The Beretta 81 PD trade ins were on a special that day for somewhere in the $210 range + shipping. Quickly found out that oem mags were in the $150 range to start out and went up from there. In the begining, I was looking for extra mags for my EDC colt 1908. Turns out the market was just flooded with pd turn ins from the other side of the pond. Part I have not been able to work out is the supressor coupler that would work out on all three barrels. In the end apply to the BATF on a form #1 and pay the $200 tax to build permission to buile a legal supressor to fit this setup in 9mm that would work on 9m and the other 2 smaller cals. 32 was on sale in the $210 range, the 84 parts kit was another $100, so for around $350 I ended up with a Beretta 81 and 84 all using the same frame. Now when I find the missing conversion kit for 22 LR, it will end up being a 3 in one on the same frame. Midway had the Megar brand on sale for $20 each. What sealed the deal was that utube have a vid on how to convert. Thinking this parts kit I found was a one of from a property room ordered destruct parts kit. It works perfectly and got the white dot sight with the 84 in the process. I bought the 81 from Classic Firearms and found a full parts kit from a taken down 84 and installed. 380 barrel, since I'd be amazed if Beretta sold a 9 mm conversion barrel for the 84 (after all, they have that nice 92, a locked breech 9x19). Likely a moot point unless you rechamber a. The Beretta can be given a stiff spring, but the slide is very light for this setup you'd wind up battering the slide pretty badly and/or you'd have trouble with bulged or split cases from too-early extraction. While this works well in the High Point pistol (and in fact theirs converts by just changing barrel and recoil spring), most 9x19 pistols are locked breech designs, and the round is enough higher pressure that some delay is needed to ensure pressure has dropped to safe levels before the case begins to extract (the High Point does this with a combination of a stiff recoil spring and a heavy slide). 380 to 9x19 is that you have a straight blowback action. 380 magazines will accept 9x19 rounds - there's 2 mm difference in the case and, IIRC, 3 mm difference in OAL, but most. What I was curious about is: do they make a 9mm conversion (or any other calibers)? I haven't actually checked, so I don't know if gun's dimensions would accept a 9x19 but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask.Dimensionally, many/most.
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