Dead-Nuts-Zero
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I have a new (3 mo. old) Bersa .380 with about 300 -400 rounds fired. Today at the range I noticed that the magazine was causing some strange problems that I had not noticed in the past.
When I insert a loaded mag. into the gun, the slide slams shut leaving it cocked, ready to fire. When I finish firing the last round, the slide is not remaining open everytime. I worked the slide several times with an unloaded mag. and the slide slams shut almost every time. It seems that before the slide would always stay open everytime I pulled the slide back with an empty mag. It will not fire without the mag inserted, this is normal and seem to be working properly. I found that if I apply extreme pressure on the bottom of the mag, it works better. I have tried changing the mag spring to different directions and the slide catch spring seems to be ok. I am shooting Magtech round nose with no other troubles.
To you Bersa lovers, is there something I am missing here, or is this normal? I really think it is a bit on the unsafe side having the slide slam shut on it's own, leaving the hammer in the cocked position. I have tried many differnt combinations, on safe, off safe, locked and unlocked etc. but still seems to be a problem in the end. I just don't remember having these problems before.
I keep it clean and wipe it dry after using only a drop of Breakfree where needed. I checked the manual and it does not say (that I can find) what the normal reaction is for the slide when loading or on empty.
I love this gun, and have not seen any bad post from anyone who has one, so maybe I am just overlooking something simple here....help!
When I insert a loaded mag. into the gun, the slide slams shut leaving it cocked, ready to fire. When I finish firing the last round, the slide is not remaining open everytime. I worked the slide several times with an unloaded mag. and the slide slams shut almost every time. It seems that before the slide would always stay open everytime I pulled the slide back with an empty mag. It will not fire without the mag inserted, this is normal and seem to be working properly. I found that if I apply extreme pressure on the bottom of the mag, it works better. I have tried changing the mag spring to different directions and the slide catch spring seems to be ok. I am shooting Magtech round nose with no other troubles.
To you Bersa lovers, is there something I am missing here, or is this normal? I really think it is a bit on the unsafe side having the slide slam shut on it's own, leaving the hammer in the cocked position. I have tried many differnt combinations, on safe, off safe, locked and unlocked etc. but still seems to be a problem in the end. I just don't remember having these problems before.
I keep it clean and wipe it dry after using only a drop of Breakfree where needed. I checked the manual and it does not say (that I can find) what the normal reaction is for the slide when loading or on empty.
I love this gun, and have not seen any bad post from anyone who has one, so maybe I am just overlooking something simple here....help!