Handled one today at Jay's and was very impressed. Good fit and finish and only $500. This one had the 5 1/2" bbl with the delux blue (it's really blue, not black) and walnut grips. I think the "case colors" were chemical but looked good. The gun was a real beauty. The transfer bar safety is very unobtrusive and doesn't rattle like a RV. It's a little non-traditional not having a firing pin in the hammer face, but that didn't seem to stop the 50's tv westerns when they used the old Great Westerns. I liked the trigger pull, it felt quite clean. I especially liked the feel of the wide curved trigger (always had fantasys of twirling a gun-you could do it with this one). This looks like an excellent woods and cowboy gun, and I like the idea that I could "occasionally" load 6 for a woods gun. Don't get me wrong, I do like my Rugers, BUT they sure do feel big and clunky after handling this Beretta. Look's like I'm going to have to belly up and buy one of these! 44 Man