Beretta APX A1 Tactical Review 

The APX/APX-A1 has to be the most underrated semi-auto polymer 9 out there. If they cost $750 and said HK on them, people would be tripping over each other to get one! I own an obscene number of polymer 9s, and I would put APX reliability and durability against any of them. These things simply don't f- up!! I am not kidding, they will feed anything, no matter how nasty. No, they don't have a 3 lbs trigger, but once they break in (around 500 rounds) they offer a smooth 5 lbs trigger, which in weight and feel is perfect for this gun's intended purpose. Let's face it; this is a FIGHTING PISTOL. It's a damn good one. I have an old APX with adjustable sights. I have the newer APX-A1 with the stock sights, and I have the APX-A1 Tactical that was purchased at a street price of $499 with a $100 rebate! It's nuts! Perhaps more nuts, at least on the surface; I have a Steiner MPS optic and a Steiner TOR Fusion laser/light combo on my Beretta APX-A1 Tactical. Why not? Overall it's a fantastic combination! I suppose I could hang $1K worth of Steiner on a Gen5 Glock 17 and gain nothing, have far worse ergonomics, no better reliability, an uncomfortable trigger, plastic sights that are too short, an unthreaded barrel, and lower capacity for more money. Additionally, it's not like like many polymers now where the review is like: "This (whatever) is great! Never mind that it's made in Bulgaristanigradkia; they make great weapons!" This is an Italian-designed and Italian-made Beretta! These have passed reliability testing in adverse conditions that a great many other guns have not.

Love my apx zero I'll never get rid of it

Beretta APX, my very first hand gun. Since 2018. I carry everyday, Amazing to date!

I have the APX and APXA1 with Burris Fastfire 3. I love these weapons. The most overlooked is the PX4 COMPACT. One of my favorite CCW.

Been a subscriber for almost a year, if not more than a year and I’m always excited to see a Sooch gun Review

I bought the APX A1 in June and bought the APX A1 Tactical when I saw that Beretta has a $100 rebate. My first tactical pistol so I had to get use to the elevated sight. Very nice pistol and being able to switch the magazines between the A1 and the tactical is a nice feature.

Everybody and their Mom wants a red dot on their pistol now. Am I the only one who still prefers plain ol tritium night sights? :) Enjoyed the review @sootch00. I find the Beretta APX series to be extremally underrated no matter which model you choose. I do like the looks of the new slide serrations for sure.

If they ever make them in 40 S&W ,I'll seriously consider buying one because Beretta's quality control is second to none.

I wish Beretta made the Tactical last year. I'm one that bought an A1 and made it a Tactical adding sights, threaded barrel, 21rd mags, etc. I could have saved hundreds. 😅 These APXs are great. Overengineered, good ergos, reliable striker. The trigger is good but slightly spongy. It's better than stock Glock, but no Walther PDP. A steal for its price.

This is a fantastic review of a more-than-fantastic pistol. M&P's and Glocks have been my go-to pistols for a long time, but there's definitely room for the APX line to join the mix.

I had the older centurion and that thing was built like a tank. This one is awesome looking!

I have the original APX and to make the slide grip better I cut some self adhesive nonskid to fit between the protrusions. It works awesome and looks like it was made that way.

This is 379 after rebate right now. Bought one to add with my original apx rdo(full size). Love both my apx.

Great video! Bloopers at the end always make me laugh.

😎🤘👀 500!!!! Year's 👀🤘😎. Dam! I love to see them come out with a 45acp model. Happy 500 Year's.

Don has always liked the apx and I do too

Love this gun. Just worked about 1k rounds this past memorial day. We only encountered 10 failure to fire. Nothing major. Other than that, Beretta APX for the W!

Nice Firearm from a great company. Great review Don!!

Liking these new A1 models.

Great video, I'm really diggin the tacticle model.

Love your videos sootch. Threw me off a bit when you kept saying the a1 is the predecessor of the 0 when you meant successor but your videos have always been excellent and this is no different.

The takedown lever is easier to manipulate if you pull the slide back a little.

