 Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. Today we're going to do a comparison with the Beretta APX Centurion versus the Paul Metal State Armory Dagger. Both compact size striking for your handguns. I consider the Centurion a mid-size. It has a 3.7 inch barrel. The dagger has a 3.9 inch barrel and if we look at the slide length we'll see that it goes just a little bit longer with the dagger on the right. You may notice that the slide width is quite a bit larger with the Centurion on the left but overall both have 15 round magazines and both feel like a compact size handgun. Let's start with the Centurion. When Beretta came out with the APX models it was very unique with the slide serrations or bumps however you want to call them but they deserve and have received a very fine reputation throughout the years. And the Centurion I already mentioned with a 3.7 inch barrel has 15 round mags for full three finger contact. Now it's a budget gun you're looking at anywhere 360 on up is what I think this goes for on the market. Beretta doesn't list it on their website but 15 round mags they do give you two mags and if you go with this you'll get this hard case. All right it's got the Beretta logo on there two additional grip modules two mags a speed loader lock paperwork bore brush and everything else. It has a very nice grip texturing I like the module that is installed feels very nice the texturing all throughout and no finger grooves whatsoever. It does have an ambidextrous slide stop we'll see that on both sides and the mag release can be moved over to the right side making it left-handed friendly three dot steel sights and a pick rail right there a two slot pick rail the trigger I'm measuring right around six pounds and we take a look at that it has a trigger bar safety but a very short reset which is audible overall I find it to be a very nice handgun I'm happy with it I've had a couple of the other APX models I'm sticking with the Centurion because I do like it it's a midsize but it doesn't weigh a midsize it's a bit heavier 33 and three quarters ounces with 16 rounds but over here we've got the palmetto state armory dagger now this has a 3.9 inch barrel you're looking at an MSRP of 2.99 it's hard to get it for that both of these models now have optic ready and threaded barrel models and all that so these are basically the bare bones models but the dagger came out with a hit a lot of people like the idea of having a Glock like handgun or a Glock patterned handgun for like 300 bucks and it's hard to find it but if you if you can that is a good deal it comes with a 15 round P mag the great draw here outside of the price is that it will accept Glock mags but it does come with a P mag now the dagger has an accessory rail it has a hinge trigger it does have three dot all steel sights much like the Centurion the rear sights have been blacked out but they are steel both also have steel guide rods which is nice so it's a budget price handgun but it actually offers quite a bit a flared mag well and if you go with this you'll get this cardboard box and let's see that there's the PSA logo and foam cutout and some paperwork and things like that I'm not really a fan of this P mag I'm going with the Glock mag all day long but you have to purchase that separately so out of the case you're looking at two mags here one mag here hard case soft case and you're looking at grip modules that are available to fit your hand size so the Centurion actually offers more costs a couple bucks more but that's what you're looking at 30 and a half ounces right here so about three ounces lighter loaded with 16 rounds let's take a look at that trigger I will mention that the magazine release is very tight very tight I'm hoping that it loosens up so far it hasn't but the trigger is also a six pound trigger it's a hinge trigger so we're looking at a little longer reset not much to notice okay black nitride finish on the slide palmel state army calls these carry cuts not really sure seems like they're coming up with another feature they're really pushing the optic ready threaded barrel models and those are 550 and up so if you go to search this you'll see that most of those are more expensive and that's why so both of these have upgraded models as I mentioned they are the bare bones both are pretty nice handguns now I took it to the range I shot them side by side I also shot them individually when I first got them and I have to say both performed very well when I was at the range recently I shot primarily 115 grain steel case tool ammo all right and they both functioned really well we're going to disassemble these and take a look at the internals we'll start with the centurion it has that button right there that has to be pushed in and locked into place I'm going to use the help of a punch it is stiff to do that with just my thumb is a bit difficult so I'm going to push it in and that will release the pin from the frame at this point I'm just going to move it downward pull the trigger and off comes the slide from the frame here we have a dual recoil spring all steel guide rod and a 3.7 inch barrel to reassemble same thing in reverse order with the exception of that punch all you have to do is slide that real real quick and it will put that pin back into place the dagger is a bit easier here we'll just disassemble like a Glock pull the trigger off comes the slide here we have a single recoil spring all steel guide rod and a 3.9 inch barrel easy easier disassemble with the dagger that process has become so common on so many handguns started with Glock I think it started with Glock and then has been added with so many others disassemble can be done with each little easier with the dagger I shot the centurion a little bit better I felt a little more comfortable with the centurion the dagger is fine I don't have an issue with it but one thing I don't care for outside of that real tight mag release is that bump right there it hits my finger and I don't really care for the positioning of that overall the grip is heavily textured all right it does have a cut out there to rip out the mag this has indentation there to rip out the mag they aligned very well actually and they they shoot both pretty nice but if I had to choose one this goes about 50 bucks more you know it all depends it's it's really interesting the pricing these days but it goes about 50 bucks more but you get more you get what I mentioned grip modules mags hard case blah blah blah if I had to choose one I'm going with the Beretta APX centurion I think it's a fine pistol I think that it has a great reputation I know it does and this is still let's just say the jury's still out on it I think it's going to be fine but it's still a rather new pistol still hard to find and they're they're pretty nice I think that each one and all shall I say the owners of each one should be happy because it's budget priced it shoots fine but overall I just think the centurion is a better handgun let me know what you think I'll certainly be interested to hear what you have to say if you like videos like this please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button thanks for watching and you guys be safe