 |
|
01-23-2012, 11:30 PM
|
#11
|
|
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: gilmer,texas
Posts: 1,015
Liked 28 Times on 26 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by dirty393
Well I didn't get anything when I went because the shop wanted close to 500 for the bersa thunder 9 uc, so I decided to hold off and but id much rather have the thunder 380 but I want a 9mm, why cant they make the 380 in 9mm, o well iv been thinking about a revolver! But I don't know a thing about them.
|
They are awful high! Should be able to get one for around $400! Even Davidon's, if they have them, will be cheaper than that, probably about $450 including freight & tax!
|
|
|
|
01-24-2012, 01:03 AM
|
#12
|
|
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 59
Liked 1 Times on 1 Posts
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by dirty393
, why cant they make the 380 in 9mm, o well iv been thinking about a revolver! But I don't know a thing about them.
|
The Bersa 380 and the Bersa 9 UC/HC are completely different designs. The 380 is a "blow-back" design in which the barrel is fixed to the frame - the barrel doesn't move. This kind of design won't support much larger than a .380 and I don't think you will find any of this design in a 9mm. The Bersa 9 is a short recoil design in which the barrel is lowered during recoil to allow feeding the next cartridge.
The bersa 9 UC isn't much larger than the BT 380 although the style is different.
I have a BT380 and BT9HC and love both, but the field stripping and reassembly is much easier on the BT 9 although the 380 isn't bad.
Bud's has several BT 9's for sale at under $400 with free shipping to your local gun shop....and they have the 380 models in stock also.
|
|
|
|
|
01-24-2012, 06:49 PM
|
#13
|
|
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: gilmer,texas
Posts: 1,015
Liked 28 Times on 26 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by dirty393
Well I didn't get anything when I went because the shop wanted close to 500 for the bersa thunder 9 uc, so I decided to hold off and but id much rather have the thunder 380 but I want a 9mm, why cant they make the 380 in 9mm, o well iv been thinking about a revolver! But I don't know a thing about them.
|
Like DallasShooter says, the blow back design prevents making it in 9mm without greatly increasing the size/weight of the slide to handle the recoil.
An example is the Hi-Point 9mm & .45ACP which are the blow-back design.
|
|
|
|
|
01-25-2012, 01:17 PM
|
#14
|
|
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 16
|
Well never mind, that's doesn't sound good at all.
|
|
|
|
|
01-26-2012, 09:44 PM
|
#15
|
|
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Endor
Posts: 327
Liked 7 Times on 5 Posts
Likes Given: 12
|
Ive owned the thunder 9 UC and the thunder 9 hc. Fantastic economic handguns. I shot over 1500rnds through the hc and around 1000 in the uc and i never had a single malfunction. accuracy is on par with a glock or xd imo. as stated before the only thing that the bersas lack is a good slide finish. Functional as hell tho.
__________________
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
Jimi Hendrix
|
|
|
|
|
01-26-2012, 10:04 PM
|
#16
|
|
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: S.E.Michigan,Michigan
Posts: 157
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by gollygee
The UC & HC 9mm Bersas are getting the rep of being their best pistol. Break-in usually consists of clean, lube & load. Not ammo picky, no cycling issues & accurate. As with most Bersas, the finish is not the prettiest, but it has improved from about 2 years ago. They'd changed the preservative they packed them in & it affected the finishes on 9mm, .40S&W & .45ACP.
|
Is that the reason for that funky finish?....I have a new slide and it's perfect.
Did anyone mention the great trigger? Best trigger of all of the DA/SA guns I own.
Last edited by Paperpuncher; 01-26-2012 at 10:08 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
01-26-2012, 11:06 PM
|
#17
|
|
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 16
|
What finish did you get? I was looking for a matte stainless.
|
|
|
|
|
01-26-2012, 11:08 PM
|
#18
|
|
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: S.E.Michigan,Michigan
Posts: 157
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by dirty393
What finish did you get? I was looking for a matte stainless.
|
Matte black....the original slide was terrible and completely 2nd rate, then was damaged quickly, the new slide under warranty is flawless.
|
|
|
|
|
01-27-2012, 05:36 PM
|
#19
|
|
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: gilmer,texas
Posts: 1,015
Liked 28 Times on 26 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paperpuncher
Is that the reason for that funky finish?....I have a new slide and it's perfect.
Did anyone mention the great trigger? Best trigger of all of the DA/SA guns I own.
|
The finish problems I referred to were mostly with the black matte slides & was a matter of a splotchy, very uneven finish. I believe they were 2009 or maybe 2010 vintage. All of my Bersas are black & were the normal dull black finish, one of them being bought after the above finish problem was fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
01-27-2012, 06:40 PM
|
#20
|
|
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: S.E.Michigan,Michigan
Posts: 157
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by gollygee
The finish problems I referred to were mostly with the black matte slides & was a matter of a splotchy, very uneven finish. I believe they were 2009 or maybe 2010 vintage. All of my Bersas are black & were the normal dull black finish, one of them being bought after the above finish problem was fixed.
|
Yup, I had one then. I bought mine in January of 2011.
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
|
|
|
