Don't feel bad. I recently bought a BERSA THUNDER .380 in Dec. for the wife and she commented on the very same thing when she shot it. The empty mag pushes up on the slide catch, to lock the slide back to prevent really any confusion as to "
IF" your loaded and to display that the mag is empty.
I'm fairly certain that most semi-auto's do the same after shooting. Although now that you mention it, I'm think'n IF you first have the safety on - the slide does return to fully closed cause the hammer never gets cocked or the trigger set in SA.
Have fun. It's a nice little gun to shoot. But be warned....it does tend to hurt the hand a bit if you firing off large quantities of ammo. The wife sticks to about 50-60. Myself, I quit at about 75-90.
