Ammo for bersa thunder plus

The rules seem to vary a bit with each gun, but on my BT380s, one of which I've had for six years, and 9UC, I stick with the general rule of American Made, brass cased, and round nosed in FMJs. Like many have complained, the first of my 380s did not like the Winchester blunt nose or the early versions of Buffalo Bore JHPs when the 380 was new. I still don't use either of them, but other report no problems once the 380 is broken in. On JHPs, I've not had any problems, other than already mentioned, but again, American Made, brass cased JHPs for all guns. The guys and gals of the Bersa Chat forum discourage the use of any steel cased due to excessive extractor wear. I've not had a crud build up problem so far. After firing, I clean with home made Ed's Red, followed by a liberal application of non-chlorinated aresol brake cleaner to rinse and use Finish Line Dry Teflon Lube. For street carry I use Federal Premium +P 147gr in the 9 and Speer Gold Dot currently, but being they're being replaced with Corbon DPX, in the 380s as they test out better than the Speers.

Resurrecting an old thread. My Thunder 380 CC model doesn't seem to be sensitive to ammo. I had a few jams (the gun is 2 months old, maybe 300 rds) so I'm not worried. It's new.

I've been concentrating on getting the best BANG for my Bersa since 380 is not the most confidence-inspiring caliber for self-defense. I've shot a lot of junk. Steel-cased ammo, some better Lawman and other various brands. My focus is on the Buffalo Bore brand and its 85 - 95gr HP and a 100gr Hard Cast Lead bullet with a (small) flat nose. I like them but it seems ALL 380 ACP ammo is filthy! My hands are dirty from fooling with my Bersa like I've never seen when shooting my Glocks, Rugers and Taurus.

What I did was polish the heck outta the feed ramp. So much so, that I overlapped it into the edge of the chamber where there was a miniscule seam. Very tiny but a seam, nonetheless.

I polished it all into a smooth, seamless plane from the ramp into the chamber and then coated it all with Eezox dry lubricant which dries dry and smooth. So far it runs flawlessly. But that baby DOES get dirty quickly!

I plan on a bit more experimentation and testing after ammo HOPEFULLY gets easier to find in the near future (fingers crossed). But that BB ammo is a real first class powerhouse. If you don't use the +P stuff too much (as in almost never...) I think all should be all right.