Beretta Storm PX4 sub compact. Never had a Beretta before but the name, to me, meant "high quality". Almost the exact size of my Glock 27 but heavier. Conceals very well and is a nice shooting gun.
The only thing I did not like about the gun was taking it apart for cleaning. The "take down" pin was a little difficult to the hear "second notch" click so that the pin remained in the gun while
allowing the slide to be removed. Being very careful I figured out how to do this. The instructions say to lock the slide back and rotate the take down pin 90 degree in the down position
and pull it out until you hear the second click. Then close the gun and the slide will come off by moving it forward.
A couple days ago I went to the range and was firing the gun and the entire slide fell off, while firing.
The take down pin had wiggled it's way out and the entire slide fell off. It is a good thing that the slide comes off going forward. Vice verse and it could have caused harm if it came off to the rear.
I was able to reassemble the gun by putting the take down pin back in BUT now the pin will go in and come out "at will". Makes no difference if the gun is locked back in the open position
or ready to fire. The pin can be easily be removed without locking the slide back and without rotating the pin down. That pin is the only thing keeping the gun
together and if fired the pin will fall out and the slide will fall off. As a guess I think the take down pin may not have deep enough notches in the pin itself to lock the pin in the weapon.
In the instructions the pin can be removed but it is better if it is not. I found it difficult to hear that second "click" and the pin did come out once. I was able to push it back in and fire it.
That was a few days ago but yesterday the pin fell completely out on it's own.
I went back home and got on the net looking for problems like happened to me. I found several posts about problems with the "slide coming off" while firing.
I called Beretta customer service and of course they have never heard of such a problem but they gave me the address for Midwest Gun Works to send my gun in for repair. I sent it off yesterday!!
I will call the Beretta Corp. office on Monday to tell them that this may be a "defect" and they should look at it as a possibility.
Anyone here that owns a Beretta PX4 sub compact should take a look at your take down pin. Try to remove it while the gun is in the fire mode. It should not budge. If it does start to come out
you may have a problem like I had.
For some odd reason I trusted the name Beretta and paid good money for that gun. Now, if and when I get the gun back it will take me some time to trust the gun again. To be honest
I am a little scared of it. In fact, I am scared and mad.
I am now carrying my Glock 27 but am still looking for a reliable weapon in the 9MM or .40 to carry. I would like a small weapon that has a manual safety and a decocker. The PX4 has
that and because of that fact and the name I bought it less than 2 months ago.
Chuck
