Beretta 21 and 950

[lechiffre]

Also keep in mind that you must use the tip up feature to unload these guns. Simply (difficulty due to spring weight) racking the slide will leave a cartridge in the chamber as there is no extractor.

 

[Carmady]

That "foot" is the disconnector!
If it's holding the slide open, there is something wrong.
Pull the slide back with the grip off and see how it works.

Would a weak recoil spring allow the slide to stay back when pulled manually?

I sold my Minx, too much recoil.

Your el is a beauty.

 

[Bill DeShivs]

In theory, yes-but I have never seen a 950 with a weak recoil spring. I have seen them with one side broken.
A bent trigger bar, or lack of lubrication is more likely.

Minx/recoil- surely you jest?

 

[Carmady]

In theory, yes-but I have never seen a 950 with a weak recoil spring. I have seen them with one side broken.
A bent trigger bar, or lack of lubrication is more likely.

I doubt if the recoil spring was weak because it ran so well. It was lubed and the trigger bar wasn't noticeably bent, but I didn't really examine it. Something may have been binding just enough to hold it back.

I found that youtube video and thought Beretta was really slick, but now it looks like they didn't plan it that way.

 

[Hal]

ALL 950s have a tip-up barrel.

Ok - had to be 100% sure about my 950 EL so - I dug it out of the safe.

Yep - sure enough, I was in error up above. Mine does indeed have a tip up barrel.

I apologize for my previous mistake.