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Thanks for all the comments/help.

J1132s you are right - once I get this bug worked out I will carry with the safety off. I would just like to get the safety to work a little better so I can decock after I have put a round in the chamber. The safety in this pistol is a combination safety/decocker.

Karlog - I actually am about 35 miles south and east of Austin, so south Austin is best for me. I was thinking of McBride's but I don't know anything about them, so if you have any ideas.

Just thought I would let you guys know. Yesterday (Sat.) I called Academy and explained the problem to the guy in the hunting dept. He immediately said no problem, bring it in and they would take care of it. So I will probably take it to them next week and let them have someone check it out.

Wow! Good support by Academy. I'm sure they'll make it right for you. By the way, a good friend of mine has carried his Bersa for about year and loves it, carries CorBon ammo in it. After the first approx. 200 rounds he hasn't had any malfunctions. Keep us posted on the progress of your .380!

JLaw

My Bersa Thunder 380 also had a very tight safety. This subject has been addressed on http://www.bersatalk.com. The remedy is to oil or grease the safety and work it a few hundred times and it will loosen up. I think a tight safety is normal on the Bersa T 380.
The only other characteristic of the Bersa T380 is that it requires a breakin period of about 300 to 500 rounds. At least mine did. I had a few FTE's at 1st but after the breakin period it shoots perfectly. It's a great little gun for the inexpensive price and better or as good as, (IMO) a lot of the more expensive pistols. I have a Walther PPK/S 380 also but I like shooting the Bersa better.
For some reason both the 380 pistols have a wrist snapping recoil. I think the recoil is harded on the 380's than my S & W MP40. And then theres the cost of ammo. 380 ammo has gotten very expensive.
I carry my Bersa sometimes but most of the time it is loaded and in my desk drawer. It's one of my guns that I will always keep.

stash wrote:Karlog - I actually am about 35 miles south and east of Austin, so south Austin is best for me. I was thinking of McBride's but I don't know anything about them, so if you have any ideas.

I am on the other end of town (Leander) so my experiences and recomendations are from very limited knowledge on the south end of Austin.

I have been to McBrides and they have a great selection, but I wasn't all that impressed with the service side of it. It seemed like they knew that they were a high end shop and didn't want to take the time to work with me and let me look at stuff. That worked out fine by me and I bought elsewhere. Although if you want to look at 5 different stocks on the same gun, McBrides is the place to go.

There are some smaller / more helpful shops down south that a friend goes to. I'll see if I can ask him where they are. But it sounds like Academy is doing right by you.