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Link Posted: 12/20/2018 8:56:53 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Master_Blaster] [#1]
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Originally Posted By sgwlower:
The 200 will have to compete with;

Scar 17
MDR - Please...
Tavor T7 - Not out yet
Galil Ace - AK
XCR-M - Forgot it existed, but I guess
PTR - Not new
Bren heavy  - Not out yet.  When?
Every FAL - - Not new
Every AR10 clone - "

Most of which, where applicable, thier 5.56 baby brothers enjoyed a hell of a lot more success than the ARX. Not only just sales success, but also after market support success.....something the ARX got none of.

It's a far stretch to expect the 200 to gain enough success to earn the investment needed by Beretta to release the rifle for the USA market.

It sucks, I really liked my ARX, but the writing was on the wall when there wasn't even a new ARX at the Beretta booth at shot last year.
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Only 4 on your list are modern designs, of which only 1 is actually commercially available.

The bigger hurdle, IMO, is Beretta itself, as I would agree, they have seemingly abandoned the platform altogether.  I posted previously that I don't expect a serious presence from them at the forthcoming SHOT Show.
Link Posted: 12/20/2018 10:09:49 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By sgwlower:
The 200 will have to compete with;

Scar 17
MDR
Tavor T7
Galil Ace
XCR-M
PTR
Bren heavy
Every FAL
Every AR10 clone.

Most of which, where applicable,  thier 5.56 baby brothers enjoyed a hell of a lot more success than the ARX. Not only just sales success, but also after market support success.....something the ARX got none of.

It's a far stretch to expect the 200 to gain enough success to earn the investment needed by Beretta to release the rifle for the USA market.

It sucks, I really liked my ARX, but the writing was on the wall when there wasn't even a new ARX at the Beretta booth at shot last year.
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MDR...really...that thing is nothing but a nice niche, range gun that screams I have money (or pretend I do through credit card debt) and now look at me at the range....I am tacticool. That thing chokes more than it fires.

There is a need for intermediate 308 battle rifles right now throughout the world...which is nice because we can...hopefully...get some decent BRs. I love my LMT MWS...I am considering the Tavor 7 and Bren BR though...if ARX200 would release...I'd take a look at it too...but at the prices that T7 and CZ will release their 308s at will be very hard to beat.

Beretta is hurting in the modern market as well as government contracts...they need to do something...hopefully...just hopefully...they will release the ARX200 or they have another evolution of the ARX100...we can hope.
Link Posted: 12/20/2018 12:21:21 PM EDT
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I really don't see another evolution of the ARX-100 coming. Anything new would have to come from a new development to the military models, and I haven't seen any further development there recently.

Best we can hope for is the A3 upper receiver with the large vent holes.
Link Posted: 12/20/2018 12:25:09 PM EDT
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Save yourself some time.

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Link Posted: 12/20/2018 12:44:52 PM EDT
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I really want to do that...but if I screw up...there goes the upper.
Link Posted: 12/20/2018 7:16:17 PM EDT
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I filed a Form 4 for a Factory SBR in August 18. To my surprise 2 of the 3 Form 1's I filed 09/25/18 were approved on 12/13/18.
The ARX barrel is Factory barrel.
Link Posted: 12/20/2018 7:31:49 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By thehun06:

MDR...really...that thing is nothing but a nice niche, range gun that screams I have money (or pretend I do through credit card debt) and now look at me at the range....I am tacticool. That thing chokes more than it fires.

There is a need for intermediate 308 battle rifles right now throughout the world...which is nice because we can...hopefully...get some decent BRs. I love my LMT MWS...I am considering the Tavor 7 and Bren BR though...if ARX200 would release...I'd take a look at it too...but at the prices that T7 and CZ will release their 308s at will be very hard to beat.

Beretta is hurting in the modern market as well as government contracts...they need to do something...hopefully...just hopefully...they will release the ARX200 or they have another evolution of the ARX100...we can hope.
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Originally Posted By thehun06:

MDR...really...that thing is nothing but a nice niche, range gun that screams I have money (or pretend I do through credit card debt) and now look at me at the range....I am tacticool. That thing chokes more than it fires.

