1934 Beretta 380 Longer Barrel & S&W 41 .22 Questions

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I traded some of my guns yesterday for a few handguns.
Beretta 1934 in 380 1 mag Prohib
CZ85 no mags
Ruger P85 No Mags
Ruger Mk II with mags
Ruger Security Six Prohib

My question is can a longer barrel be easily installed? Or is it a waste of funds?

I also traded some guns to an older gentleman for the following guns:
S&W 41
S&W 422
Colt AR15A2 H-Bar
Tokarev TT-33
Colt Vest Pocket 25ACP
CZ-27
ZK-383
Are the S&W 41s still popular?
 
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Personally I wouldn't do it. It's throwing good money after bad in my opinion. However, you bought it and it's you that has to make the choice-- give it some thought.
 
dogzilla said:
It would probably cost more to re barrel than the gun is worth
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I know where there are a couple Beretta 1934's in .380ACP in prohib trim for sale for $200 ea.

Not worth the cost to try to rebarrel.

My .05 = flog it on the 12(6) forum.

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Most of the small caliber WW2 handguns (ppk and lugers aside) aren't worth very much and weren't that great to begin with. If you want a nice small handgun to re barrel, a modern Beretta Cheetah either single or double stack would be the ticket
 
I only recently discovered the 1934 and now have 4 (four) of them, since (1) they're only $200 and (2) they're awesome! Accurate, reliable, and WAY better than the various newer (and more expensive) Berettas I've bought, which will be on the EE soonish.

A nice, compact 12(7) eligible pistol that's definitely worth having.

The restricted barrel is easy to install. It's just not that easy to find one, though there were some floating around a few years ago. Epps does good work, fair price, and you wind up with a pistol which is no less accurate. I'm not sure why they aren't more popular, other than Hollywood and popular fiction hasn't armed a "super-hero" with one yet.
 
I also traded some guns to an older gentleman for the following guns:
S&W 41
S&W 422
Colt AR15A2 H-Bar
Tokarev TT-33
Colt Vest Pocket 25ACP
CZ-27
ZK-383
Are the S&W 41s still popular?
 
The S&W 41 kicks serious butt as a nice bullseye shooting gun. Feed it some decent quality ammo and it'll be way better a shot than any of us outside of an Olympic or ISSC team hopeful. We don't seem to hear too much about them these days because they are not currently being made. Or rather they are not making a lot of them and the price is well up over what the Ruger Mk III and Browning Buckmark are selling for. So folks go for the cheaper option instead of buying the better gun. But the 41 will outshoot either of them if you do your part and feed it decent ammo.

It shares mags with the 422 you have as well. Which is another very sweet rimfire gun. I'm no bullseye team hopeful but I do OK. But my 422 is easily a better shooter than I am and it consistently makes me look like I know what I'm doing.... :d
 
I have a 2206 and it shoots OK but it took me some time to get the thought of the barrel being on the bottom.
Thanks BC Rider I didn't know the S&W 41s were that good.
They rarely come up for sale, or I haven't been paying attention.
 
I just bought a brand new S and W 41. I am waiting for it to show in the mail. I had another one some time ago and foolishly sold it. It was the most accurate pistol I ever encountered. I have high hopes for the new one I just bought. They are rare but you can find them new. I bought mine from Bullseye sports ( a site sponsor). Fantastic service by the way. I bought the last one they had but I think that Wolverine has some and CRAFM also.

Gilbert
 
S&W 41 pistols are great guns. I have a few of them. Having the 5 and 7 inch barrels for them is a good idea.
 
As it happens I've got one of the short barrel 2206's with the just over 4.5" barrel to go with my 6" 422. Both are great shooters. But the 41 is head and shoulders better. If it's in nice shape it is certainly worth considering it as a keeper if you enjoy rimfire handgun shooting. I've shot a few belonging to shooting buddies and some day I'll get one. It'll have to be a used one though because I just can't see concentrating so much toy money into one toy given that the new ones are $1500.
 
As do I. It's just a slick package.

The 422 I tend to use more for slow paced bullseye shooting due to the longer sights baseline length. The shorter 2206 gets used more for my local club Speed Steel shooting.
 
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