Beretta NEOS Carbine Kit

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aarondhgraham

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It finally arrived from Buds Gun Shop dot Com,,,
Not that Buds wasn't quick to ship,,,
The 3-day weekend delayed it.

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I bought an off brand set of "tall" Weaver scope mounts and a nice short 4X scope for it,,,
The scope was so short the mounts would only fit in one place along it's length,,,
So naturally the mounts wouldn't align with the Weaver rail grooves.

I decided to use a Cabela's Pine Ridge 4X Rimfire scope I had laying around,,,
This scope was long enough to allow me to align the rings to the rail,,,
But the off-brand "Tall" mounts weren't tall enough for the scope,,,
The 32mm diameter scope touched the rear aperture sight.

I ended up using a set of Weaver Brand "See Through" mounting rings,,,
These were tall enough so that the scope didn't rub the sight.

The added advantage of using those "See Through" rings,,,
Was that it brought the scope high enough for comfortable viewing.

I'm 6' 2" tall and the stock really is a small carbine size,,,
With the lower mounting rings I really had to hold the stock very high on my shoulder to see through the scope.

With the Weaver See-Through rings it is now comfortable to sight through the scope,,,
And I really can still use the iron sights if I scrunch up a little bit.

I took it out and zeroed the scope in at 50 yards,,,
I was rolling a tin can very handily with Federal Bulk Pack ammunition.

10 magazines of 10 with no problems at all.

This isn't going to replace any of my other .22 rifles,,,
But it's a fun addition and will be ideal for young kids to shoot.

Now that the scope drama is past,,,
I'm very pleased with this latest purchase.

Aarond
 
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I measured the barrel myself,,,

It's 16.5 inches long.

If you put the stock on the receiver and it still has the 6" or 4.5" barrel attached,,,
You have just made a short barreled rifle and are in violation of federal law.

So the "proper procedure" is to:

  1. Remove the pistol barrel,,,
  2. Remove the pistol stock/grip,,,
  3. Install the carbine barrel,,,
  4. Attach the carbine stock.

Then:

  1. Remove the carbine barrel,,,
  2. Remove the carbine stock,,,
  3. Attach the pistol barrel,,,
  4. Attach the pistol stock/grip.

The manual warns to always keep the carbine stock and carbine barrel together as a "kit",,,
In the ruling from the BATFE the word "kit" is used very extensively,,,
It's almost humorous how Beretta stresses the word as well.

Anyways,,,
It's a legal carbine conversion kit.

Aarond
 
Well, it looks about as I imagined it.

Based on some of your previous threads it sounds/looks like this is right up your alley.

I do really like the idea (not so much a fan of the Neos). That is pretty cool though and with knowing about this kit the Neos may have moved up a bit in my liking.

Have fun.... :D
 
Hello Yung.gunr,,,

Based on some of your previous threads it sounds/looks like this is right up your alley.
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I must admit,,,
I do like the space-gun look.

Have fun....
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This Sunday,,,
I'm taking a friend to the range,,,
The Carbine is going with us for some fun plinking.

Aarond
 
Haha yeah Aarond, now the only thing you need is for Beretta to make the Neos in a centerfire configuration. I imagine you would be happy as a clam..:D

Shoot, you have probably already contacted them to suggest it.... Haha:p
 
No,,, Please no centerfire NEOS,,,

I already have the rimfire/centerfire Beretta set that I wanted,,,
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I really don't need the temptation of another pair,,,
I think I have all of the Beretta pistols I need.

Unless I stumble on a used NEOS pistol,,,
It would be nice to always leave one assembled as a rifle

Aarond
 
You know you want it.....

In the words of the popcorn vendor at the Phoenix Suns games "you know you want it"....

Come on Aarond, we all know you can't resist another matching set of rimfire/centerfire pistols.

Maybe if they start the centerfire configuration you can get two rimfire and two centerfire. That way you can have a set of the regular pistol in center/rim and a set of the rifle kit in center/rim.

Hahah Aarond we all know your tastes... No denying it.... :D
 
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