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Peru is a poor nation largely through their own doing, jealous of its more wealthy neighbors, who we persistently make war upon and lose.
Fixed for you. :)
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Yes, it is not a fine machined weapon, but it will do the job; and that is what is required. :D
Peru must have low requirements for what they need, then. If the requirements are "needs to be more dangerous than a machete on 33% of occasions", then yes, it will do that job...
But if you want a weapon that works reliably in Andean and Amazonian basin conditions, this almost certainly isn't going to do that job as well as the Beretta. The Beretta may be more expensive, but that's because it's a far superior design. With the Modelo 48, there is a significant opening behind the charging handle that leads into the space where the bolt recoils. Very easy for foreign objects (mud or sand) to get inside, and at that point, everything's going to stop working in short order - and difficult to *force* to work, since it fires from the open bolt. The Beretta, by contrast, has fewer gaps, a dust cover, and a non-reciprocating charging handle. When the weapon is ready to fire, the only open part of the action is the ejection port (due to the open bolt).