Beretta Bobcat Dimples?

**Fudmottin** · October 24th, 2021, 04:25 PM

I just purchased a sweet Beretta 21A Bobcat in 22LR. It has three dimples machined into the left side of the slide on the bottom of the rail. Does anyone know what these are about? It seems odd to do unnecessary machining operations.

Beretta Bobcat Dimples.jpg

**gghbi** · October 24th, 2021, 04:35 PM

Check to see if there was ever any recall on those. Might indicate it was fixed…

**GOYABEAN** · October 24th, 2021, 05:18 PM

🤔 possibly balance or shaving off on weight how's the function flawless any stove pipes failure to eject ?

**1911** · October 24th, 2021, 08:49 PM

I have a blued one. No dimples.

Definately cannot dry fire that one without snap caps. It will cease to eject

**Bang** · October 24th, 2021, 09:12 PM

Is it new or used?

**buckengr** · October 25th, 2021, 02:16 AM

Those dimples are from the hardness testing that is done during manufacturing after heat treat. Pretty typical and nothing to worry about.

Not all slides have the dimples since not all slides are tested. They sample a certain number of slides from each production batch to test.