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Today was 380 day at the range. Took my Bersa Thunder 380 and my Ruger LCP 380 out today. I wanted to cycle a bunch of ammo to do a "shake down" on both pistols. I ran a bunch of RN and as much HP as I could get to make sure of reliability. Started with the (older) Ruger. Fired everything I could throw at it. Zeroed the LaserLyte sight and turned a target center to a big, ragged hole at 5-6 yds. WOW! Not a bad little (and I mean LITTLE) gun. Accurate (laser helped) reliable and no trouble. Did about 100rds of RN PPU ammo and around 40 Starfire HP 90gr. Happy. Shot out to 7-8 yds and some Buffalo Bore 95gr HP to add some zing and it went well, too.
Then I took out the Bersa and figured it would eat the LCP's lunch. Nope!
Shot about 100 PPU RN rounds and had a bunch of jams, FTFeed, FTEject and just generally did more tap and rack drills than shooting! This ain't good. I have NO idea what was causing it. I shot 7+1 & 7 only per mag and then did around 40 Starfire HP with similar results. NOT happy.
Maybe (I really hope so!) it just needs more break in. This was only about the second part of 240 rounds total through the gun. Most at 5-6 yds and then the Buffalo Bore +P 95gr HP at 7-8 yds and accuracy was good but a few problems (FTF, FTE) persisted. At least the new non-Bersa ProMag magazine performed without problems.
All-in-all it was an interesting, if not a bit unpleasant, trip out. Cleaned the guns and they are resting and drying on the table (yes, I'm looking at YOU BERSA!!!) until our next trip. Possibly a couple of weeks will give them (and me...) a new outlook ....
Then I took out the Bersa and figured it would eat the LCP's lunch. Nope!
All-in-all it was an interesting, if not a bit unpleasant, trip out. Cleaned the guns and they are resting and drying on the table (yes, I'm looking at YOU BERSA!!!) until our next trip. Possibly a couple of weeks will give them (and me...) a new outlook ....