There is a need for intermediate 308 battle rifles right now throughout the world...which is nice because we can...hopefully...get some decent BRs. I love my LMT MWS...I am considering the Tavor 7 and Bren BR though...if ARX200 would release...I'd take a look at it too...but at the prices that T7 and CZ will release their 308s at will be very hard to beat.

Beretta is hurting in the modern market as well as government contracts...they need to do something...hopefully...just hopefully...they will release the ARX200 or they have another evolution of the ARX100...we can hope.
Agree.  The T7 looks nice, but they should've licensed the dual extractor/ejector from Beretta & made the ejection switchable on-the-fly without requiring breakdown.  That would've been slick, esp for a bullpup.  The Bren 2 also looks nice, & though I'm not a big fan of the SCAR 6 bolt barrel retention method, at least it's serviceable.  But the ARX-200 is still at the top of my .308 "want" list.

Originally Posted By thehun06:
I really want to do that...but if I screw up...there goes the upper.
Don't do that.

You need precision equipment: cutting bit in a drill press with a slide axis vice.  That's my plan.
Link Posted: 12/20/2018 7:43:25 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Master_Blaster:

Don't do that.

You need precision equipment: cutting bit in a drill press with a slide axis vice.  That's my plan.
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Link Posted: 12/20/2018 8:01:20 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Master_Blaster:

Agree.  The T7 looks nice, but they should've licensed the dual extractor/ejector from Beretta & made the ejection switchable on-the-fly without requiring breakdown.  That would've been slick, esp for a bullpup.  The Bren 2 also looks nice, & though I'm not a big fan of the SCAR 6 bolt barrel retention method, at least it's serviceable.  But the ARX-200 is still at the top of my .308 "want" list.

Don't do that.

You need precision equipment: cutting bit in a drill press with a slide axis vice.  That's my plan.
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If you succeed and want to do mine...let me know.
Link Posted: 12/21/2018 12:02:35 AM EDT
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There were several Academy Sports stores in my general area with ARX 100s in stock so today I drove out to one that supposedly had 3 of them.  They now have only 1

They had $879 on the display and another blank tag next to it which had $799.99 on it and I verified that the price of S799.99 was still good.  I was told that was their Hot Buy price.

I had to pay sales tax but it was still cheaper than online purchases and paying for shipping and FFL transfer fees.

I have one switched over to left ejection and the charging handle on the right and hope to shoot it next week.  I also have a new midlength left handed AR15 16" I need to shoot so I'll see which one I like best.  I know it's apples and oranges but I'm curious on how different they will feel when shooting.  I'd also like to run the ARX suppressed, not sure yet.
Link Posted: 12/21/2018 3:39:26 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By thehun06:
If you succeed and want to do mine...let me know.
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Originally Posted By thehun06:
Originally Posted By Master_Blaster:

Agree.  The T7 looks nice, but they should've licensed the dual extractor/ejector from Beretta & made the ejection switchable on-the-fly without requiring breakdown.  That would've been slick, esp for a bullpup.  The Bren 2 also looks nice, & though I'm not a big fan of the SCAR 6 bolt barrel retention method, at least it's serviceable.  But the ARX-200 is still at the top of my .308 "want" list.

Don't do that.

You need precision equipment: cutting bit in a drill press with a slide axis vice.  That's my plan.
If you succeed and want to do mine...let me know.
Sure thing.  Biggest hassle will be the setup, specifically the vice clamping method.  Strip it down to just the upper & remove the side rails.
Link Posted: 12/21/2018 10:47:32 AM EDT
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Beretta sent me an email yesterday with ARX100 mags for $19.99.  EDIT: must have been yesterday only, even with 20% off they're over that price today.

I get at least 2 sales emails a day from them recently, they must be desperate.

