Key Features;

Smart BLUED finish on the pistol that refracts w/ a smokey blue hue off the surface finish. Really beautiful
All metal design
Magazine has a full set of numbered witness holes down the left face, up to #2. The topmost cartridge would be the first one
No curved magazine floorplate - alot of people do find this feature on the RETAY 84FS and BLOW P29 annoying.
8+1 round magazine capacity, single stack
Narrow pistol profile
Replica of the Beretta 84 FS / Cheetah model
SA / DA
Extremely reliable - has the EKOL branding to it, which is up there w/ ZORAKI

The EKOL SPECIAL 99 is without a doubt our best BERETTA CHEETAH, surpassing the RETAY 84FS and likewise, the BLOW P29; from features such as a magazine that secures firmly in place, to a crisp ball-bearing loaded safety switch that positively switches into position, to a slide with minimal play and of course - the multiple witness holes down the magazine size, which is numbered with embossing. This gun has most certainly brought new life into this replica which was otherwise a gun slowly descending into unpopularity due to different manufacturer's errors - EKOL has most certainly shown that their model on the market is superior.

Since the specifications otherwise are more or less identical to the BLOW P29, we'll use that same description here;
Starting from the top, we have a long grate of slanted cocking serrations, 37mm in length and 10mm in height. The barrel length is 96mm / 3.7" and the slide is ab out 150mm. The pistol has a push-through field-strip pin that pulls out from left to right.
The make and model is printed on the left face whereas the calibre marking is printed on the right. The barrel's serial is printed on the side of the breech.
The slide catch release tab is the typical cheetah style slope / serrated ramp / triple step that actuates easily. The hammer is grooved along the ball curve of its hollowed appex, that is underscored by a short beaver tail, as it has a shallow hammer arc of movement.

The magazine release and particularly the deeep lobical-shaped clearance around it is certainly a unique feature and definitely permits for speedy release of the magazine with your hand firmly around the gripstocks and even if you happen to have larger fingers.

As it goes with all vintage styled blank guns - this one being no exception - it features am all-metal design and no underbarrel Picatinny railing.

The buttplate on the magazine is curved and some customers comment that this makes the pistol look less realistic. The magazine is also loose-fitting inside the magwell, but that isn't a trainsmash by any measure, as that, in our opinion, is superior to having a magazine that fits stubborn.

The safety mechanism is the classic thumb type that has to be pushed up to go onto "safe" whereas a simple downward motion makes the gun go live. This safety is ambidextrous btw.

This is a 8 + 1 shooter, just btw.

Technical Specifications;

Replica of	BERETTA 84 FS / CHEETAH
Calibre	9x22mm P.A.K
Venting	Front
Pepper/ CS cartridge compatible?	Yes
Dimensions (mm) Length; Height; Width (widest); (Handle);	170 124 30 29
Weight (grams);	738
Trigger Action	Single Action / Double Action
Firing method	Hammer fired
Magazine capacity	8+1 (w/ witness holes)
Composition	All Metal, plastic grip stocks
Safety	Yes, ambidextrous thumb switch on rear of frame. It does toggle nice and smooth, disabling the trigger's link to the sear
Ease of Field Strip	7/10 – Very intuitive and straight forward - just rotate and unplug the field strip lever from the frame, whereafter you can hitch the slide off the rear slide rails and slide forwardly over the barrel. The entire blowbback assembly under the barrel will come along
Lanyard loophole	None
Removable gripstocks	Yes w/ Phillips drive (two panhead screws), diamond checkered w/ a concentric circle motive central to the grip stocks
Magazine Release	Traditional - You'll need to push this in to load up the magazine
Underbarrel Picatinny Rail	None - Vintage pistols typically do not have and the firearm counterparts would typically require an aftermarket accessory to mount a flashlight on. However, you can just carry a flashlight in your offset, the way they did it back in the day.
Other	The slide and frame are both dot-matrix serialized separately.