Beretta .380 Cheetah 84FS - Questions

[LabRat]

Howdy everyone,

I recently acquired this Beretta .380 Cheetah 84FS from Academy.
It's a two-tone, Nickle over Black.
Fits my hand, very nice (to me, anyway).

The pistol has the following on it: "741/999"
(I'll try to add a picture if I can get a good shot - Dang, it is hard to see).
Its made in Italy and its new, so nothing historical about it.

A tag in the Beretta box says "Special Order" on it along with other info like the SN and such. But no other information that might describe what a "Special Order" is. The guys at Academy didn't know.

The pistol was a great buy; it has a little bit of discoloration on the left side of the nose.
I asked for (and got) a 20% discount off the stickered price; sweet!

I've looked on gunbroker and and several other sites, but no one lists a "Special Order" or a numbered sequence in the description (that I could find anyway).
Overall, the photos that accompany these gun sales are not the greatest, so I've not been able to make out a numbered sequence on any of them.

Question:
What've I got here? Something special or something nice? I'm happy with either! Just looking into a little mystery.

Thanks for any input - stay safe out there!
LabRat

[RPB]

I don't know, sounds interesting though (I like Cheetah 84FS, my second pistol ever was a Taurus PT58)


Perhaps Academy "special ordered" 1,000 with rush shipping for a sale and yours is 741 of that manufacturing run?
(741/999)



other random guesses:

Eric Holder had Academy special order 1,000 of them with GPS feature enabled to track locations of guns sold through Academy ...

[Dave2]

Weird... Academy's website doesn't have any Cheetah's at all.

[LabRat]

I don't know, sounds interesting though (I like Cheetah 84FS, my second pistol ever was a Taurus PT58)


Perhaps Academy "special ordered" 1,000 with rush shipping for a sale and yours is 741 of that manufacturing run?
(741/999)



other random guesses:

Eric Holder had Academy special order 1,000 of them with GPS feature enabled to track locations of guns sold through Academy ...

I'm thinking your first guess is more likely correct!

I do like the feel of this pistol. Nice weight and fits my hand well due to the double stack mag. My wife was going to "acquire" it from me, but she can't rack the slide - so she gave it back.

As far as the AG tracking a firearm....that ship has sailed.

LabRat

[LabRat]

Weird... Academy's website doesn't have any Cheetah's at all.

I looked there as well. Maybe there is some local control over a portion of the inventory?

Or.....its that Special Order thing going again??

Well, I figure I've got something at least a little unusual and that's good enough for me.

Thanks to all who looked and especially to those who responded.

LabRat