Sounds like I’ll Have another non supported gun by the time my FDE ARX100 SBR clears.
Link Posted: 12/21/2018 11:34:28 AM EDT
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I do not think Beretta is doing all that hot right now with civilian sales...no one is talking about Beretta anymore.
Link Posted: 12/21/2018 1:50:38 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By thehun06:
I do not think Beretta is doing all that hot right now with civilian sales...no one is talking about Beretta anymore.
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Beretta is selling every M9A3 they make and their sporting shotguns are selling as well as ever. Your perception is not reality.
Link Posted: 12/21/2018 2:53:25 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By vellnueve:

Beretta is selling every M9A3 they make and their sporting shotguns are selling as well as ever. Your perception is not reality.
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That's strange. I just checked a couple of the major distributors and there are plenty of the M9A3s in stock everywhere. Certainly no shortage that would indicate high demand. Where are you getting your info?
Link Posted: 12/21/2018 3:05:05 PM EDT
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Yeah I am not seeing Berettas move all that fast around where I live...
Link Posted: 12/21/2018 5:58:03 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ChickenDaddy:
Beretta sent me an email yesterday with ARX100 mags for $19.99.  EDIT: must have been yesterday only, even with 20% off they're over that price today.

I get at least 2 sales emails a day from them recently, they must be desperate.

Sounds like I’ll Have another non supported gun by the time my FDE ARX100 SBR clears.
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A year ago, they had the ARX mags down to like $14 or $12 or something, so I bought a few. They're pretty highly regarded as AR mags.

And yeah, Beretta emails me every day or two with some new sale, too bad you can't use more than one code on an order and they're always doing oddball prices.
Link Posted: 12/22/2018 1:59:00 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By thehun06:
I do not think Beretta is doing all that hot right now with civilian sales...no one is talking about Beretta anymore.
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Obviously then, the thing to do is to not release anything innovative.  Just sit idle & do nothing.  Good strategy.  I'm sure it'll pay off for them.  Sounds like it already is, actually.
Link Posted: 12/22/2018 10:10:57 AM EDT
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How has the move to TN been for Beretta...are they up and running yet?
Link Posted: 12/22/2018 1:04:17 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Master_Blaster:

Obviously then, the thing to do is to not release anything innovative.  Just sit idle & do nothing.  Good strategy.  I'm sure it'll pay off for them.  Sounds like it already is, actually.
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They’ve been around for 500 years so obviously it has worked out
Link Posted: 12/22/2018 6:41:32 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By thehun06:
How has the move to TN been for Beretta...are they up and running yet?
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I haven't seen anything recently updating the status, but it hasn't gone smoothly at all from all I've seen.
Link Posted: 12/22/2018 8:27:16 PM EDT
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I saw this just now, figured it'd be interesting for the thread:
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/12/21/adcor-defense-wins-beretta-lawsuit/

Reading the older thread linked in that one, Adcor and Beretta worked on an AR15 variation, and the deal fell through. Then Beretta took what they learned and used it for the ARX100. Seems like an odd thing with no real details, but honestly not sure what else might have come out about this since I wasn't paying attention to Beretta at the time.

So yeah, Beretta had to pay out $20mil for the ARX100! You'd think they'd make some to recoup money, but who knows. They also supposedly got a hammer forge for barrels for the ARX100, but I guess they can use that for other stuff.
Link Posted: 12/22/2018 9:43:00 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By vellnueve:
They’ve been around for 500 years so obviously it has worked out
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Originally Posted By Master_Blaster:

Obviously then, the thing to do is to not release anything innovative.  Just sit idle & do nothing.  Good strategy.  I'm sure it'll pay off for them.  Sounds like it already is, actually.
They’ve been around for 500 years so obviously it has worked out
There's old world history, & then there's now.  Current events is where I'm at.
Link Posted: 12/22/2018 9:45:05 PM EDT
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Has anyone had ADCO cut their barrel down to make and SBR? If so, how did it turn out? Were there any gas port problems? Turn around time? Price?
Link Posted: 12/22/2018 9:50:04 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By NightOwl:
I saw this just now, figured it'd be interesting for the thread:
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/12/21/adcor-defense-wins-beretta-lawsuit/

Reading the older thread linked in that one, Adcor and Beretta worked on an AR15 variation, and the deal fell through. Then Beretta took what they learned and used it for the ARX100. Seems like an odd thing with no real details, but honestly not sure what else might have come out about this since I wasn't paying attention to Beretta at the time.

