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Old 02-12-2010, 09:54 AM
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It ain't always about the Smiths! This is a Beretta Model 102 in .22 long rifle. Can't wait for warm weather to see how it shoots. Fantastic trigger!



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Old 02-12-2010, 10:14 AM
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Oh, holy smokes - I am green with envy! Thanks so much for putting that up, Tim!
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Old 02-12-2010, 11:45 AM
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Purtty! Nice "get" for the collection. Lucky guy. I bet it shoots as good as it looks.

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It is, and it was made in 1969!
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Better feed it Italian fodder.

Get some Fiocchi .22 match stuff and see how it does.

Very nice piece! You need a Bernadelli .22 so you'll have a pair, and perhaps they'll reproduce.
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Old 02-12-2010, 11:25 PM
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Mag in the well and safety off...tell me there ain't one in the pipe! Very pretty piece
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Old 02-13-2010, 10:22 AM
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Very nice ... But I ws hoping for Sophia Loren!!
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Old 02-13-2010, 11:36 AM
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Very nice BUT one picture aint enough
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lucky guy. haven't seen one of these in years.
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I handed my Dad $85.00 to buy a used 102 in 1976; my first handgun. I killed a thousand cans with that pistol, some how I traded it off in college and have wanted to find one again.

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Very nice ... But I ws hoping for Sophia Loren!!
As the younger half of the forum collectively says "Who"?
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Beautiful....simply beautiful.
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Wait! You dry fired a .22? I'm tellin'!

Oh yeah, cool piece!
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That's a nice pistol mister.
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Great lookin' handgun!
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I had heard of the 102's but about 33 years ago I bought a Model 76. Except for the mag release and the pinky tail on magazine, they look the same. I never figured out if it shot well or not. The notch in the side of the barrel, for the extractor peeled lead off the nose of the bullet on every shot and threw it in my forehead. Went back to Beretta twice, always came back the same, traded it off and got a S&W 41. Ivan
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I had my hands on one of those little beauties many years ago and seeing yours makes my doubly mad at myself for not buying it. I do the dumbest things at times!!!
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