Seriously unimpressed with PX-4

You sold a P229 to fund a plastic fantastic?!? :kickInTheNuts:

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targettarget said:
No. I bought the plastic fantastic to replace the 229. Once I got it home I quickly came to the conclusion that the 229 was the keeper, not the other way around.
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I'm just messin' with ya, boss. I'm curious, though.... why "replace" a P229 at all? Especially with tupperware?
 
WOW, thanks for the review. ive been wanting one in 45, i wonder if its any different ,as i have read that beretta had to re-design the gun for it... but that really sucks. from your pic, i totally agree with the feed ramp .thats really lame. . wondering if you can give a close up pic of the rails though . as im really curious of that. also sorry you got rid of your sig for that. im a sig guy, and honestly dont think anything is really better. but different can be fun too. as long as i can come home late and slip into bed with my 226 ;) .

i beleive that the cbsa got the DAO version which would make their model a bit better..
i will have to pop on over to my local shop when they get one of these in and see what i think of them . but let this be a lesson to you. never buy a gun that you dont dry fire in the shop. some guys in shops in canada wont even take off the trigger lock for you. let alone let you dry fire it .but i insist or dont even give them the time of day.. ( 1 dry fire isnt going to break it, and thats what snap caps are for)
 
I wouldn't go with another rotating barrel on a pistol. The GP6 gets mucked up after only a few hundred rounds and the extra friction caused by the barrel rotation on the lug coupled with a little bit of dirt build up make the pistol almost impossible to cycle.
 
Am I alone or is it common knowledge that reviews in magazines are bought and paid for by the manufacturer. Talking sh*t about brand X when they purchase thousands of dollars worth of advertising space in your magazine is bad business. The goal of the magazine is to sell copies not guns. Rag sheet reviews are crap, mildly entertaining at best. As for Beretta's poor products there's no surprise there either. Sorry you spent your hard earned cash on this POS.

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Targettarget, your experience with an expensive Tupperware gun reminds me of my experience with my Walther P-99 QA. My P-99 was so bad that my trigger finger'd cramp up after a coupla magfuls. I cleaned up the trigger thanks to a very informative thread c/w pics on the WaltherForums site. But the fact is, anyone paying $1000+ for any type of handgun deserves a half-decent trigger action AT THE VERY LEAST!

Do some research online to see if the SA improves through repetitive dry-firing or with some minor polishing. You've already bought the darn thing, might as well make the best of it. Never know, you may yet fall in love with it again....
 
I've carried mine for over a year and a half and I haven't had a problem yet(knock on wood). I have seen and heard of many failures with these pistols, thankfully all on the practice range. My feed ramp is all chewed up from the Federal ammo we are issued. Mine shoots nice groups and I'm used to it but I wouldn't buy one. I use my Glock or one of 1911's when I compete or go on non departmental courses.
 
targettarget said:
Here's a picture of the feed ramp that has me all up in arms. Am I blowing this out of proportion or do you think that that little piece of polymer is going to wear down in no time and cause feeding problems?
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In theory, the Beretta engineers will have determined that the round will strike the metal part of the ramp, bounce while moving forward, and finish riding up the ramped part of the barrel. In practice, you'll have to shoot it to find out.
 
acrashb said:
In theory, the Beretta engineers...
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Theres the quote of the day. :rolleyes: Theory + engineers= good? Yea right :D
How many time have I heard this at work.
We have a gag blueprint on the wall in the shop that in the designer block reads, "Designed by an engineer, perfected by a machinist"

I would be pissed to man. For that little bit extra amount of material (couple cents) why they would take that risk is beyond me. For $1100 how hard is it to polish up the internals to give you a nice trigger pull? Apparently High point has it figured out. Not too much at all.
 
sorry but glock triggers are shyt too...its a f**king joke why they havent come out with a decent trigger on any of their models yet. Sure the 3.5lb trigger helps but its still garbage. If glock had an HK type trigger it would easily be my fave and likewise if HK's bore axis was as low as the glocks, IT would be my fave. They are still unbelievably great and a light pistols which is why my 226 doesnt get out much and is up for trade, but it would be so easy to make em 10x better.
 
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