Description:
Photos are representative. Buyer will receive same grade pistol as the photo specimens. We have numerous individual specimens photographed and up for sale on this same venue.Beretta's Cheetah series pistols have always been their most classy, best feeling gun of all. 81 production ran from 1976 until 1984. Recent successor 81FS was short lived. Manufacturer was Pietro Beretta, of Gardone, V.T., Made in Italy. Slide is so marked and frame is so proofed. Importer stamp is neatly roll stamped on the trigger guard. Type is blowback action, single and double action semi automatic hammer fired pistol. Chambering is .cal. 7.65, so marked on the slide, better known to us Americans as .32 ACP caliber. Construction is steel barrel, slide, and working parts fitted into a 7075 lightweight alloy frame. Barrel is 3 3/4 inch steel one piece, with a 1:16 right hand six groove bore. Slide is open top, serrrated laterals rear. Spring is single coil; and guide rod is one piece steel. Sights are slide integral blade front, and dovetailed black notch rear that is drift adjustable for windage only. Trigger is .323 serrated face with overtravel stop. Double action trigger pull is smooth and consistent two stage 12 pound vicinity, with 1 1/8 inch of travel. Single action pull is two stage 1/2 inch travel with 5 pound vicinity pull, with minimal felt creep and overtravel. Hammer is .260 serrated round commander type. Magazine is original issue serrated side steel bodied, so 12+1 fully loaded capacity. Main safety is ambidextrous frame mounted lever type. Safety will lock in all three positions, full rest, half cock and fully cocked, but the levers do Not decock the pistol. It does NOT have any magazine safety; it Will fire single shot with no magazine. Safety and slide release levers are original factory extended serrated surface. Dimensions are similar to other Cheetahs: 6 3/4 inches length; 5 inches height; and .98 inch slide thickness at the port. Weight empty is 23 ounces. Frame is first type round trigger guard, with smooth surface grip frame. Grips are factory polymer.Slide and barrel finish are polished surface blue and gloss black anodized. Surface detractions on this Cheetah and its selected mates will beminimal, only faint edge wear or freckles and faint wear to the right grip panel. We rate them as Excellent condition, 90 percent vicinity by our estimate. Photos, at any rate, ought to suffice for our distinguished shoppers to judge finish grade for themselves. Bore, chamber, and mechanism are all bright and clean. This pistol and its mates served in their native country with the Polizia Penitenziaria, the Italian Ministry of Justice’s Bureau of Prisons. From their AF and AH Italian Date Codes, they were manufactured in 1980 and 1981. We estimate they have each been fired fewer than 1000 times with Fiocchi 73 grain ammunition, no rounds at all for a Beretta 81. Replacement pricing for a current production Cheetah is $815.00 on berettausa com. The 81 is not presently imported into the US, and their scarcity will return once we and our distinguished competitors sell what few we all have. We’re offering the pistol in the photos, however, or one of its equal mates, for only $ 289.00. Not transferable to civilian residents of California or Massachusetts. Civilian buyers in CT, DC, MD, NJ, and NY add $10 for a modified (follower) 84 ten round magazine, or deduct $15 with no magazine. Add $26 for a modified 14 round Mec-Gar 84 mag (modified PB8413B).
Condition:
Used, Minor Wear
Brand:
BERETTA
Model:
J81F200M 0824420857177
Caliber:
.32 ACP
Item #:
947274984
Stock No.:
HGJ81X
Location:
TN
Trades Accepted: Yes.
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