My answer really depends on the shooters ability.
For the novice the bersa is better. They're far more shootable, have a more beginner friendly safety a better trigger and ime are much more accurate.
For someone more experienced that's up to speed on what it takes to carry a dao firearm with no safety and can control a fist full o fury that is the pf9 and make hits with it it does provide more power in a very ccw friendly package.
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Wow, I have to completely disagree with you on that one. I feel a DAO pistol is better for an inexperienced shooter than a Walther-type DA pistol due its much simpler operation. With both guns you load a magazine, insert the magazine into the gun and then chamber a round.
With the Bersa/Walther, your choices are then:
If the safety was off when the round was chambered, leave the gun as it is, hammer cocked and safety off (not advisable unless you’re immediately ready to shoot.)
Decock the gun with the decocker and leave the safety on.
Decock the gun with the decocker and take the safety off.
Decock the gun manually with your thumb on the hammer and leave the safety off.
Decock the gun manually and put the safety on.
If the safety was on when you chambered a round, the hammer will follow the slide and the gun will be on-safe with the hammer down.
You can then leave it as it is, safety on and hammer down.
You can disengage the safety and leave the hammer down.
You can disengage the safety and cock the hammer with your thumb.
Then to fire:
If the hammer is cocked and the safety is off, pull the trigger in single-action mode.
If the hammer is down and the safety is off, pull the trigger in double-action mode.
If the hammer is down and the safety is on, disengage the safety and pull the trigger in DA mode.
Once you’ve fired your first shot, you may then do any of the things in the first part above, and not necessarily the same thing you did before. Or you can shoot again in SA mode.
With the Kel-Tec, once you’ve loaded a round your choices are then:
Keep your finger off the trigger and don’t shoot.
Pull the trigger DAO and shoot.
Same choices once you’ve fired your first shot. Finger off the trigger and don’t shoot, or pull the trigger DAO and shoot.
I'll agree that the Bersa is easier to shoot at the range, but I think the Kel-Tec is a *better carry gun.
*Your mileage may vary.