Beretta APX A1 Tactical Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2023
- Beretta APX A1 Tactical features a threaded barrel, suppressor height sights, 3x 21 round magazines and it's optics ready. We appreciate Nate at Gunzonedeals for supplying the handgun and Robbie from Wheaton Arms for joining us for the testing. #Beretta #APXA1 #Tactical
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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.
Yeah I miss my apx
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.
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.
is the reset kind of long?
@@markl762 To me the reset is not too long.
Been a subscriber for almost a year, if not more than a year and I’m always excited to see a Sooch gun Review
This is 379 after rebate right now. Bought one to add with my original apx rdo(full size). Love both my apx.
I had the older centurion and that thing was built like a tank. This one is awesome looking!
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.
If they ever make them in 40 S&W ,I'll seriously consider buying one because Beretta's quality control is second to none.
Love my PX4 ⛈️STORM .40 cal!
Beretta released the OG APX in 40 S&W. My holy grail is the Centurion in .40
They do! I have the Beretta PX4 Storm Compact 40S&W!
The only problem I have with the PX4 storm is that they are ugly, Don't get me wrong they're a phonomenal handgun. I'd rather have a 92 in 40 and really cool to have the apx in 40 S&W or even better 10mm
@supraman221989 I think any Beretta, especially the PX4 Storm Compact is sexy with that Italian styling
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 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.
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.
Nope. I still prefer irons, even if just for the aesthetics.
I also assume they can't drive a stick shift when I see red dots on a carry.
@@GuyInMassiveDebt Lmao. Man I tell ya, I miss my 2007 Ford ranger 5 speed. That truck is still going to this day to the guy I sold it to. It had over 200k when I sold it.
You guys are not special who cares
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.
😎🤘👀 500!!!! Year's 👀🤘😎. Dam! I love to see them come out with a 45acp model. Happy 500 Year's.
Great video! Bloopers at the end always make me laugh.
Nice Firearm from a great company. Great review Don!!
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)
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.
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!
The takedown lever is easier to manipulate if you pull the slide back a little.
Great video, I'm really diggin the tacticle model.
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.
No it's not lost, you guys just need to fight more.
@@Vtwin60 we need guns for it.
Liking these new A1 models.
Anxiously awaiting your GX4 Carry review.
Nice gun there thanks for sharing sootch00
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! 🍝🍷💞
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.
You did very well! Love that PX4!
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 love my Beretta PX4 Storm Compact 40S&W
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
I'd love to get 1 in 45 ACP or 357 Sig, if they ever make them in those calibers.
I would have liked to see this like the PX4 storm with the rolling barrel..flatter shooting...
I want to see a 10mm auto with hat action.
Great review, looking at possibly adding this one or a CZp-10 threaded barrel
Which one would you recommend? Thx
I was thinking of picking this bad boy up but ended up getting the OD Green Walther P99 Final Edition instead.
The P99 is a great choice.
I have my Gen 1 P99 Titanium fitted with combat sights, a Jarvis threaded barrel, DPS three spring recoil/buffer, and a Rugged Obsidian suppressor.
@@jamescampbell4334 Very nice! I have to admit, I'm really kicking myself for not getting a P99 sooner. I'm in love with the Anti-Stress DA/SA trigger and the ergos. The P99 has the shortest reset of any handgun I own. If my finger so much as twitches at the back wall, it resets. Almost impossible to discern any amount of forward travel between the initial break and the reset point.
Beretta is my favorite manufacturer, but I have to say, I am very pleased with my decision. When compared to similar polymer striker pistols like the PPQ/PDP and VP9, I just don't see anything unique about the APX other than the significantly lower price.
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.
Okay, taking notes, threaded barrel extended magazine, Flat face trigger............. equals tactical gun!!!!! I get it now!!
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.
I watched your videos. I think the 180 grain you used were a bit heavier cartridges for the APX which blew out the extractor.
It can be, but I did try 165 and the same thing. I did bring a box with about 20 rounds of 180s when I took it back the second time, They didn't say anything, but who knows. Its running ok now, I probably run 165 so my bride can run it as well. There's no sense in running it hard. @@Dr1-
I like this canoli.
@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.
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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
Very nice work though i like your videos.
