Rubber_Duck
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Is anyone EDCing a Beretta 21A Bobcat or have one in their concealed carry rotation? If so what are your experiences?
Mine liked old Winchester Super-X 40 grain RN lube alloy from the late 1960s. I had a bunch and used it for years. I know exerts are changing at using then 30 year old ammo in a HD gun, but it was the most reliable load and shot well. The newer higher velocity Super X and lowered QC did not work as well and I moved to CCI 40 grain mini mag solids. For absolute reliability I loaded one round short in the magazine. After a decade it got less than reliable and when I handled my first Kel Tec P32 the Beretta went in reserve as soon as I got some range time with the Fantastic Plastic.
BTW I used to carry my Beretta M21A .22 LR in a small freezer bag drawn down to have as little air as possible in it in my bathing suit pocket when swimming in the Gulf of Mexico or local rivers and springs. On our return home I would shoot the gun before cleaning it. Shot through the bag usually gave me one shot then the bag fouled the action, but I got one shot. I moved to Sandwich bags of lighter construction and again got one shot through the bag and occasionally another or two. If I took the time to rip the top off the sandwich bag I managed to dump the full mag a couple of times, but the necessity of putting my left hand in front of the muzzle during the draw concerned me greatly and I stopped doing that.
only once did I have a leak at the seal and one other time an edge on the gun made a pin hole in the bag. In both cases removing the gun from the water filled bag and giving it a shake allowed the gun to be fired until empty. I checked the barrel for bulges from capillary action of water but never noticed any.
not recommending carry or shooting like this to anyone, just sharing my experience.
-kBob