Bersa Thunder .380

[deepwater]

Just took my new Bersa Thunder .380 out to the range today.  tried from 5 yards out to 20 yards and had no trouble keeping all my shots close. obviously the target got smaller as it got further away and I didn't do as well as at 10 - 15 yards. but acceptable. not much recoil though I haven't fired too many guns in this caliber. I really like this little gun.
I was shoooting Remington fmj  (not much else available to me here) and 50 rounds of Sellier & Bellot. didn't notice much difference though.
nice light gun, I carry it in a leather holster clipped inside my pocket and have no trouble pulling or concealing it. sweet.
9 round 'mag' sticks out a little bit but I plan on buying a regular sized magazine for carry.

In all I'm happy with my little gun, not what I was looking for when I went shopping but liked what I saw when I handled it and started asking around about the performance.
Darrin

[jaybet]

Thanks for the report. I've always been curious about Bersa, but there's so many guns and so little... y'know.
It must be pretty narrow at .380 with only 9 rounds...a single stack?

[deepwater]

9 rounds single stack. they do have a 13 round mag as well but it's a little too thick for carry, I don't have extra bulk to hide more gun.

[wisconsin]

Congrats on the Bersa. You'll be happy to know that they have a great customer service. One of my range buddies also owns a .380 Thunder. He took it to a GM gunsmith and something got screwed up. He called up Bersa and told them what had happened, and that he fully expected to have to pay for the re- repair because he didn't send it to them in the first place. As he put it, I was really surprised when they fixed the problem and did'nt charge me for it. Real nice people to deal with as he put it. I'm holding out for a Firestorm. Can't seem to find that one here. Although Sportsmans Warehouse has a nice CCW Bersa for sale. Once again Congrats.

[Rob Pincus]

My first carry gun was a Bersa 383 DA.  Glad to hear that their current offerings are holding up!

-RJP

[Sponsor]

[kmbrman]

Deepwater , You will be surprised at the accuracy of your Bersa 380 when you try different factory loads !  Must have something to do with the rigid barrel in blowback pistols. Mine likes Federal 90 Gr. Hydra-Shoks best.

[RTFM]

Had a Thunder .380 too, problem I had was physical, the recoil impulse was always straight back in to the web of my hand, after a few mags, my hand was numb as a bad case of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Traded for a S&W 642 and never looked back.

Never had an issue feeding or firing the thunder though.

[deepwater]

I am very happy with my Bersa, it's the 'deluxe' model, comfortable grips and as mentioned before, it is very accurate. I took her to an indoor range in Peru and shot accurate out to 25 meters. (longest range available in the area).

[Michael Bane]

Am probably going to get horrible thing rained down on me, but the .380 is a better cartridge than it's given credit for. Especially with all the new development driven by the Ruger LCP.

Good luck with the Bersa!

Michael B

[DaverZ]

For my wifes birthday back in november i bought her a Bersa Thunder 380,the two tone model,i have to say im impressed with everything about this little pistol,i think my next pistol purchase may be the bersa compact 45.