Beretta Nano

I am selling my Ruger LCP and all the extras to a friend. I was afraid that I would come into contact with a bad guy with a hard drive in his pocket (see below). I wanted to go from the 9mm short (.380) to an actual 9mm. I have looked at numerous single stack 9's and 40's. I have settled on the Beretta Nano. It will be a couple of weeks until my friend's money is sufficient. This means you guys have about 9 days to tell me all the Nano horror stories, and why ___________ is the better choice for a small single stack 9mm.

This is a picture that shows the .380 round denting the hard drive and my Glock 27 (40) blowing a hole through it. Having a 9 instead of a 380 will hopefully protect me against an IT professional, who happens to turn to Bath Salts, after being fired for hard drive thefts.

 

My 27 is great. Not getting rid of it. However, pocket carry is not at all comfortable with it.

 

I like the shield as well. I was pricing it and the Nano today in Monroe, Louisiana at two shops and my local Academy Sports. First off my Academy does not even give you a price on what they do not have in stock because they do not "special order" guns. They had 2 Shields in the cabinet and no Nanos. One of my local shops had at least one Shield in the cabinet and no Nanos, and gave me a price, but said their distributor had none in stock. My favorite local shop had two Shields and no Nanos. They also said they were out of stock. I left dejected.

The reason this is my favorite shop is not because they are the cheapest, or even because my friend used to work there. The reason I have bought 5 firearms from them is because of personal service. An hour afterwords they called my cell and said they found only one. They ordered it and will let me be the first to look at it Friday or Saturday when it comes in. Normally if a firearm dealer will not allow a popular firearms to be put on layaway because they fear the sale will be canceled and they will miss out on money. They will allow me to put it back two-weeks until my money comes in from the sale of my other pistol. They held a Ruger 10/22 Takedown the day it came out for me. Other people were marking up the 10/22 TD and selling them to the highest bidder.

 

He can ship them to Monroe, Louisiana people here are finding them hard to come by. Still don't know what I want. I am leaning towards the Nano unless it feels crappy to me. The shield or the Kahr CM9 are second runner ups.

 

Put the Nano on layaway. Will pay it out as soon as friend pays for my LCP.

 

Good news everybody. My friend bought my LCP a little early. Just went and bought my Nano. Even more good news is it fits perfectly in my Galco Tuck-n-Go holster I have for my Glock 27. I just ordered a Desantis Super Fly holster for it. It has been raining a good bit in my area, so I may have to wait to shoot it. I will update everyone on how it performs as soon as I get to shoot it.

 

Finally got to the range with the Nano. Shoots good and very reliable. Many times I have read about this or that pistol claiming Glock reliability, but to me this comes close. Here is what I shot and the order in which I shot it:

Remington UMC 50/50
Tulammo 50/50
WWB 102/103
Tulammo 50/50

Surprised it shot 100 for 100 with the Tulammo. The Winchester White Box had 103 rounds in it. It shot 102 with no problem. The one failure to eject was during a long series of off hand shooting and could have been a (tired) limp wrist issue or the usual crappy WWB. The Remington was 50 for 50.

Interesting note: when using ammo with a shinny slick finish (non Tulammo) the magazines will hold 7. However, if the slide is closed you can not seat the magazine. If the slide is open you can slap 7 in and have the normal 6 + 1. The result is I could shoot 7 and the slide would lock back, then slap another 7 in. This is pretty much 6 + 1 followed by another 6 + 1. I think this is ok for the range, but I won't do it while carrying, in case I ever had to reload mid-magazine.

 

My local shop sold it to me with an extra (third) magazine, and a box of Hornady Critical Duty 9mm +P all for $500 out the door.

 

Wow, that's a great deal. Other than having to live in Pennsylvania I am very envious. I would have a ton of guns (not that I don't already).

 

Got my Desantis Superfly holster. It has a large flap Velcroed on the side which keeps it from printing in the back pocket. Don't know who is back pocket carrying this but they must be huge. I am 6'2" and 3X (lost 34 pounds in 5 weeks and still going). When attempting to back pocket carry this setup, it sticks out the top of jeans, shorts, and slacks. However once the flap is removed it is great for front pocket carry. Save some money and just buy a regular front pocket holster and not the Superfly, unless you have giant back pockets and want a dual function holster.