Beretta U22 Neos or 87 Target?

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HKguy9

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For plinking and teaching friends how to shoot, which would you pick?

Neos: Cheap, carbine conversion on the way, interchangeable barrel lenghts.

87 Target: Classy, modeled after the 85 Cheetah...very nice...(haven't seen one yet, and don't know if they are CA legal either...)
 
For me, the choice would be decided by my wallet. Presently, I'd go with the Neos. (Presently, I'd go with a Heritidge Arms Rough Rider**LOL**).
 
Don't know anything about the Neos, but I bought an 87 a few months back and its been a huge winner for me.

Besides being a quality gun, it has already introduced 2 people close to me to range fun.

And I think the fact that it looks like a "serious" gun is a plus.
 
Don't know anything about the Neos, but I bought an 87 a few months back and its been a huge winner for me.
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Tell me more...heck tell me everything you know and your opinions on the thing..I'd really appreciate it :)
 
The Neo was designed with the beginning shooter in mind, while the 87 is more of a target pistol.
Both have a weaver rail on top, but for your purposes you don't need to mount any accessories.
For your purposes, I'd get a Neo.
For myself personally, I'd get a 87 target. Then again, two of my house guns are Berettas. The 87 Target would allow me cheap practice with the same grip angle and controls.
 
The neo design looks like a recycled Colt Cadet..It appears to have the same problem the cadet series had. The magazine release is just above the trigger and is subject to accidentle release if in a holster for field use. Otherwise I think it's a great design. I never could figure out why Colt didn't come up with a remedy. They pushed the field carry to in ads. It's a shame that the target shooters had more input.

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U22

I was kind of salivating over the U22 in the Rifleman. I like the Red Dot sight, too. Anybody know what XFS stands for? I think the X is stainless, but couldn't find/figure out was the FS was?
I like the U22 trigger configuration over the 87. More like the Ruger it looks to me. Probably get the U22 just based on price. Should be just right for the kids to learn/plink on.
 
>>Tell me more...heck tell me everything you know and your opinions on the thing..I'd really appreciate it <<

Well, I really did not even know this one existed but when I saw it (NIB) I decided to just get it. Something about it felt great, very good ergonomics.

As you probably know it is an SA only gun. Very nice trigger.

The weight is very well balanced.

The grips are not fantastic, the checkering being a tad more aggressive than it needs to be IMO. But no big deal at all.

It's had a couple of thousand rounds through it so far, no unexpected problems. Or one but that was my fault, it's had minimal minimal cleaning.

The built in weaver is great, as I use it with both a red-dot type sight and the regular ones, takes 10 seconds to switch from one to another without tools.

All in all, this gun is a bit more $$ than its competition but it makes up for that in "pride of ownership" in my book.

Here is a pic:
 

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The NEOS is a recycled Colt 22* and the Colt 22 was a recycled High Standard Duramatic. The design is pretty old and is a very simple one, but both H-S and Colt had some problems with balancing the springs. We'll see how Beretta does with it.

*Colt first called it "Cadet", but had to drop the name when Iver Johnson reminded them of its copyright of that name.

Jim
 
To start with, I have to say I have no experience with the NEOS and my experience with the 87 is limited to playing with one for a few minutes so don't listen to a thing I say. However, I will relate the following. I was drooling over an 87 and was seriously considering buying one. I love it's looks, love the safety and mag release, weaver rail is great, balances and feels great, mags don't eject clean but I can live with it, and then I put in a snap cap and tried the trigger. The sample I played with broke clean but was heavy, more of a service pistol trigger than a .22 target gun. The worst part was that it had more overtravel on it than any pistol I can remember ever trying bar none. I estimate it as over .25" even with the overtravel stop Beretta put on the rear of the trigger. Maybe I'm a lousy pistol shooter but I could not keep it from moving off target in dry fire. I could not believe this obvious oversight on a pistol of this price range which was otherwise well thought out and of high quality. I was very disappointed and passed. Maybe the one I tried was a lemon. Compare it's trigger with the Sig-Hammerli Trailside which is right in it's price range. The Trailsides have triggers comensurate with the price in my opinion.
 
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