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http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=29589" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

No manual safety, but still an excellent mouse gun:
http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=28197" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

mactex wrote:

ELB wrote:About the Bersa -- I don't think I have ever read a negative comment about them, really, people who have them rave about them.

Bersa's are pretty good pistols overall, but they do have some problems/weaknesses with the .380 line. I own a BT380 and 380cc and have had problems with each that had to be resolved. I wound up spending almost as much shipping the guns, several times, to an authorized repair site as I did for the guns. But, both pistols do work reliably now.

That's literally the first problem I've read of, but more to the point, the folks I know who have them don't just like them, the sing their praises. Unfortunate it didn't go as well for you. Iv'e always thought I would like to get one, but then I figure if I am going to get a .380 instead of a 9, I might as well maximize the .380's advantage, which is you can build a very small pistol around it. So I have a P3AT instead.

About the Bersa -- I don't think I have ever read a negative comment about them, really, people who have them rave about them. The drawbacks that I see is that being essentially a Walther PPK-style pistol, the manual safety on the slide works backwards, as compared to a 1911 -- you have to push it UP to fire. Since you are a 1911 shooter and presumably have trained yourself to do otherwise, I would think this is a significant drawback...

I see above that Austinrealtor says the Sig P238 is a mini-1911, which I presume means the safety operates the "right" way. That would seem to be a much better choice given your existing arsenal.

If you have the bucks, the Rohrbaugh 9mm would be a great pocket pistol. Last time I looked, tho, they were well over $1000. Ouch. (Oh, and no manual safety).

Good luck.

BTW, you mentioned this type of thing happening periodically in Houston. It reminded me of this thread over at warriortalk.com about a similar attack, also in Houston. It is rather grim reading...
http://warriortalk.com/showthread.php?t=54378" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;