So yeah, Beretta had to pay out $20mil for the ARX100! You'd think they'd make some to recoup money, but who knows. They also supposedly got a hammer forge for barrels for the ARX100, but I guess they can use that for other stuff.
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They made a bunch and the market rejected it because it's not an AR15.

But they made a bunch for multiple armed forces and most likely covered their costs easily.
Link Posted: 12/23/2018 3:18:30 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By thehun06:
Yeah I am not seeing Berettas move all that fast around where I live...
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The only Berettas I'm buying like hotcakes are the Pre-TN and some Pre-Maryland guns.

The older stuff is better than their newer stuff hands down.

I just paid $400 for a serviceable Italian 92FS with holster wear and plan to refinish it before ever using it. For a little bit more I could of had a "new" Beretta that may or may not be a good handgun.
Link Posted: 12/24/2018 12:09:39 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By NightOwl:
I saw this just now, figured it'd be interesting for the thread:
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/12/21/adcor-defense-wins-beretta-lawsuit/

Reading the older thread linked in that one, Adcor and Beretta worked on an AR15 variation, and the deal fell through. Then Beretta took what they learned and used it for the ARX100. Seems like an odd thing with no real details, but honestly not sure what else might have come out about this since I wasn't paying attention to Beretta at the time.

So yeah, Beretta had to pay out $20mil for the ARX100! You'd think they'd make some to recoup money, but who knows. They also supposedly got a hammer forge for barrels for the ARX100, but I guess they can use that for other stuff.
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I have to wonder what aspect of their partnership was used on the 100, since it's a seemiauto 160, which was released in '08.
Link Posted: 12/24/2018 3:08:15 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Master_Blaster:

I have to wonder what aspect of their partnership was used on the 100, since it's a seemiauto 160, which was released in '08.
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I don't think the gas system is unique in any way, so just the extractor/ejector system seems "different". It's also entirely possible that the original writer that is referenced is mainstream and doesn't know that an ARX is not an AR15...
Link Posted: 12/24/2018 3:43:37 PM EDT
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Well that lawsuit is not going to help things...but it could...Beretta needs to recoup that $20 Mil.
Link Posted: 12/24/2018 11:05:07 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By sgwlower:
The 200 will have to compete with;

Scar 17
MDR
Tavor T7
Galil Ace
XCR-M
PTR
Bren heavy
Every FAL
Every AR10 clone.

Most of which, where applicable,  thier 5.56 baby brothers enjoyed a hell of a lot more success than the ARX. Not only just sales success, but also after market support success.....something the ARX got none of.

It's a far stretch to expect the 200 to gain enough success to earn the investment needed by Beretta to release the rifle for the USA market.

It sucks, I really liked my ARX, but the writing was on the wall when there wasn't even a new ARX at the Beretta booth at shot last year.
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I agree that every year they are facing increasing pressure on the .308 market, even a couple years ago they would have had a fraction of the competition they have now, and that’s true every couple years going forward in the immediate future. Currently though, most of those rifles aren’t competitive with the Beretta ARX200. As in, they’re either competing in the ‘retro’ market (FAL’s, PTR & other HK clones, etc), are very niche with very little market penetration (XCR, MDR), or aren’t even our yet (T7, Bren 2). Really it’s only competing against the various AR-10’s, which are definitely catching on, the SCAR, and the Galil ACE. I don’t know that I’d take the ARX200 over any of them without more research (I know I’d take my SCAR over it though), but if it were priced right it could be a very competitive offering.

