I have one made in 1952 that was my father's. It's sweet little weapon. It's my conceal carry. Easy to maintain and compact. Ammo costs are little more, and sometimes hard to find.
I gave one of these to my brother as a Christmas present in either 1964 or 1965, I don't remember which.
My friend and neighbor across the street from my house had one that his Uncle picked up at the Beretta factory during WWII. He literally picked it up, spoils of war.
It was in good condition and was a good shooter. My friend used it as a home defense weapon.
I have one of these. On the left side of the slide the markings read P Beretta Gardone VT 1944. My dad found it in a pile of rubble near Gestapo headquarters in Nuremburg Germany in 1945 when Army engineers were knocking down bomb damaged. buildings with tank dozers. It's very nicely finished, about 95% blue, but it has the most awful trigger pull I've ever seen, estimate about 30 lbs!
In the 1950's everybody had a Beretta (often war souvenirs) and they went to crap games, poker games, women kept them in their purse, apartment managers had them .. everyone had a Beretta .32 (and this was the one)[or else an Iver Johnson .32 .. broke in half like a cap gun]
I have one of these with either a nickel or chrome finish. My dad bought while he was in the army stationed in Europe before I was born. (I'm 54 now). I really like the gun and it's the only chrome one I've seen. I don't trust it to use it as a carry for a couple reasons the biggest being the caliber, but it's fun to shoot. The one thing I don't like is that it's hard to rack the slide with the hammer forward (almost to hard in my opinion). Don't know if there's a fix for that but I don't wanna screw it up trying to find out. Would like to find an extra mag or two if anyone knows a place :)
My grandma was a WWII Army nurse and brought one of these home after the War. It was the 1935 32 caliber and was supposedly retrieved from a dead German officer and gifted to her from a soldier after she treated his wounds. These were popular as guns for both the allied and German forces and small enough to stow away easily as a nice souvenir War trophy returning back from wherever you were stationed during the War. Mine is dated 1944 Gardone VT with no fascist numerals and has a stamp of a crown with what appears to be a standing bear underneath it. On the other side it has a 4 above UT stamp. The slide and gun base have matching serial numbers. It also came with 2 clips that have the gripped pinky extension on the bottom.
I also have a 32 auto, however my son pulled the safety/release pin out of the gun does anyone know how to put it back in? It appears the spring loaded fireing pin is protruding into the hole the pin came out of.
How much did you pay for it ? Here in Italy they cost about 180$ for the best looking one with no to minimal scratches i’m thinking of buying one, is it worth the money ? Id love to find a 34 in .380 but i’ve yet to see one
Can modern .32 acp be used? I'm getting conflicting advice from several gun stores. I inherited a 1935 model made in 1944, great condition. Only want to try it out but don't want to if it's unsafe.