Talk:Beretta M1934

Slide use
I've never used a gun, let alone this one, but couldn't you use the safety to prevent the slide from closing during reloading? Pictures on the web seem to indicate that this is indeed possible. Shinobu 22:45, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Japanese version
Note: The Japanese version of this article seems to contain information this version doesn't. Shinobu 08:36, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

I sort of compared the two and concluded that most difference lay in the infobox and the list of famous occurrences in media, the latter of which I have brought here. Shinobu 10:31, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Units
This article contains a few "strange unit (SI unit)" pairs. But the M1934 was designed in Europe, and presumably using metric units, so shouldn't these unit pairs be reversed to "SI unit (strange unit)"? Shinobu 02:31, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Serial number
Is there any possiblility that you can trace where was a gun used by knowing it's serial number? I have one M1934, made in 1937, used by Italian army, but I would like to find out to which unit was this specific piece issued...if anyone knows, I would very much appreciate the info.Velimir85 16:52, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

.22LR
I believe there also is a .22LR model.


 * The Beretta 948 was essentially a M1934 with an aluminum frame and chambered for the .22LR cartridge. It was manufactured from 1949 to 1958 with 76,000 made. 66.191.19.217 01:49, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Romanian contract.
We might want to add something about the Romanian contract. http://www.gunboards.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=156646


 * Sourced information has been added. 71.93.238.214 22:56, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Special Air Service
Is it true that Beretta M1934s with suppressors were used by hunting teams of the SAS to assassinate murderers of SAS/SOE agents after the war?

James Bond
The information that this was James Bond's original weapon is incorrect, Bond's pistol fired .25 acp rounds, the proper pistol is the Beretta 418. This gun did appear in the original bond film, Dr. NO, as a stand in for the smaller Beretta 418, before bond switches it to a Walther PP in .32 acp. (Note: The Walther PP was also a stand in for the smaller Walther PPK that bond would use in later films.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:67C:2564:A309:614A:A1B3:6145:8CE2 (talk) 13:32, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Service History is Suspect
Article claims "The weapon saw extensive use in World War II in the hands of Italian Fascist forces, and quite a few were captured by Allied officers in the hope that they would fire the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge used in the British Sten submachine guns, but they soon found to their dismay that the pistol was chambered for a shorter, less powerful cartridge." Would like to see a source for such an assertion. I've done extenisve reading on military pistols and this is the first I've ever heard of allied officers capturing "quite a few" "in the hope that they would fire the 9mm Parabellum"! With axis powers using .32 in their officer's pistols, why would anybody reasonably expect Italy's officers to have a full-power combat pistol (like the P-38) in such a tiny package? It's ridiculous. Perhaps a bonehead or two might have seen "9mm Corto" and made a mistake, but this article implies it was a widespread misconception. Rubbish. At this time, the US was also using a variety of lightweight pistols, too... like the Hammerless Colt (in .32 and .380) so for a savvy G.I. to eagerly anticipate capturing a tiny pistol to shoot full-power combat loads is preposterous. It makes the US G.I. seem pretty stupid; I'd like to see the source for this. A better section might read: "The weapon saw extensive use in World War II in the hands of Italian Fascist forces, German forces, and quite a few were captured by Allied forces during the war."

Title
Why the extra space in between "M" and "1934"? It seems to me that "Beretta M1934" would be a less cumbersome article name. Cerebellum (talk) 23:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Service with the Italian Army
The service dates seem a bit off, was this pistol really in service until 1991? Thedefenceman (talk) 02:52, 29 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I can't find a good source, but it seems that the Italian army did keep some until the early 1990s - serial production ended in the mid-70s but there were batches produced in the early 1980s and 1991. I believe the British Army still used Walther PPs into the 1980s purely because they were paid for and sitting in storage, so perhaps the Italians thought likewise. 81.174.211.132 (talk) 02:14, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

WWII PIETRO BERTTA, .22 L.R
I have what was my father's secondary sidearm in WWII I'm have a very hard time finding out more about this hand gun and also trying to fine a extra magazine for it. Let me describe it because it dose not have a model on it as far as I know. Looking at the left side of the gun it reads, PIETRO BERETTA  GARDONE V.T. CAL 22 L.R on the gun slide. on the top of the hand grip it has the marking BERETTA with three like circles around it with what looks like three arrows pointing up, three lines on the bottom of the three circles and three lines with a arrow head on them at the top of each circles. Right side of the gun slide, MADE IN ITALY Just below that there are some numbers 35486  The right side grip looks just like the other side. The left side of the magazine reads PB  CAL  22 LR  MADE IN ITALY. I see know no markings or numbers on this gun or clip. Can anyone give me a little more info about this gun, and where I might fine a extra clip or two. Thank you... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:404:302:A3FE:6166:D5A8:478A:4E4 (talk) 16:51, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

How about a Picture?
On the Internet, doing a search for "Beretta M 1934"... If you click on "Images", you get scores of pictures of this gun. I do not understand the Copyright restrictions and problems, but surely there is one picture out there that one of you experts can bring in and use in the heading section of this article?

Thanks

146.88.42.202 (talk) 23:57, 4 February 2017 (UTC)