The Official 2nd Amendment Appreciation Thread

[VolAllen]

Is that the Thunder plus or the Thunder?

That's the Thunder. The Plus is sick. I've also shot the BP9CC and that thing was a beast. I really haven't shot a bad one yet.

 

[Sandvol]

That's the Thunder. The Plus is sick. I've also shot the BP9CC and that thing was a beast. I really haven't shot a bad one yet.

You two aren't the first I've heard rave about the Bersa. I thought about ordering one myself. You can get a Thunder from cheaperthandirt.com for under $300.00. I wasn't sure if the Plus would be as reliable. Twice as much firepower though.

 

[Sandvol]

I have a Bersa Firestorm which is a Thunder by another name.

I'm a huge fan of that .380 form factor. I also have a Sig p232SS which is beautiful. Want to add a Walther PPK eventually but from all I read it will be the least reliable and worst trigger of the bunch.

To round it out I'd like a CZ83 and a Beretta Cheetah 85FS (maybe a Makarov for good measure).

Love my Bersa. Sights were crap but I painted the front one orange and repainted the rears white and it helped.

I just bought my first Sig- a P250. A lot of people don't like them because they are double action but NRA raves about them. The smoothest double action pull you'll ever encounter. Those P232's are beautiful. I almost bought a 220.

 

[VolAllen]

You two aren't the first I've heard rave about the Bersa. I thought about ordering one myself. You can get a Thunder from cheaperthandirt.com for under $300.00. I wasn't sure if the Plus would be as reliable. Twice as much firepower though.

I think I paid around $350 for mine awhile back. After shooting it, I was very pleased with the purchase.

I later bought a Walther PPK .380 and felt like I wasted my money after a day at the range lol. Twice as much as the Bersa and is nothing but a jam machine. Oh well...I'm a huge Bond fan so I had to have one.

 

[volinbham]

I'd like to get some pearl grips for my Sig but they are hard to find.

Mine has the stock Hogue wrap around with finger grips

 

[Sandvol]

I think I paid around $350 for mine awhile back. After shooting it, I was very pleased with the purchase.

I later bought a Walther PPK .380 and felt like I wasted my money after a day at the range lol. Twice as much as the Bersa and is nothing but a jam machine. Oh well...I'm a huge Bond fan so I had to have one.

I read somewhere it is caused by faulty magazines.

 

[VolAllen]

I read somewhere it is caused by faulty magazines.

Could be. I've got 2, and iirc it jammed with both lol.

 

[volinbham]

I read somewhere it is caused by faulty magazines.

I don't know about that - seems Intermark's and Smith and Wesson versions all have plenty of stories about being very ammo picky.

 

[VolAllen]

I'd like to get some pearl grips for my Sig but they are hard to find.

Mine has the stock Hogue wrap around with finger grips

I actually like those grips better than the pearls.

 

[Sandvol]

I don't know about that - seems Intermark's and Smith and Wesson versions all have plenty of stories about being very ammo picky.

The magazine being ammo picky? That is what I meant. Not faulty magazines but ammo picky. Is that what you meant?

 

[vol_in_ar]

I'd like to get some pearl grips for my Sig but they are hard to find.

Mine has the stock Hogue wrap around with finger grips

gonna pimp it out

 

[Sandvol]

I actually like those grips better than the pearls.

Those are very lovely guns.

 

[volinbham]

The magazine being ammo picky? That is what I meant. Not faulty magazines but ammo picky. Is that what you meant?

Yes - not a magazine issue. May be angle of the feed ramp or how the mag seats to the feed ramp but its not solved by getting a better mag.

 

[Sandvol]

I've always loved pearl grips. My Dad had a pearl gripped, nickel plated Colt 1911. My brother got it. Just damn.

 

[vol_in_ar]

I think darker grips look better on Stainless and Nickel guns

I just ordered Honduran Burl Rosewood grips for my 4 1911 platforms

 

[Sandvol]

I think darker grips look better on Stainless and Nickel guns

I just ordered Honduran Burl Rosewood grips for my 4 1911 platforms

I think my Dad's 1911 were real mother of pearl grips. He was given the gun by his brother. Don't think he would have ever paid the money for it himself. Show us the pics when you put those grips on.

 

[volinbham]

I actually like those grips better than the pearls.

Well pearls are impossible to find so it will remain stock.

 

[volinbham]

I think darker grips look better on Stainless and Nickel guns

I just ordered Honduran Burl Rosewood grips for my 4 1911 platforms

got a pic?

 

[Sandvol]

My damn brother. I have never seen that gun since my Dad died. Every time I have visited him that gun is nowhere around. He knows I'd steal it.

 

[vol_in_ar]

got a pic?

not yet, he said it would take about a week for each set..
I just sent them yesterday

I sent him 4 stock or pacymahr's I took off the guns for him to use as templates..

He's doing the
Colt Officer's Model
Colt Gold Cup
Colt .380
Colt .22

Here's the before pic

 

[volinbham]

sweet set!

Did the mag work for the .380? The snacks worked for me!

 

[Grand Vol]

I later bought a Walther PPK .380 and felt like I wasted my money after a day at the range lol. Twice as much as the Bersa and is nothing but a jam machine. Oh well...I'm a huge Bond fan so I had to have one.

You can't have a PPK in .380 if you're a Bond fan. You need it in the original .32 ACP since it's like throwing a brick through a plate glass window.

 

[vol_in_ar]

Well pearls are impossible to find so it will remain stock.

A Spresser Stag Grips Home Page

you may try this guy

he's not who I used, but I ran across his site..

the guy I went with only does hardwoods...If they turn out good, I can give folks his contact info

for the stainless walther you should look at a dark buffalo, to make it pop

 

[vol_in_ar]

sweet set!

Did the mag work for the .380? The snacks worked for me!

you know, it didn't
I didn't say anything because you were nice enough to send it, but it wouldn't seat..

So I gave it to a co-worker

 

[Sandvol]

not yet, he said it would take about a week for each set..
I just sent them yesterday

I sent him 4 stock or pacymahr's I took off the guns for him to use as templates..

He's doing the
Colt Officer's Model
Colt Gold Cup
Colt .380
Colt .22

Here's the before pic

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Those look great all black. Is the one at the top the gold cup? No, that must be the 380.