Perhaps somebody can confirm or deny that this is Beretta's take on an older Walther .22 auto design. I believe that they arrived on the US market in the early 1950s and were made in several finishes, one fairly plain and very "European" and a later one in a more "American" style. Weatherby used Italian-made ones at first, then switched to Miroku-made ones, which (I think) they still sell. There is a tube-fed Miroku/Weatherby version as well.
Nice guns, despite the current "California" styling; I prefer them to the Browning "takedown" .22 auto, which is "neater" in many ways, but just doesn't shoot well for me. (A .22 can be just TOO "trim," I find). Wish Weatherby'd go back to the original /European/Beretta-style stock and finish, tho.
I think I remember these being sold under the model name "Gyrfalcon" back in the day when Beretta was calling all its models by "cat" and "raptor" names. May have been "Greyfalcon"....
Last edited by Mike A.; 02/08/13 01:38 PM.