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Contents 1 Worlds Oldest corporation 2 Oldest Arms Manufacture 3 Bond 4 RE: Bond 5 Bobcat 21 6 Poor Quality

[edit] Worlds Oldest corporation

Is Beretta really the world's oldest corporation? There are far older businesses ([1]), and Beretta is only the 14th oldest family business. Were the 13 other companies late to become corporations?

[edit] Oldest Arms Manufacture

From the Henokiens' website @ http://www.henokiens.com/index_beretta_gb.php

"1526 The oldest arms manufacturing company in the world, spanning over sixteen generations"

--69.151.242.106 14:53, 28 February 2006 (UTC) TexRetta @ http://www.beretta-e.org

Something could be added to this article about the CX4 Storm. If nobody else does, I will the next time I get the chance. --UNHchabo 08:08, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

• I already added the Cx4 as a carbine, there's no need to add it as a rifle. See this site. --UNHchabo 22:28, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

i added the m93r under the pistols....can we make the article tagged so that it gets more help

[edit] Bond

James Bond uses a Beretta right up to the beginning of Dr No (the first one) when it's replaced with a Walther PPK. Ok, it might not be Dr. No, I don't remember off the top of my head, infact it seems unlikely since there are publicity shots of Sean Connery with a Beretta, but at some point the character of James Bond carried (as was quite attached to) a Beretta. Gurkha 00:58, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Bond

That would be a .25 Beretta, not sure which model, probably the Beretta 950 from the little you see of it in Dr.No (the film). Anyway, in the novels and the movies Bond is given the PPK in Dr.No.

[edit] Bobcat 21

Why the hole in the end of the hammer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.118.64.200 (talk) 02:14, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Poor Quality

So for a company established in the 16th century, the "history" section starts in the 20th? Most of this seems just to be regurgitated stolen copy from the company website. This is not a valid source -- it is obviously biased. It's also promotional in tone, this is a commercial business and this piece of fluff is helping their sales.

The majority of this article is just a pointless list of weapons.

The grammar and syntax of the article is non-native English.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.234.40 (talk) 01:34, 12 May 2008 (UTC)