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Beretta ARX160

#1 Post by dave_303 »

During a very sunny and hot shoot on Tuesday at Severnside I managed to finally test out the Beretta ARX160.

Well, it worked flawlessly, not a single misfeed during all 300 rounds fired, some proper testing will happen at a later date with more ammo and different brands. There was one failure to fire, seemingly caused by the hammer riding the bolt into battery (the first 2 mags were continuous rapid fire).

The mags fall free and the bolt holds open on the last round, so mag changes were nice and quick, and even though there isn't a bolt release like on some AR-15 style .22s it is still quick to charge the rifle, as you insert the mag just give the charging handle a slight tap and you raise you hand.

It was accurate as it could be with the varying wind we had.

Despite the body being mostly polymer it doesn't feel cheap and there is no give or wobble in the collapsible/folding stock.
Also another positive, the barrel seems to be one complete unit as opposed to a thin barrel hidden in a tube.

Stripping was a complete doddle, fold the stock, press in on the back of the bolt stop whilst rotating the safety lever and the trigger housing swings away and then just pull the bolt out of the rear.

Sadly didn't get time to photograph the gun on it's own, this is the only clear photo I have of it at the moment, will post more of stripping it etc... when I'm next back in Bristol
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#2 Post by froggy »

Nice one Dave ,

BTW can you please invite me when you next have a "Pirates of the Caribbean" theme shoot ? O:-)
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#3 Post by dave_303 »

froggy wrote:Nice one Dave ,

BTW can you please invite me when you next have a "Pirates of the Caribbean" theme shoot ? O:-)

signfunnypost :lol: :lol:

I was waiting for a remark like that!

I now (unlike 3 months ago when I had long hair) have a shaved head, needed it, still burnt the s*** out of myself, all of us have range tans! :55:
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#4 Post by Blackstuff »

Nice! Does it have the quick reverseable charging handle/ejection port for cack handers like the 5.56 model?
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#5 Post by dave_303 »

Blackstuff wrote:Nice! Does it have the quick reverseable charging handle/ejection port for cack handers like the 5.56 model?
The charging handle is reversible, just pull pops out when disassembled. However, I couldn't find a way to swap ejection over, couldn't see it in the manual, but only had a chance for a brief look, IIRC in ejection, it's RH only, everything else though it is completely ambidextrous.
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Cheers for the info. I'm not an agent of Satan (left handed) so it doesn't effect me, but its worth knowing if someone is asking :lol: :good:
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#7 Post by Sim G »

That barrel so needs chopping down!!!

My mate works for Beretta defence and he's raved about the ARX for a while now. Looks like Beretta followed the lead of Smith and Wesson and Sig to produce a "sub-caliber" training tool to compliment their centre fire versions.

As an aside, saw a French film a month or so ago which was very good. (In English and French, with sub-titles) called "Special Forces". One of the lead characters used an ARX, with an USGL and a Leupold CQT..... I may know who supplied that!
In 1978 I was told by my grand dad that the secret to rifle accuracy is, a quality bullet, fired down a quality barrel..... How has that changed?

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#8 Post by dave_303 »

Sim I've been thinking about chopping the barrel, however I'm not sure about the legal implications, the gun will still fire with the stock folded, so without the 18inch barrel it may not conform to 12/24
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#9 Post by Demonic69 »

What's the overall length with the stock folded Dave?
Also, your sig needs updating ;)
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#10 Post by Sim G »

Fold it, measure it, and chop it!! You know it makes sense..
In 1978 I was told by my grand dad that the secret to rifle accuracy is, a quality bullet, fired down a quality barrel..... How has that changed?

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