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I've seen them at Academy and here's one at Bud's

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/prod ... s_id/42626

My bad, that looks to be a sub-compact and not a compact as I first thought.

Stephen A. Camp wrote:Hello. The subcompact version does not use the rotary barrel. It is a locked breech gun via tilting barrel. The standard and compact versions use the rotating barrel but I've read that there is just not enough steel present in the smallest version to use the primary locking lug in the rotating system.

Best.

Thanks for confirming, Stephen

Travis wrote:Quahog,

I don't own the px4 but have shot it many times and it consitantly shoots accurate, I was very impressed with the functions of the barrel. I'm a glock guy but that will be my next handgun I purchase. Fwiw I was shooting the subcompact 9mm at 25 yards and loved it but will probably purchase it in the 40 cal. I totally agree with Mr Camps review, and Mr Camp you need to try it at the 25 yard range it has the same performance.

I guess you could say I'm a Glock guy too :)

A PX4 is probably in my future... I still like them a lot. In fact, if Grumble lived a bit closer, I would have probably taken him up on the one he was trying to sell.

I really liked the rotary barrel but it's not clear to me whether that's available in the sub-compact or not.

Teamless wrote:Quahog, a guy I work with bought the PX4 Storm a loves it.
I told him about PSC so when I become a member he wants to come out, and when we do, I am sure I can talk him into letting you shoot it if you want.

That sounds like a deal, Teamless!

Stephen,

Thanks for both of those most-excellent writeups. I was reading something last night that said Beretta's rotating-barrel design is very reliable, accurate, normal maintenance, and today I wanted to read more so I searched and came across your post. While at Academy a couple of weeks back, I saw both the PX4 Storm Compact and Sub-Compact and they both had a nice feel to them. The slides were especially smooth and had the feel of really good engineering.

I'll have to check this out further. I did note that in the full-sized pistols, the PX4 is slightly larger and heavier than its Glock 17 counterpart but not by a lot.

Thanks again!