Beretta and Burris presented the APX Falco on 31 October 2026 in Gardone Val Trompia as a unique pistol honoring the Italian maker’s 500th year. The model places a red-dot sight inside the slide itself, cut from one steel piece, so the companies claim it is the first handgun built that way. Burris, the American optics firm inside the Beretta group, supplied the miniaturized, sealed, battery-efficient sight that keeps a low profile, stays aligned, and holds zero without an add-on mount.

The gun uses a skeletonized steel frame with a diamond-like carbon coating instead of the usual polymer APX chassis, plus a ported slide, built-in compensator, shorter rigid barrel, and an oversized magwell. Its lines and gold-inlaid engraving follow a falcon theme, and it ships in a one-piece aluminum case lined with handmade Alcantara from the Pietro Beretta Atelier.