The Beretta Titan has no price and is not for sale. Beretta built exactly one, so there is no MSRP, production run, or retail listing, and the company has not said whether the rifle will be auctioned or kept. Beretta unveiled it on May 12, 2026 in Gardone Val Trompia, Italy, as the first of its 500th anniversary one-offs, and followed with a full overview video on September 8, 2026.

Beretta has been building firearms since 1526, which makes 2026 the company's 500th year in continuous operation. No other firearms manufacturer comes close to that record. The Titan is how Beretta chose to mark the milestone in the modern sporting rifle category, a segment where the Italian house has historically been less aggressive than its handgun, shotgun, and military rifle lines. Leading the anniversary with an MSR puts Beretta's name in the space that Daniel Defense, BCM, Sig, and FN currently dominate.

The Titan itself is a one-off, but the engineering inside it is not. Launch coverage reports it is based on NARP, the New Assault Rifle Platform Beretta has developed since 2018 and is now delivering to the Italian Army. Think of NARP as the platform and the Titan as the show car built on it: the short-stroke piston, adjustable gas, and M-LOK forend all match the military rifle. Beretta has not announced a commercial version. For a current ranked look at the AR-15 space the NARP will enter, see our best AR-15 rifles guide.

The Titan's headline feature is its material combination. The upper receiver is machined from titanium, the lower from magnesium alloy, the stock and forend from carbon fiber, and the pistol grip from forged carbon. None of these materials are new to firearms individually. Putting all four into a single rifle and engineering them to work together is. Each material is chosen for a specific job.

Titanium handles the upper, which carries the barrel, the bolt carrier group, and the optic mount. Titanium alloy weighs about 44 percent less than steel for the same volume, with tensile strength comparable to many alloy steels, which keeps that section light without sacrificing durability. Magnesium drops into the lower, which carries fire control, magwell, and grip loads but does not hold the barrel or bolt. Magnesium alloy is roughly a third lighter than aluminum for the same volume, which cuts grams in a part that does not need the upper's strength. Carbon fiber and forged carbon take the furniture because both stay stiff at a fraction of the weight, with a finish that looks the part on a ceremonial rifle.

The receivers wear a gray camouflage pattern that reproduces the handwritten 1526 founding date from the original Beretta company document. The detail is the kind of move that only makes sense on a one-off; you do not pay a Beretta artisan to ink a 500-year-old signature onto a production rifle. On the Titan it works because the whole piece is built as a museum artifact that happens to also be a functioning semi-auto rifle. The forged carbon grip carries a dedicated Beretta 500 Years logo as well.

The Titan runs a short-stroke gas piston operating system with adjustable gas settings. That decision puts the rifle in the same operating-system class as the FN SCAR, HK G36, and Sig MCX, not the direct-impingement AR-15. Short-stroke piston systems keep combustion gas out of the bolt carrier and the receiver, which means less heat and less fouling reaching the fire control group. Adjustable gas regulation lets the shooter tune the rifle for suppressed fire, low-power loads, or cold-weather conditions without permanent modification. For a ceremonial 6.5 Grendel intended to demonstrate flagship engineering, the piston choice is consistent with the rest of the build philosophy, and it is the same system NARP uses.

The trigger is described as an enhanced two-stage unit optimized for a clean, predictable break; Beretta has not published a pull weight. The 16-inch barrel carries a 1:8 twist, a common rate for 6.5 Grendel, and ends in a muzzle brake. The stock adjusts for length of pull in three positions. With the Steiner M7Xi on top, the Titan is set up for precision shooting at distance, with the piggyback red dot covering close targets. If you are building a more conventional precision-capable AR, our AR-15 caliber selection guide walks through the 5.56 / 300 BLK / 6.5 Grendel tradeoff, and the rifle builder can sketch a comparable Grendel build with currently available components.

