.380 ACP. 3.5" barrel length. SN: E60569. Blued finish with typical plum blued slide mounting checkered black synthetic BERETTA logo grips. Simple blowback operated autoloading pistol fed by detachable single stack magazines. Left slide struck PIETRO BERETTA-Gardone V.T.-Cal. 9 Corto with right marked MADE in ITALY. Italian smokeless powder firing proofs to left frame, with a date mark of XXII corresponding to 1966. {C&R}

Good to Very Good. Bore is dirty with some firing residues that may clean to Very Bright with crisp rifling throughout. Metal finish shows faint internal cycling scratches, some magazine insertion wear, and thinning to gripstraps. Brown flecking to gripstraps. Spotted loss of finish below hammer spur and on top of slide along extractor. Grips display handling wear and some scratches in addition to residue throughout texturing. Mechanically functional when cycled by hand.