If I were to guess what you had in mind I would say short handguard, rails instead of M-LOK and A2 grip?

That's all that I can think of at the moment but other than that I think it's quite nifty.


Edit: Oh yeah and QD sing mounts.

Rails instead of MLOK is a plus, IMO. MLOK sucks. I don't know why people like it so much. I've got it, I hate it, I am not buying another firearm that has it unless it becomes standardized to the point I have no choice. Short handguard is also fine, otherwise switching to the 10.25" barrel would be a bit of a problem since it barely protrudes from the frame as it is.

Only thing the ARX is really missing is the QD mounts.

I know if I buy the black ARX they will get FDE in stock.

But if I wait to buy the FDE the sale will end and I'll be SOL.

Probably wouldn't be too difficult to paint the black one though.

I'm in full agreement with you, I'm perfectly fine with the ARX just the way it is... Though I really would like some QD sling mounts as well.

I thought the sale for $850.00 had ended?

Somebody said if you use the "request quote" feature they'll email you a link for $850. Maybe beretta got pissed with Botach under cutting MAP pricing so much.

First impressions, smooth shooting, shot about 2.5" consistently with xm193 at 100yds, nothing to write home about but that's about what my Daniel Defense and X95 do with xm193. I put 120rnds through it. Next trip out I'll zero with 64grn Gold Dots as that is my go-to round. Trigger in mine is super crisp, no creep, but still way to heavy to matter, it sucks overall. I actually like the ergonomics, no its not an AR15, but that's a good thing. So far I'm impressed.

I just tried the email quote thing, we'll see.  They unceremoniously canceled my 1,025.00 order from like January, I guess that could end up bring a good thing.

Just picked up my ARX. For the record, mine came with two mags (one sealed with some cosmoline) and a sling, as well as the tactical bag, which is nicer than you'd think. The rifle can best be described as "sculpted." It's very ergonomic (for me, at least) and I had no issues with the shallowness of the charging handle. I hate that there are no QD mounts, but think this can be remedies. The BUIS need to go - even folded, they are cumbersome and block a good part of the shooter's view. The gun disassembled easily and is clearly over-engineered. I've heard it described as weighing 7+ lbs., but it feels much lighter.  The trigger broke at just over 8 lbs, but there was no creep. The controls were, as expected, stiff.  

I will be putting an OSS 7.62 suppressor on the gun this weekend (using a thread adapter). My theory is that the OSS design will prevent back pressure, and therefore prevent piston pop, rendering it a good match for the ARX. It's an OTB (over the barrel) silencer, but it'll still add about 8" to the length.  

I'd shot one before, but felt they were too pricey and my preferences at the $1,600 - $2,000 range were towards the Tavors, Scars and Brens.  Overall, I thought this was an unbeatable gun at $1,200; when they dropped to $850, it was a no brainer.

Looking forward to taking it out for its maiden voyage.

Got mine today! I should hire out as a proofreader. Reading the manual and I'm already on my second typo.

Everything expected thus far except for the lower magazine release. Holy shit. I'm assuming that's intended to loosen up over time. I depressed it so hard I had an imprint in my thumb of the texturing and it still wasn't hard enough to get the mag to release. Tried again, pushed so hard it was painful, and it released. Need to open this baby up and give it some dry lube I think. Side mag release buttons work fine.

Factory BUIS are honestly not as bad as I remember them being from the last time I handled an ARX. They could be better, but they're completely usable. I will most likely swap them with Troy micros in future, but they can stay where they are for now.

Trigger pull also does not feel like 10 lbs to me, feels more like a factory Colt trigger's weight. But, I've read they come in anywhere between 7 and 11 lbs from the factory, so it's entirely possible I got one on the low end. Don't have anything to actually measure it, but just going by finger feel it really doesn't feel like 10 lbs.

Everything is mostly straight forward thus far; I either remembered from the last time I handled an ARX, or it was easy to figure out. Only bit I haven't figured out thus far is how to open the grip's trapdoor. I see the spot for the round depress and have depressed it with a snap cap, but still no joy. Maybe just sticky from being new and needs to be worked some, or could use some dry lube there too. Checking the manual for that.

