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[lee blackman]

Well I bought it cause I thought it shot laser beams, and ejected rainbows.... I wasn't passing it up for $250.

I was thinking maybe playing around with it in steel challenge rimfire iron sight division.

You know I really think if they put a little speaker in these that made a "choom choom" noise when you pulled the trigger, and a "to infinity and beyond" after magazine insertion, they would sell alot more of these ugly guns.

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[sidnal]

I bought one of those when they first came out b/c it was pretty cool looking, but I was very disapointed with the performance...long crunchy trigger, front sight as wide as my little finger and poor accuracy. What a great combination, traded it for a Ruger. Was very disapointed with that Beretta.They are pretty cool looking thougth!

Edited by sidnal, 29 March 2012 - 07:35 PM.

[lee blackman]

Yea the trigger is pretty bad. Honestly I think I'm gonna stick with my Sig Hammerli Trailside. I have yet to find another rimfire pistol that I like as much as it. But I'm definitely going to bring this beretta to the next match just to get a chuckle or two. I was just so excited I had to share on the forum

[Joe A.]

Lee, Oh I have a good story to tell about my Neos with the Blue grips..Right after these came on the market I had a craving for one and it was close to me Birthday...Well my lovin Wife,,,made the mistake of asking what I might have for my Birthday wish list ?.....So I told her about the Neos...As most Wife's will do if you have more then one gun,,Give you that what the heck do you need another ""LOOK"" and stated "you got more guns then John Wayne and only two hands..."Like you need one more gun",,,And walked off out of sight...Well I did not push the matter and a couple of days passed on by,,,Early one Saturday morning my Wife and I were still laying in the bed watching the TV,,and my son came into the room...She asked him to open the Gun Safe and he did,,I thought that maybe she needed a new pack of checks to pay some bills or what ever,,,When He had the Safe open,,she told him to count the guns in there...I rolled my eyes toward her as my son was counting,,somewhere past 12 and looking on a different shelf to continue the count,,,Out of her mouth came ,,"I told you that you had more guns then John Wayne,so tell me more about that gun you think you need"... "It nothing really special" I said ,,it is just kind of cool looking and not that expensive compared to some that we have...Her reply was "How EXPENSIVE ! ?"...Trying not to start any thing that would get the day off on the wrong foot,,,I went toward the kitchen to fry an egg...Well My Birthday arrived..I was sitting at the Kitchen table earlier that morning and my son brought in a wrapped box that had a familiar shape...I opened it and there was a long Barrel Neos with blue Grips..My wife asked if this was the one I wanted ?... I said,,Yes how did you know ?...oH,,I just asked Tom,,,She knew that Tom was my close Friend,,fellow gun club member and a FFL dealer too...If anybody had the inside info,,he would know...She had been scheming,,,in her lovin way...She asked again,,,are you sure this is the right one,,,I know that you like the color blue she said..I am not be disappointed in any way I said... and gave her a hug and a kiss...She then said,,Well I'm glad too..With a grin on her face,,,she stated"I know that you will not need for any more guns in the near future,,will you ? because if you do ,,,you head will look just like the one you holding,,,,Black and Blue". I kept my mouth shut.... Lee, that my Neos story..Yes, it is a 22 plinker,,fairly accurate and I have not had a major problem with it...and I do like it...

[tobydog]

I got a green one in 7.5". Same reasons, kind of cool looking. Agree trigger not the best. But its one of the few .22's with ambi-safetys. Being left-handed, I like that. Put a cheap red-dot on it, built a holster and used it for Bianchi matches at local club. Cheap fun. Oldest daughter also liked it for steel challenge.

[Njanear]

The triggers are definitely nothing to write home about and the front sights are way too wide, but in my opinion, they are a great little gun for SC. We have 2 - a 6in. and a 4.5in - and those are what we shoot at the local steel plate match. I picked up 8 mags from CDNN when they were $9.99 each and they run pretty well with cheap ammo (they like the Fed/CCI stuff).