I am happy. Buying a gun sight unseen, only based on research, is not my favorite way to get a gun, but this is nice. Just naturally pointing for me, and the lightness you have to feel to believe.
My LGS did still have the pistol grip version in stock, and I handled it. While nice, I still stuck with the standard stock, and if the mood strikes me down the road, I'll play with a PG stock.
I am curious how I managed to get this gun with the extended mag. I asked the guy I deal with at the LGS, and he didn't know. It all looks to be in-house Beretta, but from my understanding, the reason people do the aftermarket extended mag is because of the whole "foreign manufacture" thing limiting the mags to five rounds. I wonder if they have some shipped to a Beretta shop here in the states where Beretta modifies them and then they are okay to sell to non-LE?
They actually also had an OD 1301 (5 round mag) that was not on the website on the wall for $1250. For the extra $50 though, black and extended mag was the better deal for me. The OD looked really nice though. These all came into my LGS yesterday. They said they had been waiting for months, and suddenly a batch became available via their distributor.