Concealed Carry Beretta - It seems that not so long ago, the PX4 was the redheaded step-son of the Beretta line. Not much love. PX4 has many problems. I remember early reports of the gun not working properly for more than a few hundred shots at a time and having to hit the hammer. They don't seem to do much for humans. Or at least not really thinking about shooting guns.
Then came Ernest Langdon. In a way, he single-handedly made the PX4 a gun to own again. At least it seems so. Around 2015, Earnest started hitting internet forums talking about the PX4 Compact as his new Glock 19. It didn't take long for the PX4 Compact Carry to become a thing. That was Earnests idea of what the PX4 should be. The rest is history.
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It also has the usual PX4 backstrap option. Oh, and of course a new color to help differentiate it from the rest of the PX4 Compact range.
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Of course, all this costs money. The PX4 Compact Carry will cost around $800 on the road (or online if that's more your taste). The standard PX4 can be had for just under $500. Does the Compact Carry make enough of a difference to be worth the extra $300?
I found the Compact Carry to be a great shooter. However, it prefers to run a little wet. At least wetter than usual I would run the gun. It's not unusual for me to oil the gun once every few thousand rounds. Depending on how much I shoot during that time, it could be a few months or six months. The PX4 is not really a fan of rut. Although I think this applies more to the PX4 than the Compact Carry directly. The rotating barrel likes just a little more lubrication than its more typical semi-auto counterpart.
I'm not a big fan of the Talon handle. I prefer a different kind of texture. Without them, though, the PX4 is really too smooth to be smooth as it should be. While I understand the reasons for including the Talon, the PX4 really needs a full point or at least a sandpaper style Talon instead of rubber. Indeed, the points are the perfect answer to the PX4's lack of traction. If one doesn't want to go it alone, Boresight Solutions offers a plan for the PX4.
I have mixed feelings about the secret lever. I appreciated their slim profile when running slim in the normal way. On the other hand, they are more difficult to manipulate. I'd rate them better than the factory levers, but they have trade-offs. There is a middle option between the regular factory levers and the stealth levers, which I think is also a good option, the PX4 Carry lever. However, this is very much a personal choice. In general, stealth levers are a good upgrade.
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The Compact Carry trigger with the Beretta competition trigger is probably the best DA/SA trigger I have ever fired. It's not the easiest, but something about it makes things work. Very good. I'm sure it's something about some kind of geometry, but it suits me better than what the SRT Sig and CZ DA/SA have to offer. While many people balk at the idea of a DA/SA pistol these days, I have no problem with it. That's more than I can say for some other DA/SA guns. The double action trigger is easy to manage and switching to burn action after the first trigger pull is no problem.
In shooting the pistol, I would put it on par with other compact sized polymer pistols. Many people report reduced recoil with the PX4 series pistols due to the rotating barrel design, but I'm not sure I agree with that assessment. Of course, this is largely based on individual perception. The PX4 shoots flat, but so do many other guns for me. If there is a difference, it is not significant enough to increase the interval during shooting practice. Its accuracy is on par with its counterparts. I shoot the pistol in both a P250 and a Gen 5 Glock 19 and it can match both pistols with some of the different types of ammo I use. Good gun, but not particularly great at shooting. What this gun gives us is a DA/SA gun that will handle any of the decoys shot by a striker today. This may not matter much to some people, but I think it does because DA/SA systems have their advantages. That discussion is for another day.
Now we're back to the question at hand, is the PX4 Compact Carry enough of an upgrade over the standard PX4 to justify the increased cost? If you're trying to fit all the same parts of the Compact Carry into the regular PX4 Compact, then the answer is yes. The Compact Carry costs less than if you just bought all the parts and put them in a regular PX4. But actually, I doubt it a little. The Compact Carry is definitely better because of the improvements that come with the PX4, but the standard PX4 is really only missing a set of shots, a new set of decoupling levers, and another extra magazine. While the Compact Carry is the better trigger assembly, in practical terms, when shooting the Compact Carry and regular PX4 side by side, I think both triggers work well. While I know that on paper the Compact Carry trigger is better, in a practical sense I didn't know that the improvements were so much implemented. At least in terms of shooting performance. Other small details on the Compact Carry, like the larger magazine opening and low-profile slide stop, are nice, but they don't add much performance. Would I spend $800 on a Compact Carry over $500 on a regular PX4? Honestly, I still don't know, and that might be the answer in itself.
The PX4 Compact Carry is the evolution of the PX4. That's what the PX4 should be, but it doesn't come without a cost bump. This is ultimately its greatest weakness.
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Nate spends his days trying to find ways to buy more ammo. Nate is a performance shooter with over 400 hours of formal firearms training through playing in local gun matches and teaching the occasional gun class.
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