Bersa Thunder 9 Pro XT Out of the Box to Match Review!
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- This may be the BEST out of the box trigger of any DA/SA gun I have ever handled! Not only is the trigger fantastic it ran flawlessly for 450 rounds and proved to be a sub 2" gun at 25 yards.
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Patrick, thank you very much for the review of our Bersa Thunder Pro XT. We are proud to have such good reviews, in a strict market like USA.
You earned that review!
Que. Bueno que se tomen el tiempo de ver las reviews y sobre todo de responderlas. Tienen tremendo producto! Excelente review para un excelente producto! Saludos desde Uruguay!
Saludos, sepan que han adquirido buena reputacion en USA, personalmente soy fanatico de sus productos y he visto la buena acogida en los "gun range" en el estado de Fl.
I wish that I have heard of Bersa. Great line up with competitive price. Now I am going to try to sell my Glock 19 to buy a Tpr9c.
@@PatrickEKelley3gunfun Seems a good gun for a leftie like me.
Hello Patrick. Because of you i bougth the Bersa Thunder Pro XT. I´ ve had it for months. It´s great. Thank you Patrick.
I still own and shoot that gun. It is a very nice unit.
From everything I have seen and heard, Bersa is the best!
I've owned 3 and each one was:
Super comfortable.
Super reliable.
Very aesthetically pleasing.
Comparable or cheaper than big name guns.
You CAN'T GO WRONG with Bersa.!!
Just bought a Thunder 380 and let me tell you that thing can really shoot. 100 rounds through it using federal and fiocchi and it went bang every god damn time not a single jam.
Bersa's oficial facebook page uploaded this video on their site. Pat you are a star here in Argentina! haha (I didnt tell them to upload it, they just found the video on their own, im surprised)
I am happy to hear that! It is a fine shooting tool!
And now I want a Bersa. Thanks, Pat. LOL
I am impressed with this pistol!
All thunder line guns. they have a 15+1 .380 it’s suuuuper accurate as well I want both this and that one.
Finally a comprehensive review of this gun! I just purchased the standard version of this gun a few months ago after a local gun show... nickel boron coated slide, hammer forged barrel, awesome mags, awesome trigger, and smooth as silk! And all for $500!
It is my fun gun, my home defense gun, and a pretty gun. It actually out shoots my 226!
love the vid!
Excellent! Isn't it great when you buy something the exceeds your expectations! Congrats!
I had been looking at the CZ and it's clones but now I am looking at the Thunder 9XT .
I bought a TPR9C and loved it, but couldn't shoot decent groups. I then bought the full size TPR and was disappointed until I loaded some NATO 124gr. ammo. What a huge difference! This is one of the most accurate and easy to shoot pistols I've ever fired...
Mine likes 124's too!
Pat, that was an excellent review. Now I feel that I must have another Bersa. Thanks for your fine review.
Amazing value in competion pistols.
I feel like a hipster, I had a Bersa thunder pro before it was cool. It feels like in the last 1-2 years these finally are getting noticed.
You are ahead of the curve!
Did not even know they had this model. I have the bersa thunder pro UC 9 and love it. the trigger is known for its very smooth action, and short reset. That price is also a steal for that quality gun.
It is still just as impressive today!
Excellent review. We need more of them I have enjoyed every one and I like the detail you add.
Keep them coming.
That is the plan mister, thank you.
Excellent reviews! I have been watching them over and over again and still can find something new and interested every time I watched! This Bersa Thunder pro xt is definitely on my "most wanted" list👍
Thank you for the views...all of them!
Me encantan las Bersas, es mi futura bebe.....Gracias por el video, Saludos desde Argentina
Looks like a keeper! Interesting DA/SA de-cocker mechanism! I am impressed with its flawless performance and its accuracy. For the most part, my only experiences with Bersa has been with their .380s that show up in the hands of students in my handgun classes. Those have had issues, primarily with defense ammunition so it was pleasantly surprising to see the Bersa 9 run well.
Thanks for your quality commentary and tireless work at getting these videos out to us!
You are most welcome Matt! I just ordered a correct holster for it with an eye toward putting couple thousand rounds through it to see how it holds up.
Great review Pat!
I'm argentinian, and here the Thunder Pro XT is a great success!! I personally think it's got nothing to envy on a CZ Shadow or Tanfoglio/EAA Stock 3 that seem to be so popular now, and at half the price of those or even less!!! (Yeah, it's about 920-950 usd here, but because of import taxes and less-than-scrupulous importers, a CZ Shadow or Tanfoglio is around 1800-2100 usd.. Yes, really.... No, sadly for us argentinian shooters, I'm not kidding.....)
