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What a nice pistol! The Bersa HC model holds 17 rounds. I can't believe you can buy such a nice pistol for so little money. The trigger should smooth out with use. I did get a few FTE jams with Winchester white box. Premium ammo was no problem. After breaking in the recoil spring, the cheap ammo should feed fine. Accuracy with the 4.2" barrel was above average for a new gun. This is a popular military and police sidearm in South America. A buddy of mine has an older Bersa 9mm with about 3000 trouble free rounds through it. The Bersa Thunder 380 is a blowback-operated auto pistol strongly resembling a Walther.

THe Bersa is moderately small. Should be OK for concealed carry. Its lighter than a Walther, due to an aluminum frame. It has a magazine safety-- wont fire with the magazine removed-- which the Walther didnt. Instead of a rear-hinged trigger guard as the takedown device, it has a simpler takedown lever on the right side of the frame above the front of the trigger guard.

Finally, its grip flares back over the web of the hand more than my old PPK did, and I believe the distance between the web of your hand and the slide is greater. In any case, the main reason Im shooting a Bersa instead of the Walther I once had is that the Walthers slide bit my hand every time I fired the thing while the Bersas doesn't. Something to consider if you have ham hands like mine. The mag that came with it has a plastic extension to provide a place to put the little finger, another Waltheresque feature. I don t care for this. It makes the pistol bigger, harming concealability, and for my large hands it doesn t make the grip any more comfortable.

Also I read in someone else s review this plastic piece can break. I got a couple all-steel, flat-bottomed Pro-Mag magazines for the Bersa. They work fine. If your like me prefer a flat-bottomed all steel magazine, there you are. The barrel serves as guide rod. The recoil spring is coiled around the barrel. The profile of the weapon and even the wavy pattern engraved along the sight rib atop the slide are pure Walther. Recoil is mild. I only fired about 200 rounds of mixed hardball and hollowpoint so far but had no malfunctions. I am not a good shot but at the seven-yard pistol course distance I could shoot hand-sized groups as-rapid-as-i-am-fire, inch or two groups resting on a bench. Sights are fixed blade, rear adjustable for windage only, three-dot system. The trigger is excellent, lighter than I expected on double action, perfectly crisp and the proper weight for single action. But I tried all the ones in the store and picked the best. Do that too if they let you. None of them were really bad, and most of them might have improved with cleaning and use, but they do vary. Might as well get a good one. Putting mondo bux into trigger work on a bargain autopistol sort of defeats the purpose.

I cant help thinking Bersa is now where Taurus was before it started going big. They have a good product and the word is starting to get out. This is a good servicable piece with good fit and finish, and a heck of a buy at the moment. I am minimally concerned about long term reliability due to the pistols aluminum frame, but dont really expect trouble here. I cant promise you wont be disappointed if you buy one, but i wasnt.
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What a nice pistol! The HC model holds 17 rounds. I can't believe you can buy such a nice pistol for so little money. The trigger should smooth out with use. I did get a few FTE jams with Winchester white box. Premium ammo was no problem. After breaking in the recoil spring, the cheap ammo should feed fine. Accuracy with the 4.2" barrel was above average for a new gun. This is a popular military and police sidearm in South America. A buddy of mine has an older Bersa 9mm with about 3000 trouble free rounds through it.