Beretta 22 Rifles

[AR22]

Bought both of these from a fella on another Forum..I like and collect Beretta Handguns for the most part, but always kinda wanted one of these..I am not real knowledgeable on them myself..But I think the bull barrel Target one might be an Olimpia, the other a Sport Model..If you are not familiar with them, they are kinda cool though..They shoot both Semi Auto and as a Bolt action too..

They are both early ones I think in the early 1950s..

Never wanted two really, but he gave me a handsome discount if I took em both, so I did..May just keep the one I like best, and move the other along..

Going to have give the Target one a little love on the crack in the stock..Should be a straight forward repair to get it studied up and such..

[scorch858]

Very nice!

[Dirk Tungsten]

Great pick-up, OP. I'm still kicking myself I didn't buy one of these when they were brought into the country a while back.

[AR22]

Yes I was always upset I did not get one when they came in also..Would have maybe saved me a little money..I cannot remember the exact price anymore when they had them at a couple different places..But maybe between 300.00 and 400.00 and tax and shipping added on I suppose..

I bought these two for 800.00 shipped, no tax..So in the overall scheme of things, probably not a real bad deal in today's environment..

[joefrank64k]

Those are very cool rifles, OP.

[AR22]

Thanks

Never did anything with them as far as accuracy but did take em both out and ran a couple quick mags of both CCI SV and CCI Mini Mags through em..They functioned flawlessly like Berettas do....

[AR22]

I discovered something today when I took these apart for cleaning..The Target model is a conventional Hammer fired version..The Sport is a Striker fired version..I found it kinda odd that they ahd two Models using both a Striker and conventional Hammer fired mechanisms..

They both run equally flawless in semi auto and Single shot Bolt action..

Being a Beretta Collector of sorts..I wish there was more info out there on these..Just does not seem to be anyone who is much of a authority them, including Beretta themselves..LOL

[xXRifleManXx]

They are cool!
Couple YouTube videos but not many

https://youtu.be/n13FxkhrkSg

[AR22]

Thanks for putting that up..It gives people the idea of how it operates..I love how the Top of the Receiver and Bolt assembly pops right off the top..