It feels surprisingly light and nimble, especially when you exchange the heavy Beretta steel mags for Lancers. Only negative I can see is the Lancers don't drop free like the Beretta magazines, but that's nothing huge. Can only imagine how nimble it would be with the 10.25" barrel. Urge to SBR increasing already.

Beretta's rails are also apparently a decent bit wider than my Colts. Ergo ladders would NOT go over them willingly; I had to give them some help with a spudger from my computer toolkit. After they were on a couple hours, the material has stretched out and they go on without help now. Those Beretta rails are some sharp little shits like on my Benelli, much sharper than Colt and KAC rails, so definitely need something on them for barehanded use. I slipped and the rail snagged and ripped my shirt; that sharp. I guess you could always rub the rails on your opponent if you ran out of ammo and he'd cry uncle in short order.

I'm thinking of ordering a Steiner MRS to serve as the initial optic. 70 grams so it'll keep in line with this nice lightweight feel I'm really digging, and holographic so it'll play nice with my right eye's slight astigmatism that doesn't mind EOTechs but hates a lot of red dots.

EDIT: Well, disassembly was even easier than it looked on videos. I like that.

SBR it.  You won't be disappointed.

Run a couple of hundred rounds through it and the functions will loosen up.

My experience and thoughts are almost identical to yours, to include the astigmatism and red dots.

My grip plug broke upon removal and I called Beretta for a replacement, which came today (only 4 days from calling).

On my first arx, at $1200 (which seemed high for what I got and sold it), the trigger was atrocious.  the trigger on this one is MUCH better, I thought it was OK.

Sights are clunky but don't need an AR front sight tool for adjustment, which is a huge plus.  I'll use them until I can pick up a set of Magpul Pro LR's on sale.

I don't like the side rails, they bug me enough that I want to mill off the support posts.

Mine apparently was set up to eject left side from the factory, I left it that way and put my CH on the right.  (lefty).

Think I figured out the grip plug. You gotta push in, then slightly up with the tool (I'm using a snap cap) and it'll dislodge enough to grab it. I didn't know if I was dealing with a spring-loaded mechanism or what, so I pushed in kinda far and it bent the plastic a bit. Luckily it seems to be hardcore plastic and I hand-bent it back into position and it stayed.

Steiner MRS is on the way; made OpticsPlanet an offer for the going eBay price right before going to bed just to see what they'd say and to my surprise they had accepted when I got up this morning.  Ordered! We'll see how it does with the ARX.

I stripped the gun and gave it a thorough dry lube spraydown with Sentry TufGlide, which has been my go-to for slickening up gravelly and sticky gun parts for forever not to mention being good for SE Texas humidity-proofing. I let it dry overnight. It seems to have slightly lightened the trigger, the barrel now removes and reinserts mostly smoothly without hard yanking, the bolt rides more smoothly, and the safety operates a little more smoothly. Only thing that had zero improvement was the 30-pound bottom mag release button.

Only downside is it seems to have displaced the factory grease in such a way that it slowly leaked out overnight and turned into sticky white sludge on all kinds of various places.  First time I've ever had that happen. I don't know what factory lube Beretta uses, but it did not play nice with my dry lube like Colt and Knight's have, and Beretta's pistols and shotguns have. Maybe some funky stuff they use due to being polymer? Looks like it's cleaning and detailing time; I don't want sticky white highlights.

Lastly, I toyed with removing the left side rail and it definitely increases options for comfortable holding. The bumps aren't that bad at all, but it definitely would've been preferable if all four underside plastic mounts had been removeable instead of just one, so that it would be slick with the rail removed.

Anyone else's Botach ARX marked as a law enforcement model? I haven't seen that on ones for sale at gun stores. Registered with Beretta and it popped up as a LE model as well. I wonder if that's how Botach got such a good price, abused LE pricing from Beretta...

