![]() ![]() Will there be an APX A1 Centurion? I certainly hope so. They offered an RDO version for like two seconds, but finding them is nearly impossible. Now, here is some bad news. If you want to put a red dot on the APX Centurion you’re kind of out of luck. I looked on Grabagun this morning and you could buy a brand-new one for $400, and they’re all over Gunbroker in the $300-450 range. Well, the simple fact is that even if it’s “legacy” there are still loads of them out there. You’d be within reason to wonder why I’m writing a review for a legacy model pistol. I’ve hit sub 2.00 seconds on the Bill Drill using this gun on multiple occasions. That means fast follow up shots are a breeze. I personally don’t like guns with “slow” recoil impulses, and the APX snaps back on target quickly. Thanks to the nice sights, getting hits standing unsupported at 25 yards is easy. Its practical accuracy is also excellent. Off a bench with high quality ammo, the APX has always produced excellent groups in the 2-3 inch range. The simple solution for that? Don’t run steel cased ammo. ![]() Both Winchester Forged and the now discontinued Hornady Steel Match wouldn’t feed correctly. I do need to say that neither of these guns like steel cased ammo. Over that time, the Beretta APX Centurion has only failed to feed one round of brass cased ammo. I’ve won club matches, shot state level championships with them, and even crashed a Vespa wearing one at the appendix carry position. I used them to finish in the top 10 of CCP Division at the 2018 IDPA Nationals. Between the two of them they have a combined round count of 2,586 rounds. I’ve had a pair of APX Centurions for over four years now. An interesting note on the recently released APX A1 full size: it incorporates the Competition Firing Pin spring from the factory, so the gun starts with what I consider a mandatory upgrade for the Beretta APX Centurion as well as the other legacy APX guns. Pulling the trigger gives you a short take-up, and a clean break. The design of the legacy APX trigger shoots in well, so now after 1955 rounds the trigger is a nice 4.5 pounds. I went with the largest option to better fill my hand.Īll of my APX pistols were upgraded with Beretta’s Competition Firing Pin spring, which reduces the trigger pull by about half a pound. As is common, it comes with replaceable backstraps for the Centurion grip module. The slide and barrel is shorter than a 19, but the grip is about the same size and the magazines hold the same. In terms of size, the APX Centurion is in between a Glock 19 and a Glock 26. You can also use 17 round magazines from the full size APX in the Centurion. From the factory, the trigger is a touch heavy, with mine coming in around 5.5-6lbs. If you black out the rear dots, the front white dot gives nice contrast for fast shooting. Thankfully, the rear sight notch is nice and wide. The sights are fixed, with three white dots. This mid-size frame holds 15 rounds in the magazines, and has a 3.7 inch barrel. In my opinion, the best frame size was the legacy Centurion frame. That means you can swap the trigger into various size frames to customize fit to the shooter. Like most modern semi-automatic striker fired pistols, the frame houses a modular trigger chassis that is the serialized part. ![]() The Legacy APX lineup breaks down into the following sizes: Target, Full size, Centurion, and Compact. This meant that the previous generation of APX pistols are designated as “Legacy models” by Beretta, which is a nice way to say they’re pretty much discontinued. However, there’s still a large volume of the original family of APX pistols available, including my personal favorite, the Beretta APX Centurion. Back in May, we saw the roll out of the new Beretta APX A1, the full-size upgrade to the original APX series. ![]()
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