Thanks for all the comments/help.
J1132s you are right - once I get this bug worked out I will carry with the safety off. I would just like to get the safety to work a little better so I can decock after I have put a round in the chamber. The safety in this pistol is a combination safety/decocker.
Karlog - I actually am about 35 miles south and east of Austin, so south Austin is best for me. I was thinking of McBride's but I don't know anything about them, so if you have any ideas.
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Tight safety is normal....
My Bersa Thunder 380 also had a very tight safety. This subject has been addressed on http://www.bersatalk.com. The remedy is to oil or grease the safety and work it a few hundred times and it will loosen up. I think a tight safety is normal on the Bersa T 380.
The only other characteristic of the Bersa T380 is that it requires a breakin period of about 300 to 500 rounds. At least mine did. I had a few FTE's at 1st but after the breakin period it shoots perfectly. It's a great little gun for the inexpensive price and better or as good as, (IMO) a lot of the more expensive pistols. I have a Walther PPK/S 380 also but I like shooting the Bersa better.
For some reason both the 380 pistols have a wrist snapping recoil. I think the recoil is harded on the 380's than my S & W MP40. And then theres the cost of ammo. 380 ammo has gotten very expensive.
I carry my Bersa sometimes but most of the time it is loaded and in my desk drawer. It's one of my guns that I will always keep.
The only other characteristic of the Bersa T380 is that it requires a breakin period of about 300 to 500 rounds. At least mine did. I had a few FTE's at 1st but after the breakin period it shoots perfectly. It's a great little gun for the inexpensive price and better or as good as, (IMO) a lot of the more expensive pistols. I have a Walther PPK/S 380 also but I like shooting the Bersa better.
For some reason both the 380 pistols have a wrist snapping recoil. I think the recoil is harded on the 380's than my S & W MP40. And then theres the cost of ammo. 380 ammo has gotten very expensive.
I carry my Bersa sometimes but most of the time it is loaded and in my desk drawer. It's one of my guns that I will always keep.
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I am on the other end of town (Leander) so my experiences and recomendations are from very limited knowledge on the south end of Austin.stash wrote:Karlog - I actually am about 35 miles south and east of Austin, so south Austin is best for me. I was thinking of McBride's but I don't know anything about them, so if you have any ideas.
I have been to McBrides and they have a great selection, but I wasn't all that impressed with the service side of it. It seemed like they knew that they were a high end shop and didn't want to take the time to work with me and let me look at stuff. That worked out fine by me and I bought elsewhere. Although if you want to look at 5 different stocks on the same gun, McBrides is the place to go.
There are some smaller / more helpful shops down south that a friend goes to. I'll see if I can ask him where they are. But it sounds like Academy is doing right by you.