping and waiting for. It would be hard to imagine anybody better quali- fied than Wood to write this book. Not only does he have a fine sense of firearms history but he also has superb sources and awealth ofexperience and training in the practical aspects of firearms design, gunsmithing, and gun care. Totell in words and photographsthestoryofwhat makes Berettas so special, Wood goes all the way back to the beginning—1915—and carries through in chronological order right uptill todayand with an eye to the future. As hetalks about each Berettagun in turn, Wood gets into the background of what was happening militarily at that time in the world. He talks about designers—usually brilliant, often eccentric, and always interesting. SinceWood's own background spanstheworld of firearms from blackpowdershooting to design work on firearms of the future, he has an eye trained for important detail. He goes into the fine points of exactly what makes each gun different from its ancestors and why some models were more suc- cessful than others. If the name Beretta perks up your interest, join J. B. Wood foratouryou'll neverforget and towhich you'll return time after time for a refresher. (Continued on back flap) Beretta Automatic Pistols Beretta Automatic Pistols The Collector's and Shooter's Comprehensive Guide Wood B. J. Photos by the Author, unless otherwise credited Stackpole Books © Copyright 1985 by Stackpole Books Published by STACKPOLE BOOKS Cameron and Kelker Streets P.O. Box 1831 Harrisburg, PA 17105 All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Stackpole Books, Cameron and Kelker Streets, P.O. Box 1831, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105. Printed in the U.S.A. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Wood, J. B. (Jay Barclay), 1934- Beretta automatic pistols. 1. Beretta automatic pistols. I. Title. TS537.W65 1985 683.4'32 85-2698 ISBN 0-8117-0425-4 To the memory of Pietro Beretta and TUllio Marengoni. Contents Preface 9 Acknowledgments 11 Introduction (Beretta History) 13 Model 1915 Pistol 17 Specifications Model 1915/19 Pistol 28 Specifications Model 1919/318/418 Pistols 32 Specifications Model 1923 Pistol 44 Specifications Model 1931, Model 1932 Pistols 56 Specifications 8 Contents 6 Model 1934, Mode! 1935 Pistols 65 Specifications 7 Model 948, Model 949 Pistols (1948) 79 Specifications 8 Model 950 Series Pistols (1950) 91 Specifications 9 Model 951, Model 952 Pistols (1951) 105 Specifications 10 Model 70 Series Pistols (1958) 122 Specifications 11 Model 80 Pistol (1972) 140 Specifications 12 Model 90 Pistol (1968) 144 Specifications 13 Model 81, Model 84 Series Pistols (1975) 150 Specifications 14 Model 92 Series Pistols (1976) 162 Specifications 15 Model 20, Model 21A Pistols (1984/USA) 182 Specifications Afterword 189 Appendix (Italian proof-dating) 192
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