Beretta Model 1931 & 1937 Experimental Semiauto Rifles
This video delves into two experimental semi-automatic rifles developed by Beretta in the 1930s: the Model 1931 and the Model 1937. The 1931 model was chambered for the 6.5x52mm Carcano cartridge and utilized en bloc clips. The 1937 version, designed for the 7.35mm cartridge, featured a shorter profile, a fixed rear sight, and a stripper clip-fed magazine. It also incorporated a mechanism to convert it to a manually operated rifle. Despite their novel designs, neither rifle was adopted by the Italian military, with the Armaguerra model 1939 eventually winning out before WWII halted mass production plans.












