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To: QualityMan; All

Speaking of 380s, does anyone have any insight into the Bersa Thunder 380?


30 posted on 07/06/2010 6:35:04 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: mnehring

Plenty reliable, but crappy trigger pull. You can do better for similar money.


44 posted on 07/06/2010 6:46:53 PM PDT by pingman (Price is what you pay, value is what you get.)
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To: mnehring

I have not tried the “Thunder” but have owned several Bersa .380 pistols and they are fine guns. My first one was a strange one in which you pinched the front of the dust cover to take it down.

That little inexpensive Bersa may have been the most accurate pistol I have ever owned and that includes a bunch of High Standard, Ruger, Colt, and Browning target .22’s. That Bersa would just keep putting them all in the same hole at 15 feet, if I was really careful.


55 posted on 07/06/2010 6:53:49 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: mnehring

I’ve shot ‘em. Worked fine, price is right. Little big for a .380 though.


70 posted on 07/06/2010 7:03:08 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck.)
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To: mnehring

I had a Bersa Thunder .380 that I gave to my Dad, because he didn’t have a pistol in the home. It is a quality, accurate gun that’s extremely easy to field strip and clean. I wouldn’t have given it to him otherwise.

He shoots far, far less than I do - and .380 is a horrible caliber to find around here (more expensive, too). My XD is more rugged, but the Bersa is perfect for his purposes.


76 posted on 07/06/2010 7:06:00 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
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To: mnehring
Speaking of 380s, does anyone have any insight into the Bersa Thunder 380?

Can't add much to what's on the thread. Mine hates White Box, fairly easy to put all 7 rounds of most ammo into a silhouette head at 5, 7, and ten yards, recently had what felt like overpowered American Eagle FMJ fail to feed last week and this time of year it rides in the front pocket of lightweight cargo pants (in a Nemesis). The lady friend absconded (via legal transfer) with my 25 year old Taurus 85.

That Eagle thumped my palm pretty good. Been hearing other Federal stories out there about .223. No way to know if there's anything to it.

97 posted on 07/06/2010 7:33:33 PM PDT by Stentor
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To: mnehring

I have one and love it. Get the bigger mag. The pull is good. And it is cheap. Carries well in a pocket.


159 posted on 07/07/2010 5:56:34 AM PDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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Another one fell apart on the firing line the very day you posted that question.


166 posted on 07/07/2010 7:44:01 AM PDT by sig226 (Bring back Jimmy Carter!!!)
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