Does anyone know of a website for any aftermarket parts for the APX?
The apx has a very nice grip feel
Thank You sir 👍🇺🇸
The APX A1 is the "successor" to the original. "Predecessor" is something that came before. :)
Thank you, Captain obvious! 😅
@@chrissewell1608 don't mention it. Listen to the video for the context of that comment.
Enjoyed the video.Not sure id give up my carry gun for it but would give up one of my backups. (Shadow Systems ❤)
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.
I bought some 21 round mags for my OLD APX years ago and I have the new 21 rounders that came with my A1-Tactical. They're the same mag. The big thing is to break this pistol in. 500 rounds and things will always lock as they should, the trigger improves (a lot), and if you're like me, trigger time is a Key to Confidence with a particular gun. I have 3 full-size APX pistols and I've found them to be MORE reliable than some stuff at twice the price, I base this on owning these items and shooting thousands of dollars worth of ammunition through them. I have concluded that what separates the APX line from the higher dollar stuff is out-of-the-box-smoothness and refinement. 500 rounds (and never run your pistol dry) will take care of that.
Great gun but I wonder why here in Italy the msrp is 915 bucks...probably is gold plated...
Wonder if the apx 4 will be discontinued
*successor not predecessor. Pre = before. Great review as always though sootch!
Now, if they can only make it in 5.7 x 28, it would be a perfect pistol.
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.
I like that pistol a lot.
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.
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.
The grip angle on the tactical looks like they changed it to a more vertical angle.
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.
It's also important to note that as the pistol is broken in the button becomes easier to push.
Have a centurion. With practice I can take apart n reassemble faster than I can find those glock take down levers!!!!!
It's crazy how many youtube audio has been messed up lately
What is the service life of Beretta APX A0 ?
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.
Love the Gun❤❤❤❤
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!!
How long did it take to get your rebate
even Beretta doesn't offer much in USA. Good enough gun, bad enough support to not buy.
A little confusing, you said predecessor to the a0 which means before the a0. I think you mean successor.
Review the S&W m&p .40 please.
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
Resembles my IWI Masada
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
They should have at least put fiber optic sights on that
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.
Not if you have the right optic. Some have thinner bases that co-witness standard height sights.
Not really even the lowest rmr or doctor optic and plate still wont cowitness. There is lower sect from an rmsc may work. But there is no rmsc plate available yet.
The A1 is the Successor, not predecessor. Still, nice looking kit.
Where's it at bro?
So what adapter Plate is required for Optics mount? And does APX A1 Compact Tactical take the same optics adapter plate?
Hope youre doing alright!!
If only they would make a 10mm handgun
What loader is that one? Is pretty nice!! Where can I buy one?
I bought mine from Cabela's (Maglula Uplula)
I have a apex tack an I don't know which one I dislike more you or it
👍 Beretta 👍
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.
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
I have the APX zero. I don’t think I cleaned it before the first rounds, but now I’m not sure. I’ve run several hundred rounds of various grains of range and defensive ammo through it and haven’t had a single failure. My only ding is that it shoots a touch low. Not enough to matter defensively so I haven’t changed the sights, but it does bug me a bit.
@@stevene6482 Appreciate the input. We ran 115 rounds of S&B 124 & Blazer brass 124 recently with 3 shooters. We didn't have a glitch. We all are very pleased with this gun.
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.
18 or 20 Volt?
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 !!
Where did you get that from? It's not for video use. Or to be explained on TH-cam sir. Please give it to the person that it belongs too. There's a reason a very specific reason that needs to be solved.
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."
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.
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Or you could just go with the Glock 19, get 34 round magazines that work for less than $20.
It’s the successor, not the predecessor
GD that gun is HOT!!!
What is up with the audio on this video? muffled, then loud, then muffled ...
Have you ever given a completely unbiased and honest or negative review of any firearm?
It seems like every gun you review is perfect 😂
No, it’s just show and tell.
2026 will be their 500 anniversary. There has been rumors for a llimted time only Beretta is coming out with a 1911 in 2026 but won’t last long . They will announce ba big surprise in mid 2025 about what will come out for their 500!year anniversary.
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So what did you learn your whole life? Anything valuable? You wanna write a book about it?
Is it me or does it look like almost no recoil.