{"id":91171,"date":"2018-05-06T07:57:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T11:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=91171"},"modified":"2018-05-06T07:57:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T19:32:40","slug":"feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_91270\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BerettaAPX.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91270\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" class=\"wp-image-91270 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BerettaAPX-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" width=\"1024\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BerettaAPX-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BerettaAPX-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BerettaAPX-400x279.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BerettaAPX-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BerettaAPX.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New from Beretta, the APX Compact, and the APX Centurian.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Beretta APX Compact and APX Centurion are Beretta&#8217;s Glock 26 and Glock 19, respectively.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what they were designed to do.\u00a0 Compete with the king of the polymer pistol&#8217;s mid-size and concealed carry offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Competing with Glock on any front is definitely a tall order.\u00a0 But it appears the Italian-firearms maker has done an admirable job.\u00a0 No, I didn&#8217;t get a chance to shoot &#8217;em yet, so it&#8217;s impossible to make a definitive judgment.\u00a0 After feeling them out at the Beretta booth at NRAAM 2018, though, I walked away quite intrigued.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest selling point to me is the modularity of these-striker fired pistols.\u00a0\u00a0Users can swap out the backstraps to find the size that&#8217;s right for them: Small, Medium or Large.\u00a0 Combine those with the guns&#8217; front and rear slide serrations, what you have is a nicely textured and contoured pistol that handles well.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/m9-dead-first-look-berettas-new-striker-fired-apx-9mm\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\">\u00a0Is The M9 Dead? First Look at Beretta\u2019s New Striker-Fired APX 9mm<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Like their older brother, the original APX, both models are available in 9mm and .40 S&amp;W.\u00a0 Capacity for the Compact is\u00a013+1 (9MM) or 10+1 (.40S&amp;W) with a flush fit magazine.\u00a0 Capacity for the Centurion is\u00a015+1 (9MM) or 13+1 (.40S&amp;W), again, that&#8217;s with a flush fit magazine.\u00a0 Full-size APX mags fit either pistol and the APX Compact will also take Centurion mags.\u00a0 In case you need extended capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Features include a 6-pound trigger with tactile and audible reset, a low bore axis, ambi slide catch and reversible mag release.\u00a0 Color options for the grip frame are available in\u00a0Flat Dark Earth, Wolf Grey, Black and Olive Drab.<\/p>\n<p>MSRP for the Compact and the Centurion is $575.\u00a0 Though I&#8217;ve seen<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/Search\/Category\/76\/Guns\/Pistols\/Beretta-Pistols.htm\" campaign=\"BerettaAPXNRAAM2018\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\"> them listed on GunsAmerica <\/a>in the neighborhood of $525.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the market for a new pistol, don&#8217;t write off the APX series.\u00a0 Make sure you give them a look.\u00a0 For more information visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beretta.com\/en-us\/\" campaign=\"BerettaNRA2018\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Beretta.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>APX COMPACT<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_91173\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX2101.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91173\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" class=\"size-large wp-image-91173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX2101-1024x718.jpg\" alt=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" width=\"1024\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX2101-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX2101-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX2101-400x280.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX2101-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX2101.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Beretta APX Compact.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Specs:<\/h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-3.09.05-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-91261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-3.09.05-PM.png\" alt=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" width=\"951\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-3.09.05-PM.png 951w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-3.09.05-PM-150x97.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-3.09.05-PM-400x259.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-3.09.05-PM-768x497.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/a>\n<div id=\"attachment_91175\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX233.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91175\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" class=\"size-large wp-image-91175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX233-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX233-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX233-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX233-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX233-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX233.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the hand.\u00a0 I could swap out the backstrap for a more secure fit. I have rather large hands.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_91172\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX290.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91172\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" class=\"wp-image-91172 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX290-1024x840.jpg\" alt=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" width=\"1024\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX290-1024x840.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX290-150x123.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX290-366x300.jpg 366w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX290-768x630.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX290.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Those aggressive front and rear slide serrations.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u00a0APX CENTURION<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_91185\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91185\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" class=\"wp-image-91185 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX6-1024x811.jpg\" alt=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" width=\"1024\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX6-1024x811.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX6-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX6-379x300.jpg 379w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX6-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX6.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mid-sized APX Centurion.\u00a0\u00a0Both models are available in 9mm and .40 S&amp;W.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_91178\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX23923.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91178\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" class=\"wp-image-91178 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX23923-1024x998.jpg\" alt=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" width=\"1024\" height=\"998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX23923-1024x998.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX23923-150x146.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX23923-308x300.jpg 308w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX23923-768x749.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX23923.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These are very textured guns, from top to bottom.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Specs:<\/h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-3.09.58-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-91260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-3.09.58-PM.png\" alt=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" width=\"933\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-3.09.58-PM.png 933w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-3.09.58-PM-150x92.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-3.09.58-PM-400x247.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-05-at-3.09.58-PM-768x473.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/a>\n<div id=\"attachment_91184\" style=\"width: 781px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91184\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" class=\"size-large wp-image-91184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX5-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX5-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX5-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX5-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX5-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sights are removable.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_91182\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"feeling-out-the-new-beretta-apx-compact-apx-centurion\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91182\" title=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" class=\"size-large wp-image-91182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX3-1024x857.jpg\" alt=\"Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; APX Centurion\" width=\"1024\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX3-1024x857.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX3-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX3-359x300.jpg 359w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX3-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/APX3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is a large backstrap, hence the &#8220;L.&#8221;\u00a0 Replacing that with a medium or small is very easy to do.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/Search\/Category\/76\/Guns\/Pistols\/Beretta-Pistols.htm\" campaign=\"BerettaAPXNRAAM2018\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy a Beretta APX on GunsAmerica<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Beretta APX Compact and APX Centurion are Beretta&#8217;s Glock 26 and Glock 19, respectively.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what they were designed to do.\u00a0 Compete with the king of the polymer pistol&#8217;s mid-size and concealed carry offerings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":91270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,111,216],"tags":[187,288,132,617,1090,621],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-91171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-industry-news","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"tag-9mm","11":"tag-beretta","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-industry-news","14":"tag-nra-2018","15":"tag-pistol"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Feeling Out the New Beretta APX Compact &amp; 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