If you remove the side rails the front will fall off... The side rails retain the "POLYMER FRONT RING".

Also, the T15 TORX drive slots of the rail screws deform very easily (they seem to be made out of some type of stainless steel), it's best to avoid messing with them.

Though if you do mess up the rail screws Brownells can get you new ones.

Torque for the side rail screws is 10 INCH POUNDS, exceeding that will damage the rail.

Torque for the top rail screws is 15 inch pounds, exceeding that will deform the drive slots in the screws.

Beretta also warns not to remove the top rail screws because they are held in place with a high strength red threadlocker and attempting to remove them will strip out the slots in the receiver for the hexagonal inserts.

The side rail screws are held in place with a medium strength blue threadlocker and are removable.

Yikes, okay. I will leave them on.

I noticed the LE label on mine from Botach also...wasn't going to say anything but it is what it is.  It's not like it's illegal or anything, just probably a violation of Beretta's policies.

Anyway, my second one seems like a really high s/n and it's identical to my first in pretty much every way.  Only thing I notice is the trigger feels just a smidge lighter pull.

Here's my first one as currently set up....the sling attachments are tied with the trigger pull weight for the worst things about this gun.  But I'm liking these guns overall.

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I don't see any LE markings on mine, where is yours marked? Also, what did Optics planet take as an offer on the sight? You can pm me if you don't want to say.

There's an LE in the model number on the box label if I remember, and the second magazine is specific to the LE package.  There's no difference in the rifle itself.

I've got a pretty good relationship going with Optics Planet and they're willing to give me pretty deep discounts occasionally. I don't really want to potentially jeopardize that by advertising it, or suddenly a bunch of offers showing up for the same price I offered. Do some research on what sales on the MRS have been going for lately and make OpticsPlanet a reasonable offer based on that. They'll usually accept.

As far as LE markings, it says so on the box, and also if you register with Beretta online, they will give you extended info on your serial number when you register such as caliber and the particular ARX-100 SKU. If it has LE on the end, it's the LE model. As Findsman said, there's functionally no difference. It was just made and distributed by Beretta for sale to the LE market. No comment on that really, just pointing it out.

Mine was a LE model according to box sticker, which was light blue

My ARX came in from Botach last week. Replaced my sights with MBUS. The factory flip up sights are over 1/4" taller than AR height sights so I get a little better check weld with the new sights and they are not as big and blocky as the stock sights. I also moved the rear sight about and inch forward from the rear of the rail and I'm good with the stock lenght of pull now.

Ordered some ladder style rail covers for the side rails since they are right in the middle of where I place my thumb.

The trigger is heavy but it is a short pull with a very good break and reset. A good trigger except for the pull weight.

Think I figured out the secret to the lower mag release.

1. Tear down
2. COVER the flippy metal mag release/bolt catch thingie on the lower in dry lube
3. Reassemble
4. Put on gloves with a well-insulated thumb, press close to magwell, not further back. Button requires way less force in close.
5. Operate it with a magazine as much as you can be bothered to
6. Let dry if it's a dry lube that goes on wet (like I was using)
7. Operate a ton more while dry

It's actually loosening up to the point it's becoming usable without mashing a button imprint into my thumb. Still could be looser, but now at least becoming usable. IMO Beretta needs to address that so it's as easy to operate out of the box as an AR's controls, that's stupid, but at least least with a little wear it breaks in. That's honestly my only complaint with the platform thus far, the springs are CRAZY powerful on some of the controls and need to be dialed back to 1/2 to 1/3 strength.

EDIT: Just now noticed doing the above worked wonders for the bolt catch too. Initially I could have snapped my index finger off pushing up on the bolt catch and it wouldn't be enough for it to catch solidly, just sort of stick a bit and come unlocked at the slightest jostling. Now just a firm push locks it back no problems. The barrel unlock has loosened up considerably as well with liberal application of dry lube. Gone from pulling and straining until it finally gives way with a giant jerk and then having to shove to get it to go back in, to a smooth release upon pull, smooth reinsertion. This baby loves her some dry lube, I will say that. Goes from being a sticky uncooperative monster out of the box to a finely functioning machine.