Also, it's not just you that's bothered by the sharp corner on the back making the web of your hand sore. In this video you can see a match from the POV of Gastón Quindi Vallerga (Argentina's first proffessional shooter, at that time working for Bersa, and he's also the Thunder XT "concept designer" let's say) and you'll see he wears a strip of tape to protect his hand in that spot.
th-cam.com/video/3jF4lnZRgT0/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the information. I greatly appreciate it!
hi Pat! amazing review, i got a thunder pro 9mm than its basically the same pistol with a shortener barrel, i really thanks you for being impartial, and demostrate the potential of that pistol
You are very welcome Max! I hope you are liking your Thunder!
Patrick E. Kelley yes i really like!
Great Work Patrick! Greetings from Argentina. Keep it up!
Thank you sir!
Agree Patrick to some extent, that’s why there is snapcaps for this particular purpose. It is stated by most reputable manufacturers that dry firing shortens the service life of certain firearms and wears out certain components faster. The effect it’s not immediate but over time it will show. This is obviously the case with revolvers and da/sa centerfire pistols. Much less so with modern striker fire guns when some actually require dry firing during field stripping and cleaning. Thanks
It's just like my 9mm Utra Compact Pro only longer. Yes you were being honest. My UCP has a great trigger and keep pumping the rounds out!
The Trigger on my Bersa UCP9 is very very close to as good as that trigger. Smooth DA pull and a very short non gritty take up to the wall. Crisp definite break. The Reset is very short. Bet it's not more than a quarter inch of travel till it resets. My Thunder380CC is damn near as good too! I saw a video of the Sig Sauer Legion Series that they are so proud of that the MSRP is around $1400.00!! Lol. They showed off the trigger&Reset and bragged about how good it was. Well, I could tell by watching that my UCP9 is almost identical. I will never buy a Sig when I have an awesome pistol for$420.00. I can buy 3 of mine for the price of theirs!
I’m looking at this pistol the updated version Bersa tpr9 they are not very common but seem to be well made. Thank you for this review!
They are well made.
Nice testing! Regards from Argentina!
Thank you kindly.
I love this gun, shoot with great elegance
It is a fantastic handgun!
Love your gun reviews. I'm totally new into hand guns so I'm amazed by the accuracy and speed you shoot them. Pretty awesome!
Thank you! I love my handguns and have been shooting them in various competitions since 1987.
I have seen quite a few very good reviews on Bersa , I am considering the Bersa Thunder Pro HC .40 Full size for my next purchase ....
Rich Ki. I own a Thunder pro HC 9mm. I friggin love it. No problems yet and have put 600 rounds through it. Mainly white box 115 grain Winchester. 50 rounds 128 grain winchester and 50 rounds of 147 grain hollow point.
My wife carries an Ultra Carry Pro, great pistol.
I am glad she carries, good guys should!
Good pistol
7:51 Nice shots and speed!
Thanks!
Thanks Patrick since watching your review of Bersa ,I have bought a TPR9 , looking forward to talk to you again about my TPR9
I have a strange affinity for these more obscure off the wall metal frame autos. Thanks for the video!
You are most welcome, I hope I can persuade you to subscribe for more!
Crap.....now I gotta get one. Thanks for the video.
You would probably be pretty happy if you did!
I appreciate your honesty & integrity. Thank you. I used to own a Bersa Thunder Ultra Compact Pro 45. I had this particular gun for 18 mos and it spent more time in the warranty center than with me. Numerous things wrong with it. After going to the warranty center for the fourth time, I insisted on and received a replacement. I sold it and have been turned off by Bersas since. It seems like for now you have a good, quality gun in your possession. Hope that continues to be the case for you. As always great video.
Thank you Rich. What was the issue? I will keep and eye out for it.
Could you let Bersa know that the people who go into the woods, would like to have this in 40 super, 45 or 10mm with a tac rail.
Interesting gun. Never heard of it before. Nice video!
Thank you!
Amazing review. Reviews from people that truly enjoy the firearms they're reviewing are much more entertaining and informative. Keep doing what you're doing.
Thank you so much for saying so!
Excelent review and excelent video Sr. Best regards from Argentina. Thank's for talk and show our guns to the world. Hope you enjoy more Bersa guns.
Thank you! I do have one of the compact Bersa 9mm's in line for review.
I've shot SASS matches with the guy running the timer at the beginning. Greatings from Spokane.
Good man.
Thanks Patrick for reviewing the gun i requested!!! Very happy, thanks a lot! I hope everything is well with u and ur family.
You are welcome and we are doing very well!
Brilliant format for gun reviews! Great to hear someones first impressions of a gun without a filter.