The Titan ships with a Steiner M7Xi 2.9-20x50 riflescope. The M7Xi is Steiner's military-grade tactical line, developed at the company's Bayreuth, Germany manufacturing facility. The 2.9x low end keeps the rifle viable for close-to-intermediate range engagements, and the 20x top end pairs cleanly with 6.5 Grendel's long-range ballistics. Beretta describes a customized viewing experience, with a Beretta 500 Years logo embedded in the interface and revealed through the lens.

A Steiner micro red dot rides on top of the riflescope, giving the rifle a fast close-range sight when the M7Xi is dialed up. Steiner sits inside the Beretta Holding portfolio, alongside Beretta, Benelli, Burris, Sako, Tikka, and several others, which is how a custom optic interface ends up on a Beretta rifle. The standard production M7Xi 2.9-20x50 offers the same magnification range without the anniversary interface.

The Titan ships in a custom carbon-fiber-shell case lined with Alcantara, the synthetic suede material used in performance car interiors and high-end aerospace cabins. The interior is French-fitted to the rifle, scope, magazines, and accessories, meaning every component sits in a precisely milled recess rather than loose foam. The case rides on integrated wheels with a telescopic handle, and the carbon-fiber exterior is finished with direct carbon-fiber printing for customization. The exterior also carries the rifle's specification panel: caliber, barrel length and twist, overall dimensions, stock adjustment, trigger, and magazine. It is functionally a luggage-class transport solution, not a standard hard rifle case.

Beretta NARP, short for New Assault Rifle Platform, is the modular military rifle Beretta has developed since 2018 with input from Italian special forces and unveiled at DSEI 2023 in London. Deliveries to the Italian Army began by the end of 2025, starting with special operations units, and NARP was featured at Italian Army celebrations in L'Aquila the same week the Titan debuted. Beretta has also put it forward for Project Grayburn, the British Army's SA80 replacement program. NARP runs a short-stroke piston with an adjustable gas block, AR-style ambidextrous controls, and an M-LOK handguard, and the service rifle is chambered in 5.56 NATO with 11.5-, 14.5-, and 16-inch barrels. Beretta also offers NARP in .300 Blackout and as the semi-automatic 6.5 Grendel NARP Praetorian. The Titan shares the piston operation, adjustable gas, and M-LOK forend, which is why launch coverage describes it as built on the NARP project.

What Is the Beretta NARP's Price?

Beretta has not published a NARP price. Beretta Defense markets the rifle to military and law enforcement customers, and no civilian or US commercial NARP has been announced. Beretta's 6.5 Grendel NARP is the semi-automatic Praetorian, built for military and law enforcement units; the Titan is a separate one-off 6.5 Grendel rifle built on NARP design cues.

Beretta has not announced a production version of the Titan either. Its existing semi-auto rifles in this space are the ARX 100, a civilian version of the ARX 160 military rifle, and the CX4 Storm, a pistol-caliber carbine. Beretta Defense Technologies has confirmed a 7.62x51 NARP configuration is in development. The Titan's titanium-and-magnesium treatment is unique to the one-off; the operating system is what ties it to rifles Beretta builds in quantity. Compare existing options in our best AR-15 for hunting guide, or browse complete builds in the catalog.

The Beretta Titan is not a rifle you can buy, and pretending otherwise misses what it is. It is a single ceremonial piece built to anchor a 500-year anniversary and to telegraph the engineering Beretta is putting into its next production MSR line. On both counts it works. The material stack is genuinely ambitious, the Steiner integration is something only a sister- brand relationship makes possible, and the 1526 receiver pattern is the kind of detail that justifies a one-off.

The engineering link is NARP, the piston-driven rifle Beretta is already delivering to the Italian Army. Beretta has not announced a commercial version, and the Titan is the only titanium-and-magnesium anniversary one-off built on that architecture. If you want a 6.5 Grendel with parts that exist today, the compare tool can stack a Grendel build against your current platform. For Beretta's broader 2026 lineup, see our Beretta 80X Cheetah Tactical coverage from NRAAM 2026. On the pistol side, Beretta's 2026 lineup also includes the 94X Performance, a new optic-ready competition 9mm on the Vertec Pro frame.