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Thread ID: 17057 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2005-03-02
2005-03-02 05:24 | User Profile
Just bought a slightly used Baretta 9000S "D" model sub-compact 9mm handgun at a gun show. The "D" model 9000S is a DAO handgun. I never really cottoned to the DAO concept, but this "barely used" handgun was such a good deal I couldn't pass it up. I think this pistol came out 3 years ago as Baretta's first attempt in the polymer-framed handgun category.
The 9000S is short in barrel length and the length of the grip, but the gun itself has a rather "beefy"aspect. Unless one has a very small hand one can only get two rather than three fingers on the grip beneath the trigger guard. The recoil is suprisingly sharp for a 9mm, even one so small as the 9000S.
On the more positive side of the ledger, the 9000S worked well in a brief function test conducted on a rainy day in Dixie. Field stripping was a breeze. I would like to do more in the way of accuracy testing, but this piece is a belly gun made for close quarters work in Milanese back alleys. The 9000S certainly won't replace my Browning High-Power as a holster gun, but I am optimitic it will work well in the CCW role.