How Muzzle energy is calculated
E = ½ · m · v²
Not calculated: v has no sourced figure yet. Nothing is substituted for a missing input.
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How Muzzle velocity is calculated
no sourced velocity for this load
Not calculated: muzzle velocity has no sourced figure yet. Nothing is substituted for a missing input.
No input on this calculation carries a clickable source yet.
How Loaded mass is calculated
m_loaded = m_empty + m_magazine + n · m_cartridge
Not calculated: m_empty has no sourced figure yet. Nothing is substituted for a missing input.
Assumptions
- One magazine, filled to the stated capacity. Spare magazines, optics, slings and lights are the owner’s, not the arm’s.
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How Free recoil is calculated
E_recoil = ½ · m_firearm · v_recoil²
Not calculated: m_firearm has no sourced figure yet. Nothing is substituted for a missing input.
Assumptions
- Propellant gas momentum is excluded: ARMAG does not record charge weights (SPEC.md §14). This is therefore a lower bound on the real free recoil, consistent between entries but smaller than a figure that includes the gas term.
- Free recoil: the arm is unrestrained. Stock design, muzzle devices, stance and shooter mass are not modelled, because none of them is a property of the arm.
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How Capacity is calculated
as published for the primary chambering
Inputs
- capacity2verifiedsourceTwo barrels, one round each. It has no magazine.
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Derived figures
Computed from the sourced values above. Open ƒ on any figure for the formula, its inputs, and the assumptions it makes.
How Momentum is calculated
p = m · v
Not calculated: v has no sourced figure yet. Nothing is substituted for a missing input.
1 of 2 inputs link to their source.
How Sectional density is calculated
SD = mass(gr) / (7000 · diameter(in)²)
Not calculated: diameter has no sourced figure yet. Nothing is substituted for a missing input.
Assumptions
- Reported in the conventional lb/in² so it is directly comparable with published figures.
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How Power factor is calculated
PF = mass(gr) · velocity(fps) / 1000
Not calculated: velocity has no sourced figure yet. Nothing is substituted for a missing input.
Assumptions
- A competition classification defined by the IPSC and USPSA rulebooks, stated in their units. It describes a scoring category, not an effect.
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How Magazine dump is calculated
t = (n − 1) / (rpm / 60)
Not calculated: rpm has no sourced figure yet. Nothing is substituted for a missing input.
Assumptions
- Cyclic rate held for the whole magazine, no stoppages, trigger held down. A theoretical figure for comparing mechanisms, not a measured one.
1 of 2 inputs link to their source.
How Sight error at 1 mm is calculated
θ = atan(misalignment / sight radius)
Not calculated: sight radius has no sourced figure yet. Nothing is substituted for a missing input.
Assumptions
- Shows what a stated aiming error costs. The misalignment is the reader’s figure; the site does not claim how well anyone aims.
No input on this calculation carries a clickable source yet.
Variants
Sporting
Sporting clays configuration, usually with 28- or 30-inch barrels and interchangeable chokes.
Trap
Trap configuration: a higher rib and a stock built to shoot above the point of aim, because a trap target is always rising.
Skeet
Skeet configuration, with shorter barrels and open chokes for close crossing targets.
| Variant | Years | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| Sporting | — | no spec change |
| Trap | — | no spec change |
| Skeet | — | no spec change |
Specifications
Every row here is generated from the schema, so a figure recorded on this entry cannot be missing from the table — and the same rows, read the same way, are what the comparison shows.
Identity
- Type
- Shotgun
- Action
- Break action
- Fire modes
- Single shot
- Operating system
- Manually operated
- Feed
- not recorded
- Designed in
- Italy
- Produced in
- Introduced
- 1984
- Production
- 1984–present
Dimensions and mass
- Mass, empty
- not recorded
- Magazine, empty
- not recorded
- Length
- not recorded
- Length, folded
- not recorded
- Width
- not recorded
- Height
- not recorded
- Barrel length
- not recorded
Sights and rifling
- Sight radius
- not recorded
- Sight height over bore
- not recorded
- Rifling twist
- not recorded
- Twist direction
- not recorded
- Grooves
- not recorded
- Sight graduation
- not recorded
Operation
- Cyclic rate
- not recorded
- Trigger pull
- not recorded
- Effective range
- not recorded
- Units produced
- not recorded
- Launch price
- not recorded
Scale
A to-scale outline against family siblings. The dimensions are sourced; the shape is a representative outline for the type, and says so.
Representative outline — the dimensions are sourced, the shape is not. Overall length, and barrel length where recorded, are drawn from this entry's own figures; the profile is a generic one for the firearm type and says nothing about this arm's actual contours.
Not drawn: Beretta 682 (no sourced overall length).
Detail
A competition over-and-under, and the only arm on this site designed against a discipline rather than against an opponent or an animal. Clay target shooting is repetitive in a way that field shooting is not — a trap shooter may fire two hundred rounds in a day, in the same stance, at targets on nearly the same line — and a gun built for it is heavy on purpose, balanced between the hands, and fitted with a stock cut for one discipline only. The 682 is sold in trap, skeet and sporting configurations that are not interchangeable.
Beretta’s box-lock action here uses conical locking lugs at the sides of the monobloc rather than a bolt running under the barrels, which lets the receiver be shallower than most over-and-unders. A shallow receiver puts the lower barrel closer to the hand and reduces the muzzle flip the second shot has to be taken through.
This entry is thin, and honestly so. The encyclopedia article is four kilobytes long: it publishes five barrel lengths without naming a standard, no weight, no overall length and no receiver dimensions, and Beretta’s own current catalogue no longer lists the model. What is recorded here is what can be sourced.
References
This entry's own bibliography. Every citation key on this page resolves into this list.
- Beretta 682 · Wikipedia · 1296587666 · read 2026-08-31 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Last verified 2026-08-31 · review status: agent-populated