Bersa Thunder .380 vs CC version vs Plus version
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Re: Bersa Thunder .380 vs CC version vs Plus version
For what it is worth. I have several women in my classes that shoot Bersas. They haven't had any problems with them. The guns go bang and are pretty accurate. I would have not problem owning one or suggesting them to anyone.
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A-R
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Re: Bersa Thunder .380 vs CC version vs Plus version
I owned a Thunder .380 for a brief time (sold it to finance purchase of my Walther PPS). Good gun, accurate for its size/caliber. Never had any problems with it. Purchased it used from a member here few years ago. I don't specifically remember the snappy recoil, but at the time my other guns were .40-cal Glocks and .38+P J-frame revolver (plus a Kahr .40 I'd owned/sold before that). So compared to those guns it didn't feel snappy. I have since fired other blowback design .380s (Beretta and .... can't remember the other) and they felt snappy compared to a 9mm Glock. Plus of course the ammo is more expensive than 9mm - equal in price these days to .38-special, or even a few pennies more.
Other little peaves about it were the relatively rough fit and finish, by no means "poor" (better than Kel Tec, on par with Tarus probably) but certainly not as refined as something like a Glock, S&W, Sig etc. I actually ended up filing down the edges on bottom of the trigger guard a bit where they kept biting my ring finger on recoil (then applied some instant blue from a blue marker I bought at Academy - worked OK, not great). Also the finish needs to kept a bit oily to avoid surface rust - which always bugged me since I'm a Tupperware gun owner at heart (oil? on the outside? why?
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Personally I think these are good guns that can be made into very nice CCW with some mild dehorning a good Duracoat finish - if I pick up another, first thing I'll do is file the rough edges and Duracoat it.
Other little peaves about it were the relatively rough fit and finish, by no means "poor" (better than Kel Tec, on par with Tarus probably) but certainly not as refined as something like a Glock, S&W, Sig etc. I actually ended up filing down the edges on bottom of the trigger guard a bit where they kept biting my ring finger on recoil (then applied some instant blue from a blue marker I bought at Academy - worked OK, not great). Also the finish needs to kept a bit oily to avoid surface rust - which always bugged me since I'm a Tupperware gun owner at heart (oil? on the outside? why?
)Personally I think these are good guns that can be made into very nice CCW with some mild dehorning a good Duracoat finish - if I pick up another, first thing I'll do is file the rough edges and Duracoat it.
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MrsFosforos
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Re: Bersa Thunder .380 vs CC version vs Plus version
I agree. AND I wish when I first started looking into it, I wish I had been able to attend a lady's program like Donna offers. .CompVest wrote:For what it is worth. I have several women in my classes that shoot Bersas. They haven't had any problems with them. The guns go bang and are pretty accurate. I would have not problem owning one or suggesting them to anyone.
I should have clarified, though - in my original reply. There wasn't anything wrong with the one I had. I had also intended to try to start shooting IDPA (which I still haven't done) -- and .380 wasn't qualified for it. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have even looked to replace it. AS I began to comapare it to others, I saw options that I liked better.