Deacon Aegis
28th January 2006, 04:10
Howdy all,
I spent the day at the range Friday, pumping nearly 700 rounds down the pipe between myself and a buddy from out of town when I witnessed somebody do a stunt from the movie, "Lethal Weapon". I couldn't believe my eyes as the mild pop from the shooter a few stalls down from me burped out another round, completing the smiley face on the silhouette target he had sent down range a few minutes before. As he wrapped up his smiley, you could hear the deep rumbling laugh of a large man and the higher-pitched laugh of his skinny buddy as they marvelled at their hijinks. Well needless to say, my curiosity was up and as I stepped back to the loading bench to begin the long and arduous toll of loading a dozen 1911 and Glock 21 magazines, I got an opportunity to introduce myself and find out what they were shooting.
It turns out the bigger fella had just purchased a new Bersa Thunder .380 based on his research online. Naturally everyone at the front counter dissed the gun when he came in, but on the firing line, he showed them how little they knew as he and his buddy proceeded to giggle themselves silly while producing inch and two inch groups at 7 yards with it. While not exactly being a tack driver by tack driving standards, it was obviously capable of producing the first smiley face I've ever actually seen anyone able to put their money where their mouth was. The friendly shooters were more than happy to show their new toy off to me and let me take a good look at the little beast and I was really quite surprised by the little shooter. I'll probably pick one up this week based on first-hand witnessing it in action, the quality of fit and finish, and the fact that this smaller pistol fit so comfortable in my large hands and didn't bite my thumb when the slide cycles like the Walthers tend to do. This is definately a sleeper and if you're looking for a quality ankle or BG to supplement your 1911 for a truly reasonable price, you'll definately get your bang for your buck out of this little bugger.
I spent the day at the range Friday, pumping nearly 700 rounds down the pipe between myself and a buddy from out of town when I witnessed somebody do a stunt from the movie, "Lethal Weapon". I couldn't believe my eyes as the mild pop from the shooter a few stalls down from me burped out another round, completing the smiley face on the silhouette target he had sent down range a few minutes before. As he wrapped up his smiley, you could hear the deep rumbling laugh of a large man and the higher-pitched laugh of his skinny buddy as they marvelled at their hijinks. Well needless to say, my curiosity was up and as I stepped back to the loading bench to begin the long and arduous toll of loading a dozen 1911 and Glock 21 magazines, I got an opportunity to introduce myself and find out what they were shooting.
It turns out the bigger fella had just purchased a new Bersa Thunder .380 based on his research online. Naturally everyone at the front counter dissed the gun when he came in, but on the firing line, he showed them how little they knew as he and his buddy proceeded to giggle themselves silly while producing inch and two inch groups at 7 yards with it. While not exactly being a tack driver by tack driving standards, it was obviously capable of producing the first smiley face I've ever actually seen anyone able to put their money where their mouth was. The friendly shooters were more than happy to show their new toy off to me and let me take a good look at the little beast and I was really quite surprised by the little shooter. I'll probably pick one up this week based on first-hand witnessing it in action, the quality of fit and finish, and the fact that this smaller pistol fit so comfortable in my large hands and didn't bite my thumb when the slide cycles like the Walthers tend to do. This is definately a sleeper and if you're looking for a quality ankle or BG to supplement your 1911 for a truly reasonable price, you'll definately get your bang for your buck out of this little bugger.