Is the End Near for the Beretta ARX100?

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Wasn't sure what to make of this; any thoughts from anyone with first-hand knowledge? :yingyang:


(If this "article" was little more than clickbait, genuine apologies in advance; I'm just curious about the facts surrounding this.)



Is the End Near for the Beretta ARX100?

BY CHRIS HEUSS |APR 03, 2018


I’m afraid we might be seeing the end of the Beretta ARX100. I hope I’m wrong, but its price has hit rock bottom, with sellers offering the rifle for as low as 50% off MSRP. But why? The ultra reliable ARX100 sports an impressive list of standard features.


It has a folding and collapsible stock. Its monolithic top rail includes flip up iron (poylmer) sights. The cold hammer forged barrel with two-position gas block regulates the short stroke gas piston and is designed to cycle even the lowest power 223 ammo.

According to Beretta the barrel can even be changed in seconds, I couldn’t confirm if they meant metric or US seconds, but it’s easy.

Weighing in at only 6.8 pounds the ARX100 is on the lighter side of modern carbines. All controls are ambidextrous including the charging handle, which is reversible. The user can even select which side the spent casing eject from.

So why hasn’t this feature-packed rifle seen much success on the US market? Well its MSRP is a whopping $1,950. That’s getting into SCAR and ACR range. But even then the ARX does things the SCAR and ACR can’t.

The ARX even has been well reviewed and people who shoot it love it. It may look all little odd, but is that a real problem?

I know, I know it’s a tool and looks shouldn’t matter, but I don’t buy that. Looks do matter to a lot of buyers.

If you can get past aesthetics, this is a great time to pick up an ARX100. At $899, I’m tempted to buy one, but probably won’t. And I don’t know why. I’m a Beretta fan and have more affection towards my 92FS than any other gun I own. But the ARX100 doesn’t do it for me…for some reason. You?



If you’re a fan, here is a list of retailers offering some great (and some not so great) deals.

Classic Firearms is asking only $899.

Sportsman’s Outdoor Superstore has them for $919.

Tombstone is sold out but has them listed for $1,064.

At the high end of the market Buds Gun Shop still has them listed for $1,658.
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There isn't much to go for in the ARX100. The trigger is heavy, the stock is poorly design there is a big tall gap between the cheek wield and the receiver rail. The gun is tall, to accommodate the barrel QD design and lots of empty space for air. The thing feels like a flattened pan cake because plastic needs shape + space to create rigid structure, and to bolt onto another plastic part. The GL feels cheap, you just force it open. Play with a HK launcher or the IWI one, you will never want the Beretta one. The whole system is like driving an empty econoline comparing it to an AR or HK416. You aren't carrying much but it is still slow to turn and taking up space. The only great thing is the QD barrel design.

It is a budget rifle. I don't think the ARX160 will have a long career. The Italian special forces have HK416 and M4s.
 
I doubt the end is near. Look how long they sold the Benelli MR1. The ARX is a decent rifle on all accounts except for the trigger. The reviews and the critiques of the AR160 from the sandbox and Afghanistan are ok to favourable. Its has all the features and then some you could ever want in a black rifle.

However they sure are ugly as fukc. I like to eye #### my guns. As do most people. When I look at the ARX100, all I see is a chuby chick in jeans with muffin top and a whale tail coming out the backside. I'd still hit it I guess. Yeah I would own one if they weren't prohib here.
 
Ebola said:
I doubt the end is near. Look how long they sold the Benelli MR1. The ARX is a decent rifle on all accounts except for the trigger. The reviews and the critiques of the AR160 from the sandbox and Afghanistan are ok to favourable. Its has all the features and then some you could ever want in a black rifle.

However they sure are ugly as fukc. I like to eye #### my guns. As do most people. When I look at the ARX100, all I see is a chuby chick in jeans with muffin top and a whale tail coming out the backside. I'd still hit it I guess. Yeah I would own one if they weren't prohib here.
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lmfao this and this
 
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