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A certain gun store employee known to me tells a story of driving drunk down a deserted highway late one night with a bunch of buddies, lighting up road signs with a .40 cal Glock, when either alcohol or a poor shooting grip caused the person holding the gun out the window to drop it at a speed of about 60 mph.

They pulled over and staggered around in the dark until they actually found the pistol. It had ejected the magazine, and they were never able to find it, but the pistol accepted a new magazine and it continued to function just fine for the rest of the evening's entertainments, causing a premature deliverance from this world to several more road signs.

While I do not endorse these particular activities, this absolutely true story — true, according to the "gentleman" that told it to me, who may or may not have been the rube in question who dropped the gun out the window — does serve to illustrate a valuable principle in choice of firearms....

...Throw your Glock out the window and get a 1911.

A few weeks ago I left my 1911 on the fender of our tractor at the farm. I had been picking up round bales for a while and at one point had to get under the tractor to clear some limbs that got caught up. In doing so I set my pistol on the fender and of course promptly forgot all about it. Luckily about an hour later I had to dismount again and for some reason did the "self check" and realized my holster was empty Fortunatly the pistol was right where I left it on the fender. I can only imagine how long it would have taken me to find it had it fallen off at some point. One thing is for sure, I wouldn't have quit until I found it no matter how long it took.

EmbarkChief wrote:A few weeks ago I left my 1911 on the fender of our tractor at the farm. I had been picking up round bales for a while and at one point had to get under the tractor to clear some limbs that got caught up. In doing so I set my pistol on the fender and of course promptly forgot all about it. Luckily about an hour later I had to dismount again and for some reason did the "self check" and realized my holster was empty Fortunatly the pistol was right where I left it on the fender. I can only imagine how long it would have taken me to find it had it fallen off at some point. One thing is for sure, I wouldn't have quit until I found it no matter how long it took.

I hear ya. I would've been scouring the field with a metal detector if it came down to it.

gigag04 wrote:That stinks man.


A Kahr P380 would've survived though - and probably torn up the car that hit. JK...I'm biased, I feel like this gun is rock solid.

At my dept there are tons of stories of leaving stuff on top of the car. My most recent was leaving my ticket book, along with an arrestee's license on top. It slid off as I turned left and I had to hop out a dodge cars looking like frogger to get it. One of my partners was nice enough to punk me out on the radio and ask me if I wanted him to hold traffic back.

To make it worse, since I was transporting the arrestee and all that is recorded, when you watch the rear cage camera you can see me in the rear window dodging cars. That was free though...loosing a gun is rough.

Want to post that video for us???????

The remaining pieces are all boxed up and will be headed to a warranty center tomorrow. I'll be sure to update with what comes back to me, we'll all see how good Bersa's warranty is.

On a lighter side, due to the value of the ever elusive .380 ammo, I was able to liquidate my stockpile of ammo and convert it into something a little more useful for my situation...



Ruger 10/22. Picked up a 25round bananna mag, and will have a set of Tech-Sights aperature sights on order by the end of the week. Love this thing, cheap to feed and plugs away at paper as fast as you can. With the 25rd mag it's as close to that AK as you can get on my budget!

Well I got a call from the repair center, they talked to Bersa and they were not willing to replace it under warranty, they did offer me a new one at a discount, but after shipping and FFL charges it wasn't worth it, i'd buy one used for $200 if I wanted another hobby of hunting ammo 3 days a week.

I did however have to beg them to send me the parts back, apparently Bersa wants them to destroy any firearm they can't repair under warranty...

Now I have these pieces, maybe i'll display the slide somewhere. The bore is still nice and shiny, maybe i'll hammer the barrel out of the frame and keep it for next time I want to make a James Bond pose photo.

mymojo wrote:My dad's a T.V. repairman. Hes got the ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

Spicoli (Sean Penn) from Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[after Spicoli wrecks Jefferson's car]
Jefferson's Brother: My brother's gonna kill us! He's gonna kill us! He's gonna kill you and he's gonna kill me, he's gonna kill us!
Jeff Spicoli: Hey man, just be glad I had fast reflexes!
Jefferson's Brother: My brother's gonna ****!
Jeff Spicoli: Make up your mind, dude, is he gonna **** or is he gonna kill us?
Jefferson's Brother: First he's gonna ****, then he's gonna kill us!
Jeff Spicoli: Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.