Thank you for watching and for leading me to more research. It appears that James Bond did carry a Beretta 418 (.25ACP) in the first 5 Ian Fleming novels.
Kudos for Girson for making a cool Classic that Greedy Beretta won't make anymore and charges more than top dollar for 380's that you can get many 9 mm for!! Even a 92FS !! WTF!!
Yep, always loved that scene in “Dr. No” when Bond reluctantly moved to the Walther from his beloved Beretta. Those old films are so damn good…and, Lois Maxwell as Moneypenny. 😍 hubbahubba!
there are so few options for hammer fired, metal framed pistols that I wish these companies would abandon exact clones and update them to modern specs like a deep undercut, rail, more real estate for optics attachments, higher capacity magazines, threaded barrel and narrow grip.
So, Girsan made a repro of a Browning Double Action originally made for FN by Beretta which is essentially Cheetah? Cool! Original BDAs keep going up in price. This one you can shoot and not worry about devaluation. The 80X is super nice. My vote is for the BDA if you want the BDA experience w/o the hefty price tag.
As always, thank you for watching and commenting. I wish all the guns I review were mine, but many are borrowed from good friends (in exchange for some time on my range).
Just north of $300 for the Girsan, or more than $700 for the Beretta. So, $400 more for optics ready, a rail and the ability to easily decock. Thanks for watching.
@@RidersRange Be careful concealed carrying the tip up barrel model because it has no extractor. I consider that a deal breaker for concealed carry. Otherwise it is fine.
Since I'm used to the G19, if i went the .380acp route. I'd probably stick with Glock but i really appreciate you showing these to us and making the video.
