

The Pico also shares another Nano feature-a remarkably simple takedown procedure that requires no levers to rotate, pins to remove or alignment points. RELATED STORY: 3 Undercover Berettas – Pico, Nano and PX4 Storm In total, this makes the Pico the single most versatile. 380 even has interchangeable, dovetailed white-dot sights that can be switched for optional Beretta Trijicon three-dot night sights. The choices are standard black, ranger green, Flat Dark Earth, lavender and pink, as well as two specialized LaserMax frames with a choice of either an integral red laser or a tactical light. The subchassis is considered the actual gun and not what surrounds it, and as such the Pico’s polymer frame can be changed for different colors. Interchangeable subchassis and frames (which have also become a successful design with Sig Sauer and its P320 series) offer multiple variants within a single registered handgun. Like the Nano, the Beretta Pico has an interchangeable, one-piece, molded polymer frame housing and a removable stainless steel fire control subchassis, which includes frame rails, a trigger, and the internal hammer firing system. Pocket Upgrades The Pico’s subchassis and trigger are considered the gun and frames can be easily changed from standard black to FDE, lavender, ranger green, pink or LaserMax frames with red laser or light. Beretta took notice, began reworking the design and, two years later, even followed through on its promise to introduce an unrivaled number of interchangeable accessories. 380 semi-auto pistol ever made, were all well founded.

The complaints that arose from consumers about the first Pico’s heavy trigger pull and the effort required to rack the slide, on what was (and remains) the thinnest, most compact and feature-laden.


The thing is, compromise often isn’t part of the original plan. The Pico was an excellent design on the surface, but like many subcompact pistols, in order to make it small enough for concealed carry some compromises had to be made. 380 ACP counterpart to the successful 9mm Nano that was released in 2013, albeit with an internal hammer rather than a striker-fired system. For Beretta, the innovative Pico was to be the. Sometimes you don’t quite get it right out of the gate.
