.380 Accuracy????

[The_Sheriff]

Hello everyone,

I have a bersa .380 and I have found it to be my most accurate gun in my handgun collection (5 guns). I am always hearing about how terrible of a round it is and how it is un accurate and all. What is everyone else's thinking on it?

 

[BattleChimp Potemkin]

The bersa And the .380 round are great in accuracy. Any 9mm size round key to accuracy is a long bearing surface in regards to it's ogive. You will be suprised at the accuracy and power one can attain from .380 if they handload (seems like a "why" situation, but its actually fun!).

 

[Wang]

I have a Bersa and so does three of my co-workers and they all perform fine and are accurate also. The only thing I have heard about the .380 is that it isn't that powerful of a round. I like the Bersa and it is one of my carry guns. It is a very nice gun for the price.

 

[Mad Magyar]

I find that the .380 rd is extremely accurate for most shooters...There is an old adage that shooters fear two things: recoil & noise...I think that explains it...less anxiety, more relaxed....My .380 is in a PPK...

 

[presspuller]

Mine is fairly accurate. I can hold 1.5-2 inch groups if I really pay attention.
I may need to try it off a bench just to see what it will do.

 

[pbearperry]

All calibers are accurate if you can accomplish good trigger control and maintain a good sight picture.

 

[Pilot]

I reload for .380 and get exceptional accuracy out of both my Russian Commercial Makarov and Beretta M84FS. They shoot well with factory ammo too.

 

[DWARREN123]

I think the Bersa .380 with good ammo is an accurate handgun within it's limits. The Bersa .380 ACP is a underrated firearm in my opinion.

 

[EricShelton]

While I've heard that .32 ACP is "inherently more accurate", I tend to think that ANY modern firearm and/or caliber are more accurate than I am...

Glad you're so happy with your Bersa!

 

[smirnoff a]

Fixed barrel is another factor in good accuracy.

 

[Disaster]

Fixed barrel is another factor in good accuracy.

That is a bit of a myth. One of the biggest hindrances to accuracy, in an semi-auto, is play between the sights and the barrel. Both fixed barrel and tilt barrel's have play. In many instances the play is worse with a fixed barrel because the slide has lots of play. In a tilt barrel system, the barrel cams tight against the slide at the front and reduces the play...yielding more consistency from shot to shot.

Fixed barrel .22's and some gas operated autos are a different story because they usually have the sights fixed to the barrel.

Having said that, my Bersa .380 is pretty darn accurate too.

 

[smirnoff a]

Very interesting. I was always under the impression that fixed barrel guns were more accurate. Well, I guess I learned something new today.

Thanks,

 

[makarovnik]

My .380's are probably the most accurate guns I have. My next most accurate gun is my Hi-Point .45acp. I attribute this to a slow moving bullet combined with a fixed barrel.

 

[XDKingslayer]

I have two .380s a Bersa and a Taurus. The wife will make most people look stupid with the Bersa. The Taurus can't accomplish minute of pie plate at 15 yards but it's a barrel crown problem.

 

[KyJim]

My Bersa .380 is accurate enough for it's intended purpose -- a concealed carry defensive weapon. It is not one of my most accurate pistols, however. I'm certainly not complaining about it, however.

 

[MICHAEL T]

Bursa are very accurate pistols. I reall wish people would stop under estimating these pistols. member on bersa Talk won 9mm/380 class on a pistol league with his poor crappy cheap 380 Thunder. Same pistol now over 6000 relieable rounds with only a recoil spring change.
http://bersatalk.com

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

I don't think the .380 ACP is inherently inaccurate. I have a Beretta 86 that will shoot one-hole groups. Most autos in this caliber are blowback-operated and therefore have fixed barrels (as does my Beretta), eliminating the barrel/slide lockup variations from shot to shot that tilting-barrel recoil-operated autos often have.

 

[RyanM]

Those fixed barrel guns tend to be surprisingly accurate. They'd probably be even moreso if the slide was seperate from the sights.

 

[spiroxlii]

My Bersa Thunder 380 is a joy to shoot, and I am more accurate with it than I am with other handguns... including my Bersa Thunder 9 Ultra Compact.

The only handgun I own that I can shoot better with is my Uberti Colt SAA clone, which is a single-action revolver, and that's when I'm shooting weak cowboy loads.

 

[Moonclip]

With a fixed barrel blowback guns there is less factors affecting what could possibly affect the accuracy, the main mechanical factor in a blowback gun being the condition of the barrel probably.

Many blowback autos are small and have small sights though. The Astra 300,400,600 are blowback autos. The larger 400/600 guns are usually quite accurate.