Nice gun there thanks for sharing sootch00

Funny, just yesterday I was watching your review of the PX4 because I caught an interest in it since I wanted to see its reviews (I couldn't find many reviews of the .45 ACP version)

I love my Beretta PX4 Storm Compact 40S&W

Anxiously awaiting your GX4 Carry review.

The second oldest gun company is Klett, they have been making guns in Germany since 1578. According to Wikipedia. I find it impressive since they have been subjected to both the Versailles Treaty (most guns were banned in Germany) and WWII.

Thank You sir 👍🇺🇸

I like this canoli.

I love how he shot Fiocchi ammo in the Beretta. Italian made ammunition in an Italian made gun! It pairs together like linguni and a fine Italian wine! 🍝🍷💞

Cool pistol, but i will always love the Beretta 92FS, i am the kind of guy who prefers the classics. Another great vídeo Sootch, keep fighting for your country, because the mine, is lost forever.

Very Nice ''' thank you for Another Great Video 💯💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

Love the Gun❤❤❤❤

The apx has a very nice grip feel

I would have liked to see this like the PX4 storm with the rolling barrel..flatter shooting...

I like that pistol a lot.

I'd love to get 1 in 45 ACP or 357 Sig, if they ever make them in those calibers.

Very nice work though i like your videos.

This is a nice one! Do you think Beretta will update the PX4 series to "thumb safety on the frame" like the just did to the 92X series? Good video!

I went over to the beretta section of the gun shop the other day wanting a APX. Came home with a gently used PX4 lol.

good video, I've been trying to figure out which gun to buy for over a year now Walther, Glock, Beretta or CZ Only have 1 for the moment usp compact, I will never sell that

Now, if they can only make it in 5.7 x 28, it would be a perfect pistol.

Okay, taking notes, threaded barrel extended magazine, Flat face trigger............. equals tactical gun!!!!! I get it now!!

👍 Beretta 👍

I bought the APX about 4, 5 years ago. At that time, it out of the box blew the extractor, twice in 2 weeks. After that, it seems to be running ok. I have about 3k through it and so far ok.

Enjoyed the video.Not sure id give up my carry gun for it but would give up one of my backups. (Shadow Systems ❤)

*successor not predecessor. Pre = before. Great review as always though sootch!

@sootch00 - would you put out a video in Dec showing where we are on all things that courts have or are dealing with in a list? We have so many cases in different levels it’s hard to keep up with.

If they release this in .40. I'm all over it. I have the 9mm, but i wanted the RDO in .40 for last gen, but they stopped making it 2021. I have yet to see one used

Resembles my IWI Masada

I was thinking of picking this bad boy up but ended up getting the OD Green Walther P99 Final Edition instead.

The APX A1 is the "successor" to the original. "Predecessor" is something that came before. :)

Great review, looking at possibly adding this one or a CZp-10 threaded barrel Which one would you recommend? Thx

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If only they would make a 10mm handgun

The deals on this right now are unbelievable!! Picked on up for $450 and will receive a $100 rebate soon, making it $350. Fantastic pistol!!

It's crazy how many youtube audio has been messed up lately

You don’t need a punch to push the take down button. You have to pull the slide back a little bit then push the take down release button. It’s way easier that way.

Hope youre doing alright!!

Review the S&W m&p .40 please.

The grip angle on the tactical looks like they changed it to a more vertical angle.

I guess Fiocchi sends all it's ammo to Sootch instead of Florida. We hardly ever see it here in any stores, Big Box, Gun Stores, Outdoors Stores. Never come across it in many years.

They should have at least put fiber optic sights on that

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I'm really curious how the 21rd mags performed during this review. I've heard a lot of reports that the spring is the same as the 17rd mags thus causing a lot of issues with the slide lock not engaging on the last round. Not something you want happening with a tactical combat side-arm.

It is a good value option but the quality is definitely budget level. It is not even close to the 92 series. Rust in serial numbers, hex screws for optics plate, poorly placed screws that aren’t always angled straight up and down, user manual missed out a key step for take down in the text portion but you can find it if you pay attention to the pictures, the awkward magazine catch slot on magazines makes it difficult to use it with Uplula mag loaders and you can see mags scraping the loader.

looks like a nice gun although I noticed he wasn’t really hitting the target so for someone else like me i’d probably be way off with it.

