Accokeek, Maryland– December 2022– Beretta is pleased to announce that Team Beretta athlete JJ Racaza recently achieved a World Champion title for the Production Optics division at the 2022 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XIX in Pattaya, Thailand.
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“I am proud to be a part of Team Beretta and would like to thank them for helping turn a dream into reality. Best of all, I used a stock Beretta – with stock parts, no trigger job, no polishing, no fancy base pads, just all Beretta,” Simon “JJ” Racaza, Team Beretta athlete, said.
This divisional world title caps an exceptional season for Racaza with a second-place finish at the 2022 USPSA Carry Optics National Championship, a Division Champion title in the Production Optics division at the 2022 IPSC Pan-American Handgun Championship, a Division Champion title in the SSP division at the 2022 IDPA National Championship, and various other podium placements throughout the year.
“Three years ago, I sat with JJ Racaza in Las Vegas at his gun shop, showing him pictures of a pistol prototype. That day, we discussed a dream: winning the World Championship with the first Beretta platform ever developed for practical shooting. Few people at that time believed it could be achieved, and today, JJ Racaza and Beretta are the World Champions! The 92X Performance has come a long way, becoming the flagship model of all Beretta pistols. Discipline, consistency, and passion are not slogans, but ingredients that deliver excellence and success,” Nicola Lorenzi, Pistol Product Manager, said.
Racaza competed with a stock version, with no customizations, of the new Beretta 92X Performance Carry Optic – the most recent evolution of the 92X Performance family. The 92X Performance family was designed in collaboration with the world’s highest-level competitive shooters to have out-of-the-box optimized performance and consistency. The new 92X Performance Carry Optic model retains the same ergonomics and features of the popular 92X Performance platform with a red dot optic-ready slide, included optic plates, and improved trigger performance.
Compliant with the USPSA (United States Pistol Shooting Association) Carry Optic division regulations, the 92X Performance Carry Optic provides an uncompromising performance aimed at earning you a spot at the top of the podium with power, speed, and accuracy.
About Team Beretta:
Team Beretta, founded in the early 1980s, is a team of professional shooters of various ages and experiences that compete as Brand Ambassadors for Beretta USA in the fields of trap, skeet, sporting clay, pistol, 3-gun, and precision long-range competitive shooting. Since 1977, Beretta has led the way in all forms of competitive shooting sports and continues to strive for excellence. During the 2016 Olympic Games, Team Beretta shooters took ten out of the possible fifteen podiums in trap, double trap, and skeet shooting events. Team Beretta competes not only at the highest professional levels as well as national and regional competitions, but our shooters also mentor and train future competitors.
Beretta, established in 1526, is the longest-standing industrial dynasty in the world, tracing its roots through 15 generations of continuous family ownership. Firearms bearing the Beretta name have been sold for almost 500 years. Beretta USA Corp. was founded in 1977 and provided the most widely deployed sidearm throughout the U.S. Armed Forces. Today, Beretta manufactures, distributes, and markets a complete line of firearms, accessories, and apparel. Beretta also owns and operates six retail Beretta Gallery stores worldwide. For additional information, visit www.Beretta.com.
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