Comments on: Beretta ARX / GLX 160

By: Andrew from Italy

Andrew from Italy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:32:21 +0000

Some info on this weapon, directly from Italy:

1: you swapped the changing times…. you can change barrel in no longer than a couple of minutes and can swap the ejection side in 2 seconds, it has a hidden switch you can activate with a bullet point for that.

2: The weapon is not mutuated from the px4-cx4 family, it is an entirely new weapon, enginereed specifically for the Italian army. It sports 10 international patents and for now a civilian version is not in their minds.

3: the main features of this rifle are:

The fact it works with no (or a very small quantity of) lubricant, thus making it really resistant in adverse environment

It will be available in 5,56 Nato, 7,62×39 and 6,8 SPC

The ejection swap switch, wich allows to shoot from angles with the camera provided in the “Soldato Futuro” system without being pummeled by hot cases

It has a great stability in auto shooting, it’s very accurate and his weight is lower than most of other assault rifles, while still having a 16″ heavy barrel.

By: AK™

AK™ — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:45:39 +0000

The last picture reminds me of the M8.

By: jdun1911

jdun1911 — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:43:28 +0000

A member of AR15 from the Italian Army posted information on the rifle. There are some interesting comments that was brought up. You guys might want to take a look.

IMO plastic are bad in military rifles.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=865517&page=1

By: woodfiend

woodfiend — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:09:09 +0000

I think it’s a really cool gun, but the rails on the fore end make it look unbalanced. Just looks like more style could have been put into the fore end to make it “morph” more into a more natural looking weapon.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:22:17 +0000

Overload, I have heard nothing to indicate that they will produce a civilian version. On the other hand Beretta does produce civilian semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns so maybe they will.

By: Overload in CO

Overload in CO — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:35:11 +0000

Any chance we’ll see a semi auto version here in the US?

By: Cmathews

Cmathews — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:25:05 +0000

So it has a polymer upper as well? Is this the evolution of the Beretta RX4 Storm, or an entirely new direction?

By: Matt Groom

Matt Groom — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:56:39 +0000

I think it looks kinda ugly for an Italian design. They usually have such cool looking heaters, this one is kinda ‘blah’.

I wonder how many lugs the bolt has? Fixed ejector or spring loaded? Is there a buffer system? Are the barrels chrome lined?

5.45×39 is an excellent idea, since it has the same sized rim as the 6.8 SPC and both of those cartridges are going to be popular with civilians, so it’s ready to sell in the US if they want to build it here. You think 16″ barrels were an accident?

By: rutgers95

rutgers95 — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:22:11 +0000

Seems pretty interesting, glad we got another in 6.8!

By: mattling

mattling — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:07:13 +0000

I look forward to seeing it in scifi movies. That thing looks badass.

By: Canthros

Canthros — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:44:51 +0000

If I were Magpul, I might be pretty torqued about this.

That said, can’t say as I much care for the looks of that thing.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:24:54 +0000

Sven, thanks for your comment.

By: Sven Ortmann

Sven Ortmann — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:23:09 +0000

The weapon had a good feeling in the booth at Eurosatory 2008. The design is as good for touching as for looking – a straight index finger is actually comfortable (very much unlike with SCAR iirc).

The barrel change and grenade subsystem handling are very quick.
Weight and front heaviness feel normal.