Sweet find!!

[misconfig]

I know someone through mutual friends of mine; I caught wind he was selling a Beretta 21a .22LR. He inherited this from his granddad who was an avid collector and 1500 visitor.

This guy "hates firearms" just wanted it out of the house. I offered him $100 and he took the offer. From what I can tell this was made in 1984 ( first year introduced ) and has the upgraded grips. The box of ammo is labeled from year "1988". This pistol is in 98% condition, it even smells like someone's grandpa.

This is now known as the "bobcat"; at least if his grandad knew someone would take proper care of it he'd probably be happy.

If it were me I would have kept it, I'd never sell my heirloom firearms - EVER.

 

[WLW]

Awesome find man... very nice looking gun!

 

[Colt556]

I used to carry one of those in my back pocket as a back up while working in the gun shop. Very nice guns. Mine had the black plastic grips. I did file the mag release button down some after inadvertently releasing the mag in my pocket a few times. Worked great after that.

 

[Larryjr]

Nice handgun. I love .22 for plinkin.

 

[sgreen3]

Very cool, I would agree though I would never get rid of my dads or granpas guns, no matter what.

 

[JCR]

Nice find!

 

[gunman41mag]

EXCELLENT "TINY" GUN !!!

 

[629powerport]

Nice little 22, I've been carrying my Bobcat around for better then 15 years now.

 

[dpzj96]

The ammo that came with it is as old as I am! Goes to show how much it has been shot. Excellent find.

 

[ThrottleJockey]

I have one in .25acp and love it. Mine has the same wood, but is silver (I assume nickle). The ONLY thing I don't like is that my safety is rather stiff and takes a bit of getting used to. I paid $150 for mine, you got a great deal! I've seen them with crimson trace grips selling for nearly $400.

 

[indykid]

Nice find! The ones with the wood grips are really hard to come by.

I have one and really enjoy it. One thing I have found is that since they don't have extractors, they need to be kept clean. Also avoid using ammo that is heavily wax coated. My 21A ran like a champ on any ammo until I tried some PMC which I thought was Korean but unfortunately found it to be Mexican and heavy on the wax. That wax not only gummed up the pistol, but the mags as well. A good cleaning returned everything to perfection.

Enjoy your new toy!!!!

 

[DanO]

I have one just like the OP's that I bought new in 1989. I also have a .25 with the gold trigger, hammer and scrollwork - pimpalicious!

 

[misconfig]

I have one just like the OP's that I bought new in 1989. I also have a .25 with the gold trigger, hammer and scrollwork - pimpalicious!

Now that's a gun!

 

[shooter521]

I have one just like the OP's that I bought new in 1989. I also have a .25 with the gold trigger, hammer and scrollwork - pimpalicious!

We had a .22 like that come through the shop the other day. I actually thought it looked neat; not at all over the top like some of the Taurus "special edition" tip-barrels.

 

[indykid]

The 21A with the gold stuff is their very limited "EL". The bluing on those is amazing.

 

[JohnP82]

Awesome! I really like those little guns. Congrats and enjoy

 

[alluwant]

still looks like a keeper in good shape good find

 

[GlockRyan]

Very nice find.

 

[HollowPoint]

Congratulations on a great buy on the little .22 a fun gun to have