I just got a beretta px4. It came with the thingamajigger you are describing. I have no friggin clue what it is for. I asked my dealer what it was and he told me, "well its a spacer, of course". and then he laughed, because he had no idea what it was. The only thing I can think of is maybe you could use it to hold parts during dissasembly/assembly. I would love to know the answer to this question.

falchunt, I bet you are right. I guess you could just shoot at it.

I suppose you probably could, being that it isn't necessary for the function of the gun, as far as I can tell. But I do still want to know what it is for. I am interested to see what kind of responses we get on here.

Ok, so I talked to a couple of friends who are quite avid shooters, one of which was as clueless as i. But the other one suggested that the plastic piece will fit nicely into the chamber while it is open, allowing you to close the chamber on the plastic piece. He does not have a Beretta, but he says he has gotten similar hardware with all of his handguns. I have never tried to fit the plastic thingamajig in the chamber, but I believe it would fit.

That sounds like it would make sense. If I get one, it's a dead man.

Are you talking about the little cup looking thing?


If so this was what I found on it at the Beretta Forum

the famous Beretta shotglass/jello-mold/partscup/ashtray.

Honestly, I think it's just a filler in the case to help keep things from rattling around, but who knows. I think jello-mold fits it best.

ETA: I think I found the purpose:

the anti-crush cup.

It is for saftey reasons during shipping if you are talking about the piece that goes in the chamber and the slid rest on it. a pic would be nice.

might be a piece that is intended to be chambered, and lets a small tab sticking out to indicate that the chamber is being blocked by it.... I think one of my guns came with one of those, not a Baretta, though

Yeah, I need a picture. My curiosity level is high as to what you guys are talking about.

I will try to get a picture up asap

here is a partial picture of the "blue plastic jello mold"

http://www.randomchaos.net/px42.jpg

here we are...this is a good picture of the piece of hardware we have been talking about. Let me know what you all think....

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_O5vy8UMsGDI/Sj...0/IMG_7400.jpg

Yeah, it's just in there to provide some crush resistance. I don't know if they all get that or not, I saw it mentioned that only the imported guns have those, I know my 92FS did not have that thing.

So the round plastic piece is protecting the steel/polymer framed gun from crushing? These manufacturers really come up with some doozies...

Originally Posted by falchunt

So the round plastic piece is protecting the steel/polymer framed gun from crushing? These manufacturers really come up with some doozies...

I think it's more to protect the box than the gun. I'd be a little skeptical of buying a buying a gun with a crushed box.

Originally Posted by VAMarine

I think it's more to protect the box than the gun. I'd be a little skeptical of buying a buying a gun with a crushed box.

I agree. Could also keep the magazines from getting squashed. I think the gun's safe.

Very good point. I would really have to look everything over good if I was looking at a product with a crushed box. Thanks for the perspective guys.

Thanks for the info everyone. If I get one I will have the wife make sugar cookies.

use it as a penny cup

I would use it as a cuspidor or could soak teeth in at night.

it is to prevent the new cheap cases they make from crushin .the older ones never needed one because they spent more than a dollar to make the case.but the do make neat cookies and you can store ammo in it

Originally Posted by gunwolf72

it is to prevent the new cheap cases they make from crushin .the older ones never needed one because they spent more than a dollar to make the case.but the do make neat cookies and you can store ammo in it

I would recommend cleaning between uses though. Don't want cookie dough in your ammo, or ammo in your cookie dough.

It looks like a man size shot glass to me.

Where in the case is it located when first opened?

It is for folks like us to ask "what is it for" on forums. This one has been beaten forever on here and on Beretta Forum. Some of the examples are humourous.....