Bersa Firestorm 380 review

[Just Dave]

I picked mine up today and took it to the range.
I like it but I got 2 failures to feed out of 100 rounds. The first one happened while firing and the other while sending the slide home to chamber a round.
I was using Federal 95 grain FMJ.

[rumble phish]

I picked mine up today and took it to the range.
I like it but I got 2 failures to feed out of 100 rounds. The first one happened while firing and the other while sending the slide home to chamber a round.
I was using Federal 95 grain FMJ.

Not bad at all. Every gun requires a break in period.

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[Mytmoss]

I picked mine up today and took it to the range.
I like it but I got 2 failures to feed out of 100 rounds. The first one happened while firing and the other while sending the slide home to chamber a round.
I was using Federal 95 grain FMJ.

Are you using Bersa magazines or aftermarket ? If the latter, lots of complaints about them. I would continue to practice with it and see if the failures go away during break in period. Bersa has a lifetime warranty, I would call them if FTF continue.

[jeremyro]

After reading this thread and thinking about how much my Firestorm kicks, I went ahead and ordered a new recoil spring as well as a set of walnut grips for the gun.

When I got the new recoil spring it was about 30% longer than the old one. The old one only had about 300 rounds on it so it should not be meaningfully worn. I put the new spring in and took it to the range. It was much lighter recoiling and actually comfortable to shoot. I also like the walnut grips quite a bit and they seem to make the grip a little more full in my hands.

It is so much more fun to shoot now. I am not sure what happened with my spring, but for the several of us on here talking about the heavy recoil of the Firestorm, you should look into a new recoil spring.

https://bersa.eagleimportsinc.com/bersa/recoil-spring-1057

[Mytmoss]

[QUOTE=jeremyro;18179624]After reading this thread and thinking about how much my Firestorm kicks, I went ahead and ordered a new recoil spring as well as a set of walnut grips for the gun.

The Firestorm kicks ? I thought the recoil was quite manageable and mild.

[jeremyro]

[QUOTE=Mytmoss;18179640]

After reading this thread and thinking about how much my Firestorm kicks, I went ahead and ordered a new recoil spring as well as a set of walnut grips for the gun.

The Firestorm kicks ? I thought the recoil was quite manageable and mild.

yeah, read the rest of the post. That is exactly what I am saying... It seems like mine was unusual. So I got a new recoil spring... and now it is manageable.... so yeah.

[akjunkie]

I called them yesterday and asked them that very question as their web site is very unclear. They did ask me what my serial number was and based on that information the answer is yes. My serial number starts with the letter G.

On a side note, based on many posts at lots of locations, only order Bersa magazines. The after market ones which are a lot cheaper do not seem to work well.

Stick with MecGar. Got mine at CDNN for $16 but they currently OOS.

http://gregcotellc.com/cart/bersa-thunder-mecgar-magazines-c-157/

[bsg]

thanks for the writeup on your Bersa Firestorm, and there's no doubt that you'll get a lot of bang for your buck.

[Just Dave]

Are you using Bersa magazines or aftermarket ? If the latter, lots of complaints about them. I would continue to practice with it and see if the failures go away during break in period. Bersa has a lifetime warranty, I would call them if FTF continue.

Factory mag. it only happened twice, I'm going to pick up some WWB or UMC ammo and feed a few hundred rounds through it this week or next.

[NorcalGSG]

^I'm going to try a new recoil spring, also. Hopefully I have the same results as jeremyro. We'll see.

[Rizzo]

[QUOTE=jeremyro;18179624]After reading this thread and thinking about how much my Firestorm kicks, I went ahead and ordered a new recoil spring as well as a set of walnut grips for the gun.

When I got the new recoil spring it was about 30% longer than the old one. The old one only had about 300 rounds on it so it should not be meaningfully worn. I put the new spring in and took it to the range. It was much lighter recoiling and actually comfortable to shoot. I also like the walnut grips quite a bit and they seem to make the grip a little more full in my hands.

It is so much more fun to shoot now. I am not sure what happened with my spring, but for the several of us on here talking about the heavy recoil of the Firestorm, you should look into a new recoil spring.

https://bersa.eagleimportsinc.com/be...il-spring-1057/QUOTE]

Thanks for the link.
I just ordered one,
Hopefully it smooths out my recoil.

[rumble phish]

Is this recoil spring that you ordered a heavier spring? I checked out the link and it looks like it's just a replacement of the original. Does anyone know the poundage on the OEM spring?

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[Lonestargrizzly]

The only thing I don't like about this gun is that the field stripping is a little different..

[rumble phish]

How so? The fixed barrel? I've watched a couple of videos on stripping it and it seemed pretty simple. More so than most of my other guns.

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[Lonestargrizzly]

How so? The fixed barrel? I've watched a couple of videos on stripping it and it seemed pretty simple. More so than most of my other guns.

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Have you ever stripped it?