![]() Given the slender feel, I installed the large backstraps on both pistols. GripsĪll of the different APX models come with replaceable backstraps in small, medium, and large sizes. I wouldn’t be rushing out to do an upgrade or trigger job if this was my daily carry gun. While not “glass rod” crisp, they’re not mushy either like some other polymer service pistols. When I hold them side by side, there’s a bit more weight in the take-up of the Compact, so perhaps it’s just a bit of extra friction from the different frame.Īll in all, the triggers on both guns are pretty solid. As the fire control systems in each pistol are identical, the weight difference stumped me a bit. Everything else including the take-up, break, feel, and reset was identical to that of the full-size APX RDO. I measured it at a consistent 5 ¼ pounds of pressure. ![]() The APX Compact shown here has a slightly heavier trigger. Like other striker-fired service pistols the safeties are mostly internal. As I write this, the company offers standard size replacement frames in Wolf Gray, Olive Drab, and Flat Dark Earth colors on their website for $50. The other use case would be a simple frame color change. If you want to convert between those models and a full size, you’d also need to swap out the barrel and slide assembly. In the individual case, the feature would allow you to convert a Compact to a Centurion of vice versa. To me, this feature has always been more practically relevant to agencies and armorers responsible for dealing with dozens, hundreds, or thousands of guns and configurations, but it’s available if you care. So, if you have the chassis, you can order a replacement frame, slide, or barrel with no federal legal issues. As that’s the serialized part, that defines the gun itself. The APX pistols are built around a removable and serialized internal chassis. It holds 15 rounds of 9mm in the magazine and 13 of. On the APX Compact, about half of my pinky hangs in the air under the magazine floor plate.ĭue to the height difference from the compact, capacity is more in the Centurion. Yes, the full-size model is 5.3 inches high, but I was still able to easily get all my fat fingers on the Centurion when I handled one at this year’s NRA Annual Meeting and Expo. The goal was to provide a more compact pistol that the full-size duty APX that keeps the same handling characteristics. The Centurion is 5.1 inches tall, compared to 4.8 inches for the Compact. The 3.7-inch barrel is the same as on the Compact model, so it’s the grip height and therefore capacity that differs. As I write this, they just started shipping, so I don’t have one in my hands yet, but for performance comparison, it should be nearly identical to the APX Compact. APX CenturionĪnother new entry for 2018 is the APX Centurion. The new Beretta APX Compact chambered in 9mm.
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