Got the Steiner MRS in today!

It and the ARX-100 are a match made in heaven. Nice clear holo dot blissfully free of the smudging I get from most red dots, and it's practically weightless, so does not impact the ARX's nice light handling one bit. Being RMR low might be a minus on an AR, but on the ARX it gives you a just-right sight picture with a cheekweld on the standard stock. Excellent. Has a slight bit of distortion, but very slight, not as bad as my RMR. Also has a tint like an RMR does, but nowhere near as much, again it's very slight.

Only problem is the factory BUIS. On the one hand, they are so damned high that I'm not sure what you'd call it other than "overheaed cowitness" so you can sight in over the top of the MRS. On the other hand, they are so damned high that even when folded they block half the MRS' window. Looks like it will either need to be paired with Troy Micros, or something like an American MFG 0.43" riser QD lever mount to bump it up enough above factory BUIS. I may try both just to see how they do.

MRS' auto-adjusting brightness feature is actually really nice too. Unlike Trijicon's on the dual-illuminated RMR where it "auto adjusts" in that it just gets brighter when more light hits the fiber optics, this actually legitimately auto adjusts when put on auto. It has a forward sensor that looks where the sight is looking and adjusts accordingly. Tried it in a dark room, it quickly drops to dim so it doesn't starburst. Aimed out a window into the bright daylight and it quickly shot up to the highest brightness setting and was clearly visible. IMO this is the perfect reflex sight for the ARX.

Can these still be had for $850, or have they gone back up?

They are listed at $1200 on Botach now but click on make an offer and offer $850 and see if they accept.

Yeah I broke the grip plug on mine too getting it out. There was nothing in the manual or online about how to take it out.

Anyone else frustrated by how long it takes Beretta to get more Enlarged Cocking Handles back in stock?

I'm on the email list to be notified when they are in stock. I was actually able to order one a few weeks ago because they said they were in! I even got a UPS shipping number. I waited a week, checking everyday, always seeing "Waiting to be processed". Then I get an email saying that my money has been refunded. Apparently they print the shipping label before they pick the order, and ran out before my order came up.

I have seen "Enhanced Charging Handles" that look much more attractive, but I can't find a source to purchase one.

Anyone have any leads on anything, or possibly a DIY substitute to make the charging handle a little more bearable?

Thanks in advance!

If you're willing to pay twice as much due to shipping and wait a couple weeks, you can still get them from Beretta Italy via Brignoli Silvio (Italian sporting goods shop that will ship to the US). They had all fresh stock of ARX-100 hardware including the charging handles last I checked.

Weird. I ordered one from them on April 20th when I had conformation my gun had shipped, Beretta shipped next day and I had it in less than a week.

Thanks for the info! Surprisingly the prices, shipping included, were much better than anticipated. I ordered the grip rail and the enlarged handle. $57.64 total, and that includes the $18.00 shipping! It would have cost $53.00 through Beretta USA. Although it may take a little bit of time to get here from Italy, it sure beats waiting around for them to MAYBE have it in stock God knows when. I'll try to follow up with how long shipping takes once they arrive.

If you decide to follow suit and use their site, I recommend you use paypal. If you try to use your Debit or Credit card, the verification process is a bit of a pain in the butt.

Oh absolutely, if you're ordering more than just the charging handle all of a sudden the pricing becomes a lot more reasonable. I haven't heard anything but good about Brignoli Silvio; just the caveat that it can take up to 3 weeks between order and delivery versus the usual 2-3 days from Beretta USA. But, they'll often have stock of things that Beretta USA is out of, and carry some items that are only available through Beretta Italy (such as the ARX bipod from the military package, which isn't for sale commercially in the US, but is in Italy).

Guh... having trouble figuring out a way to manage the mount so the factory BUIS play nice with a miniaturized optic. May have to buy more gear to test.