You'd think Italy would NOT have strict gun ownership law having the oldest firearms comoany but they do. BS

Have you had any issued with the 21 round magazine? At our agency we had to prohibit the 21 round magazine due to multiple malfunctions with multiple officers.

The A1 is the Successor, not predecessor. Still, nice looking kit.

499.00 near me can't be beat for value right now and performance. A friend of mine just killed it at the steel challenge with one crushing the competition who were using higher priced guns. I have been telling people about these for some time now. #wakeupgunuptrainupactual

Great gun but I wonder why here in Italy the msrp is 915 bucks...probably is gold plated...

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GD that gun is HOT!!!

Only issue is the suppressor height sight are good for the can. It is too short still if you want an optic to cowitness. You need to get a even taller suppressor height sight if you want a co witness.

Great review as always. Thank you. One of my daughters who is preparing to carry soon bought the compact. It feels fantastic. The biggest negative we found was that I was unable to disassemble it before shooting. So no serious cleaning. We had 7 malfunctions in 120 rounds first trip out. I attribute this to being heavily gunked up from shipping oils. 70 rounds of Remington factory ball ammo and 50 rounds of Fenix reman ball ammo. It malfunctioned with both but mostly with the first 70 Remington. I finally got this thing disassembled and cleaned & lubed. Has anyone else had issues with feeding and extraction problems in APX lines? Scotch did this Tactical have any issues at all ? Thank you. I opted not to get a full size at this point and my son was going to get the tactical but we are holding off now

There is a much easier way to field strip this gun. Push the button in with your trigger finger, it barely has to move. Rotate the lever down on the other side, and hold it down while pulling the trigger. The slide will come right off. It's easy and takes 5 seconds.

She purdy!

God bless America 🇺🇸

Don in your opinion which canick is the cheapest and best pistol thanks for this review and if they are more than this I may go with the berretta

Wonder if the apx 4 will be discontinued

It’s the successor, not the predecessor

What loader is that one? Is pretty nice!! Where can I buy one?

Does anyone know of a website for any aftermarket parts for the APX?

ohhh and for your other viewers Watch out for Bass Pro Shops, they have an odd way of doing the 4473, instead of calling it in, they fax it in and you may not get an answer in DAYS !!! they failed to tell me this when i ordered my Beretta APX a1 and i drove an hour and a half to their store to find out i would have to come back in a few days, so not only was the gun (magazines) Damaged and they wanted me to deal with Beretta (warning with them their customer service SUCKS !! if you send a gun back to beretta or a magazine, good luck hearing anything in 6 months) a store with true customer service would have informed me of their odd 4473 filing and would have offered a couple undamaged magazines off their shelf and as a beretta dealer delt with them themselves and Bass Pro did neither, i will NEVER shop there again !!! ohhh and when i got a 2nd defective beretta i bought a Springfield XD9 Defender service and my 4473 too 7 minutes and Springfield sent me a package of 3 more 16 round Magazines and a field bag for FREE !!

A little confusing, you said predecessor to the a0 which means before the a0. I think you mean successor.

The predecessor or the successor?

Those shadows standing behind me are my friends. They never get ahead of me because there is nothing beyond me. That's. It. And I can't leave until I have finished my getting even with everybody. That's something personal. Bcz you can't solve my issues that you weren't there to deal with to begin with.

What is the service life of Beretta APX A0 ?

Make it in 10mm!!!😊

How did you get your hands on that. Mt things my packages and other things are missing. You're playing games with the wrong person.

How much more control would you have over the gun with recoil if you wrapped your finger around the trigger guard? Maybe you could do a video comparing both ways.

I have a apex tack an I don't know which one I dislike more you or it

Hmm looks like the Stoeger to me..

18 or 20 Volt?

Where's it at bro?

A "predecessor" is something that "precedes," or comes before something, so the APX A1 is NOT a "predecessor" to the original APX- the APX Zero is the predecessor to the A1. The APX A1 is a "successor."

Have you ever given a completely unbiased and honest or negative review of any firearm?

It's "battle ready" 😂

Or you could just go with the Glock 19, get 34 round magazines that work for less than $20.