REBATE - Beretta APX Carry A1 Gen II Optics Ready 3.07" Barrel 8+1 9mm - Black - ($199.95 after rebate)

I'm trying to stay very objective. The trigger did absolutely blow right of the box, felt like free travel forever, then more of a bind than a wall you had to get past, no confidence in ability to hold sights on target thru that break so I sent it into the factory for service before ever shooting it, along with a letter of complaint quoting their marketing statement about new improved trigger with a lighter break, and lo and behold it came back with a similar feel right up until the break that is now measuring around 4.5lbs, probably they lightest feel they should go on a pistol with no manual safety and at least fulfills their marketing statement versus the original APX Carry. I have no idea what they did to it, no letter or description of the service performed, but they did throw in 2 extra mags and a small Beretta Gun Rug/Case to answer my other complaints. So I need to get used to the staging/break point but now feel I have a usable firearm that I got dirt cheap on New Years Eve from Locked and Loaded to take advantage of last year's bigger rebate, that I received two days before I got the pistol back from the service center, so I'm in this one for less than you would pay for a Burris FF red dot alone, that came factory installed on the model I got. Apart from the trigger, I like the feel in my hand, reasonably lightweight including Burris red dot. I also got the free mounting plate offer in case I want to switch red dots later. It carries pretty well IWB, but I am still trying to perfect the right cant/depth as the hood of the red dot can catch/pull on your pants or belt where with just irons that wasn't an issue. The one unforgiveable marketing/design issue I have is that there is no blank plate included with the optics equipped version of the pistol, nor is one available as a part, so the entire Beretta product becomes dependent upon the red dot as with it removed, you have no rear sight, its designed to be on the blank plate. They should have milled the optics cut area in front of the rear sight so it was available with/without the optic. They answered this specific complaint in my letter, in an entirely unexpected way, instead of just going down to the production line and grabbing a plate w sight from the non red dot equipped models, the gun rug they sent me was way too heavy and when I opened it, there was an entire slide assembly with the rear sight plate, but also including barrel and springs. So I have to give them an A+ on service, value and responding to a customer's complaints, but overall 3 out of 5 stars based on the trigger out of the box, having to immediately send it in for service to get it workable.

Be sure and dry fire one before you buy it. I bought one over the 'net because of the $100 rebate. I love everything else about the gun but the trigger. I really wish I hadn't bought it. Yeah, it's that bad. Anybody wanna trade?

The trigger is awful. Check out my video on YouTube. I emailed Beretta 4 times and still haven't heard from them. Lesson learned, no more Beretta products. Here's the video https://youtu.be/Xl1uRYeU7Sk