It was cool, cloudy, not windy, and a Saturday morning. So we took the Bersa out to play. Husband also took his Springfield GI 1911, and his Sig 230; I took my Kimber Ultra Carry II. And we took the Kel Tec just to see what he could do with it.
The Bersa, in .380, is a very sweet shooter. It has marginally more recoil than his 230, but that's to be expected as the 230 is a heavier gun (although for all intents and purposes is the same size as the Bersa). Neither one has recoil to speak of, however. Even the self defense ammo (Federal 90gr JHP's) was easy to shoot and nicely accurate. Interestingly, though, it likes flat nose FMJ's better than round nose FMJ's, at least in WWB. Go figure.
The Kimber was a bit of a contrast with my first mag (which was SD ammo, Gold Dots). They're lively SD rounds, and I was unprepared after the near-zero recoil of the Bersa. They're close enough in size and weight (obviously the Kimber is heavier when loaded) that I was lulled as to what I'd get with SD in .45. My wrist was not happy with me.
That's ok....I adjusted and it did its usual terrific job.
One failure to feed in each gun; both with SD ammo. Interesting, requires some thought.
Husband shot 10 rounds out of the Kel Tec, that was enough. He can keep all 10 in the green, but it was just not fun to shoot for him.
The Bersa lived up to its expectations, and once I'd put about 100 rounds through it, I was getting 3" groups right around and in the X ring. It's a keeper.
Springmom
The Bersa, in .380, is a very sweet shooter. It has marginally more recoil than his 230, but that's to be expected as the 230 is a heavier gun (although for all intents and purposes is the same size as the Bersa). Neither one has recoil to speak of, however. Even the self defense ammo (Federal 90gr JHP's) was easy to shoot and nicely accurate. Interestingly, though, it likes flat nose FMJ's better than round nose FMJ's, at least in WWB. Go figure.
The Kimber was a bit of a contrast with my first mag (which was SD ammo, Gold Dots). They're lively SD rounds, and I was unprepared after the near-zero recoil of the Bersa. They're close enough in size and weight (obviously the Kimber is heavier when loaded) that I was lulled as to what I'd get with SD in .45. My wrist was not happy with me.
That's ok....I adjusted and it did its usual terrific job.One failure to feed in each gun; both with SD ammo. Interesting, requires some thought.
Husband shot 10 rounds out of the Kel Tec, that was enough. He can keep all 10 in the green, but it was just not fun to shoot for him.
The Bersa lived up to its expectations, and once I'd put about 100 rounds through it, I was getting 3" groups right around and in the X ring. It's a keeper.
Springmom