Likely though, Beretta is likely gunshy over the lukewarm ARX100 reception, and will not likely compete in the black rifle segment until it releases a fairly ho-hum me-too AR-15/AR-10 competitor. Which is a shame, the ARX series is a very different and innovative platform.
Link Posted: 12/25/2018 7:52:23 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By doty_soty:

Likely though, Beretta is likely gunshy over the lukewarm ARX100 reception, and will not likely compete in the black rifle segment until it releases a fairly ho-hum me-too AR-15/AR-10 competitor. Which is a shame, the ARX series is a very different and innovative platform.
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The AR market is beyond saturated.  They should try to create market demand for their product, rather than attempt to carve out a segment within an existing one.  The fact that the. ARX-100 is selling indicates interest.  Expecting demand on par with the AR world is expecting too much too soon.  The ARX is somewhat of a radical departure from everything else in the 5.56 world, & being so new, it takes time for consumers to come around.  The AR didn't win hearts & minds immediately, either.
Link Posted: 12/25/2018 9:35:02 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By sgwlower:
The 200 will have to compete with;

Scar 17
MDR
Tavor T7
Galil Ace
XCR-M
PTR
Bren heavy
Every FAL
Every AR10 clone.

Most of which, where applicable,  thier 5.56 baby brothers enjoyed a hell of a lot more success than the ARX. Not only just sales success, but also after market support success.....something the ARX got none of.

It's a far stretch to expect the 200 to gain enough success to earn the investment needed by Beretta to release the rifle for the USA market.

It sucks, I really liked my ARX, but the writing was on the wall when there wasn't even a new ARX at the Beretta booth at shot last year.
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Some of the ones on your list aren’t even out yet, while others have been out for along time.  By the same logic, why should IWI invest in the T7 or Bren invest in a .308, when they are competing with PTRs, AR10s, FALs, or the SCAR 17, which have been out for a while (some quite a while).  The XCR, Ace, and MDR are pretty much niche guns.
Link Posted: 12/25/2018 1:31:32 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Master_Blaster:
The AR market is beyond saturated.  They should try to create market demand for their product, rather than attempt to carve out a segment within an existing one.  The fact that the. ARX-100 is selling indicates interest.  Expecting demand on par with the AR world is expecting too much too soon.  The ARX is somewhat of a radical departure from everything else in the 5.56 world, & being so new, it takes time for consumers to come around.  The AR didn't win hearts & minds immediately, either.
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Originally Posted By doty_soty:

Likely though, Beretta is likely gunshy over the lukewarm ARX100 reception, and will not likely compete in the black rifle segment until it releases a fairly ho-hum me-too AR-15/AR-10 competitor. Which is a shame, the ARX series is a very different and innovative platform.
The AR market is beyond saturated.  They should try to create market demand for their product, rather than attempt to carve out a segment within an existing one.  The fact that the. ARX-100 is selling indicates interest.  Expecting demand on par with the AR world is expecting too much too soon.  The ARX is somewhat of a radical departure from everything else in the 5.56 world, & being so new, it takes time for consumers to come around.  The AR didn't win hearts & minds immediately, either.
I fully agree. But I bet Beretta sees Americans buying ARs in record numbers, sees their ARX sales as lagging behind expectations, and thinks to themselves why not drop the ARX and get in on the AR buying phenomenon. Obviously this is conjecture, but I have a feeling we are already seeing signs this is happening with these continual rumors that they will discontinue the rifle for civilian sales, combined with the fact that Beretta is about the only major manufacturer out there not offering an AR-15.
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Originally Posted By Master_Blaster:

The AR market is beyond saturated.  They should try to create market demand for their product, rather than attempt to carve out a segment within an existing one.  The fact that the. ARX-100 is selling indicates interest.  Expecting demand on par with the AR world is expecting too much too soon.  The ARX is somewhat of a radical departure from everything else in the 5.56 world, & being so new, it takes time for consumers to come around.  The AR didn't win hearts & minds immediately, either.
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The AR market problem is the low end. So many $500 guns, kids don't see advantages to $1000 AR's, let alone offbrands. I'm really curious about the sales for the $900 ARX100, certainly the $1700 ARX was dead on arrival. Marketing for firearms is a niche, but Beretta is especially poor at it.

Show the Beretta as a tough as nails gun, highlight the folding stock and totally ambidextrous nature. Make retail $1200 and sell for $900, maybe you'll get it.