On a more positive note, the Beretta-branded LaserMax UNI-B goes nicely with the ARX, keeps with the lightweight philosophy I want to keep for it, and is now mounted on the right side.

FYSA: Beretta has the enlarged charging handling thingy back in stock. Shipped free with owners manual and under rail.

http://www.berettausa.com/en-us/arx-char-hndl-ext-unpackaged/c8a366/

Bought the extended charging handle and was pretty unimpressed.  As for function, it's fine, but I found it quite difficult to pull off in order to disassemble the weapon.  I marred one up having to use pliers to remove it.

Really? Mine just requires a firm pull.

My charging handle and rail arrived yesterday from Brignoli Armi. That's 7 days from order placement to mailbox! I find it funny that my suspicion was confirmed that they would come back in stock at Beretta USA before I received mine from Italy. If they run out again, and I'm sure they will, I again recommend using them, overall cost and ship times are comparable, as long as you order more than 1 item!

Jeez, 7 days from Europe is really not bad at all. Brignoli must have decreased their handling times significantly. Thanks for the report!

You can cut the side rails down a little and not booger up the front ring retention.

I just noticed that Shooting Sight had the triggers available for backorder.  Not sure how long it will be until available but I ordered one so I can get it asap!

I know the ARX has gone through some design changes, such as the front rails and the pin in the rear of the top rail to prevent it from moving.

Will most of the new ARX purchased from big online stores have these newest updates? What happens if I get an old ARX without the rear top rail pin?

Thanks.

What you buy now will be the updated model.

I'm not aware of any rail changes to the ARX, and the pin under the top sight rail was at least a year ago, maybe two or three.  Even in the unlikely event that you happen to get an old one without the top rail pin, Beretta will send you one for free to install yourself.  That's what they did when this issue first came up.

Link?

https://shootingsight.com/product/beretta-arx-100-2-stage-trigger/

Thanks man, I wasn't showing up on the other arx trigger page.


For anyone wanting out of their rifle:

https://www.ar15.com/forums/t_7_137/1661478_Springfield-M1A-for-non-AR---.html

If they came down on that price by about $65, I'd bet they would sell a shit ton at $150.

Eh...its the same price as a Geissele SSA/SSA-E, has the same feeling of the a SSA, is of the same if not higher quality than a SSA, includes all the tools to install it, and has sold out 3 times. Pretty sure the price is perfect. I love mine.

I posted several weeks back about a problem I was having with my firing pin seizing up inside the bolt. After giving it a thorough cleaning it seemed to run fine.  Sent a few mags through it, no problems.  Took it to a competition and sent a little under 200 rounds through it total, no problems.  I take it out to test a few steels I just bought and get a half dozen rounds through it, now the firing pin is stuck again.  

Just like last time, I need pliers to pull the firing pin out of the bolt.  And even after soaking the bolt in some (admittedly non-penetrating CLP) I have to force the firing pin back in with a mallet if I want it to go back, and this would render it seize up once again.  

Brownell's has firing pins for around $8.00 or so but a bolt is like $250 or more.  Should I contact Beretta?  I've had this rifle now about three years and I don't have a high round count through it.  Best guess is well under 1,000 rounds but it's out of warranty at this point.  In case anyone asks, I've only run Federal Lake City XM193 through it since the get-go.  It's what I run through all my rifles chambered for 5.56.  At this point, I've got an inoperable rifle and while I don't need it to defend my life, I still want it running the way it should.  

I should point out I still love this rifle when it's running right.  Don't want to detract anyone from it.  I also bought the very first one that was sent to the city I live in so I've got on of the earliest ones.

Inspect the bolt v. pin clearance.  Seems something is off for the pin to get jammed like that.  Sounds like the relative clearance is tight for some reason.  Some debris or other inside the bolt pin channel?

The channel that the firing pin goes into appears clean enough/free enough of any carbon fouling upon visual inspection and I've looked at the firing pin over and over, a friend looked at it too, and it appears straight.  Just wouldn't think this would be a normal problem after a few hundred rounds.  Especially considering noone else I've read about seems to have had this problem.