Also, the pistol version. They have the barrel design, they could easily make a cap with a pic rail for the backside, and BOOM, you've got an ARX100 pistol!

But, Beretta took decades to realize the 92fs wasn't going to beat Glock in the LE market, so lets not go too crazy.
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Originally Posted By NightOwl:

The AR market problem is the low end. So many $500 guns, kids don't see advantages to $1000 AR's, let alone offbrands. I'm really curious about the sales for the $900 ARX100, certainly the $1700 ARX was dead on arrival. Marketing for firearms is a niche, but Beretta is especially poor at it.
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The price is one of the main things, but there are other higher priced non-ARs that have been more successful, like the Tavor/X95, SCAR, and Bren 805, so it’s not just price alone.  There are real negatives about the ARX, such as the heavy trigger, the deep magwell that results in some popular mags not fitting (e.g. Gen 3 Magpul), early reports of poor accuracy, the loose top rail issue, the height of the top rail combined with the low stock with no factory riser or cheekpiece available, lack of QD attachments, stiff safety lever, poor ergonomic position of the safety and mag release, very proprietary with limited aftermarket, etc.  The major pros of the design, the ambidextrous nature and the easily removable barrel, are something not everyone cares that much about.  For example, if you’re a right handed shooter, you may not care much about being able swap ejection to the left side.  Or, if you don’t have a number of different barrels, the QD barrel is mostly neat for ease of cleaning, but not $1700 neat.  Finally, as a military weapon, the ARX doesn’t seem to have much adoption beyond the Italian military, and for what ever reason, Italy isn’t as highly thought of for modern rifle design as Germany, Belgium, or Israel.  A very different situation than their shotguns, where Benelli and Beretta are very highly regarded.

For a bunch of reasons, it just never clicked for the ARX.  I’m not sure a $900 ARX is going to do much better against $500 ARs as the $1700 ARX did against (then) $900 ARs.  Maybe history will be kinder.
Link Posted: 12/25/2018 5:13:01 PM EDT
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I don't know...people who are in the market for $500 ARs are probably the people that wouldn't spend any higher money on other high end factory platform either...no matter the brand.

Beretta should have launched the ARX100 with a MSRP of $1399 with a street price of $1199....when it was launched...

But...Beretta did offer essentially a carbon copy of the military variant in semi auto...they didn't change a thing outside of that.
Link Posted: 12/25/2018 7:52:17 PM EDT
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I wanted an ARX since Botach had them listed for $1200 or so, but I never pulled the trigger. I was shocked when Academy had them for $879 and even more so when they discounted them to $799. It looks like Academy took them off their site about a month ago. Worried that the run of dirt cheap ARXs is coming to an end, I ran out and bought the last non-display rifle in central Florida for $799 yesterday. Just wanted to share and let others know the time to get one may be right now!
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I wanted an ARX since Botach had them listed for $1200 or so, but I never pulled the trigger. I was shocked when Academy had them for $879 and even more so when they discounted them to $799. It looks like Academy took them off their site about a month ago. Worried that the run of dirt cheap ARXs is coming to an end, I ran out and bought the last non-display rifle in central Florida for $799 yesterday. Just wanted to share and let others know the time to get one may be right now!
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If I could get one locally for that I would!
Link Posted: 12/25/2018 9:39:20 PM EDT
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I think many gun shops still selling them above $1000
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Originally Posted By Headspacer:
Will ETS mags work in the ARX?
https://www.etsgroup.us/ETS-Group-AR15-Magazine-30-Round-p/ar15-30.htm
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Nope
Link Posted: 12/26/2018 5:21:53 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By willi3d:

The price is one of the main things, but there are other higher priced non-ARs that have been more successful, like the Tavor/X95, SCAR, and Bren 805, so it’s not just price alone.  There are real negatives about the ARX, such as the heavy trigger, the deep magwell that results in some popular mags not fitting (e.g. Gen 3 Magpul), early reports of poor accuracy, the loose top rail issue, the height of the top rail combined with the low stock with no factory riser or cheekpiece available, lack of QD attachments, stiff safety lever, poor ergonomic position of the safety and mag release, very proprietary with limited aftermarket, etc.  The major pros of the design, the ambidextrous nature and the easily removable barrel, are something not everyone cares that much about.  For example, if you’re a right handed shooter, you may not care much about being able swap ejection to the left side.  Or, if you don’t have a number of different barrels, the QD barrel is mostly neat for ease of cleaning, but not $1700 neat.  Finally, as a military weapon, the ARX doesn’t seem to have much adoption beyond the Italian military, and for what ever reason, Italy isn’t as highly thought of for modern rifle design as Germany, Belgium, or Israel.  A very different situation than their shotguns, where Benelli and Beretta are very highly regarded.

For a bunch of reasons, it just never clicked for the ARX.  I’m not sure a $900 ARX is going to do much better against $500 ARs as the $1700 ARX did against (then) $900 ARs.  Maybe history will be kinder.
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Plausible analysis.
Link Posted: 1/2/2019 11:55:12 PM EDT
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It appears the serial number sequence on these rifles may not have any relation to chronological order. My original ARX100 was purchased from Botach in April 2017, with a serial number of SX103XX. I received my second rifle today from Grabagun, and it bears a serial number of SX089XX and a manufacture date of 2018 ( per the Beretta support serial number lookup). The rifle picked up today also exhibits the nicer trigger that has been reported on newer examples.
Link Posted: 1/3/2019 11:46:08 AM EDT
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Yeah I do not think its sequential serial numbers either...my first ARX was a higher number than my latest one...which comes back as a 2018 production....
Link Posted: 1/3/2019 11:59:06 AM EDT
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All the plastic parts, especially on the lower receiver, have mold dates.  I bought mine new in 2018, but they have 2014 mold dates.
Link Posted: 1/5/2019 1:34:32 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By treasurediver:
All the plastic parts, especially on the lower receiver, have mold dates.  I bought mine new in 2018, but they have 2014 mold dates.
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Same...but the serial numbers comes back as 2018...

Pretty sure Beretta didn't sell many of these one bit...have/had surplus molds left over...and built new guns out of them...
Link Posted: 1/5/2019 1:53:38 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By thehun06:

Same...but the serial numbers comes back as 2018...

Pretty sure Beretta didn't sell many of these one bit...have/had surplus molds left over...and built new guns out of them...
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Sure. They might've had a mold spit out 5000 little plastic widgets, but if you're only assembling and selling 500 guns a year, you're going to be in little plastic widgets for a while.
Link Posted: 1/5/2019 4:36:32 PM EDT
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Mine is the same...2014-2017 mold numbers on the plastics...Serial is 2018 date of manufacture.
Link Posted: 1/12/2019 1:35:15 PM EDT
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Overall, I love this rifle.  Coming from an AR, it’s a bit wierd to begin with, but not only have I adapted to the controls, I actually now prefer them so much that I’m adding ambi safeties and BAD levers to my ARs to mimic them.

My biggest complaint so far is the short safety lever. I took a polyvinyl impression of the safety and duplicated it in dental stone followed by fabricating an epoxy-based overmold that adds about 1/4” to the length of the safety, and with the extra leverage, makes the stiff safety seem very light and crisp.




Anyway, enough talk, here is my spec list:

-Troy micro sights (I know, f$&k Troy, but I needed low sights)

-Holosun micro dot with 1/2” riser to cowitness the irons

-GGG sling. I still need a Fastex buckle on the front loop for quick removal

-Magpul ladder rail covers

-Magpul rail cover on the bottom.  I used a razor blade to remove the slots on the GL portion of the rail and hot glued it in place.  The glue is holding well and will peel off the receiver easily.  Makes a HUGE difference in the way the gun handles.





This carbine is a steal at $799.  I should probably buy a second one.
Link Posted: 1/12/2019 1:58:19 PM EDT
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Interesting concept on the levers...they haven't bothered me too much in OEM config but that is neat...you think it will hold up?

What sling is that?

Best mod I ever done was filling down the A2 grip nub...makes it a ton more comfortable...
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