Thank you, please spread this channel around and if you would subscribe!
As I've said before, I like Freedom Munitions enough that I'm north of 10K rounds purchased from them. I just wish they loaded non match 230 grain 45 round down to 750-775fps so I could buy off the shelf ammo from them for my Single Stack gun for under $25/box. The 147 reman 9mm runs flawlessly through my XDM Carry Optics gun.
That's a Very Nice Looking Pistol !! In Many Ways !!
Gotta Love 5 Magazines !!!
Great vid! I serve in Law enforcement with a Bersa Thunder pro every day. Bit heavy, not super high quality but shoots great. I shoot mine quite a bit, rifling is almost gone. Saw a lot of problems with them tho. But if you take care of it it will serve you good
metralleta21 we have the same gun issued to us in the San Juan penitentiary system
San Juan Province, Argentina?
@@MrLaizard yes san juan is a province of argentina..in this province made a hi cuality wines
Thank you, you made up my mind, buying one tomorrow!
Hey Patrick, I am from Argentina and I have wanting one of these for a long time it is just that they hard to find here in Canada. I am currently shooting a Grand Power XCalibur wich I really really like, wondering what do you think when you compare these two. Cheers and Ps/ You have the best straight to shooting, no big egos, solid info, no nonsense gun channel. Keep it up! I really enjoy your reviews. Thank you.
As I commented before Im from Argentina and Ive got one. Super pleased with this piece, trigger return spring breaks on occasion if you dey fire a lot but we have life time warranty here.
CZ and Tanfo's do that too.
Really appreciate the review Patrick, thank you for your opinion on this gun. I was very curious how someone with a lot of experience shoots this gun
At 7:51 was a great run with a smooth pick up shot at the end... pat I'm re watching all your videos again I hope you have more out of box to match videos coming. I would love to see you run the new Czp10f and hear your thoughts on it!
Thank you so much! I hope to get a couple more videos out in May. I am wicked busy!
exelente pistola!!! a mi me a dado grandes sactifacciones!!!
Sir, your tips have been helpful and the reviews are top notch! Honest, informative, and entertaining. Will check out your sponsors. Thank you for your work!
Thank you very much, I really appreciate it!
Listening to his speech and watching his motions I feel like once upon a time he worked for UPS or FedEx. Definitely too quick for the post office.
I bought the plain Jane Thunder 9 Pro in two-tone. Freakin' love it, and I often use it as an open carry woods gun. Mine has a much less refined trigger though, but such is the fate of combat pistols.
I am a Power Plant Operator.
But faster than Homer Simpson I see
Patrick, like all your reviews you make me want to buy this gun! Your match reviews are fantastic! Thank you as always! How is your wife feeling? Fingers crossed for her!
Much better thank you!
I don't know why all de cockers don't push up instead of down. Just makes so much sense to me. Cracking review
You just cost my family 499$.. ✊🏿😂 great review!
Sorry about that! However that is a smoking deal!
I'm digging these videos. I notice this borrows some from the 92fs, and I own a taurus pt99 with the same edge on the beaver tail. Wears on the inside knuckle of my thumb after a few hundred rounds. It was made in Brazil, not Argentina, but looks like the exact same tooling.
Could be!
I really enjoy your channel, thank you!
Thank you!
I like how Bersa is producing their Thunders with adjustable Rear sights...I have a UC Pro...with fixed sights...not a fan of the fixed sights.....i wish Bersa would offer these adjustable sights on their website or anywhere just to have options.
I bet LPA has sights to fit.
Patrick E. Kelley .I have to check LPA, Thanks a bunch.
thanks for keeping up with the series!
You bet!
Got 2 Bersa Thunder 9. 1 is Matt finish and the other is Nickel plated.. Matt finish just fired 200 rounds and my Nickel plated till now not tested just inside the vault bought 6 years back.
I saw your review and you have just earned a subscriber wish everyone did unbiased reviews.
Thank you for that, it means a lot to me.
Great Vid ! Beras Thunder came out in 1994 with 15 round Mag. but they dropped it when 10 round Mag. were minatory .
BIG test.serious.big pistol.BERSA I LOVE. BIG SHOOTER MAN PATRICK.
I wonder how he would compare that trigger to the CZ 75B Omega trigger out of the box. I bet the omega is a competitor.....for like $550. Badass gun, love your videos!
I have a couple of very nice CZ with custom trigger work. The Bersa is a different feel for sure. Not better or worse. The mechanics are different which provide a different rate of take up and break.
great review, I will get one this pistol thanks to your review
It still is a heck and a great pistol!
Great review, Sir Kelley.
Keep em comin. Really appreciate the Grand Power reviews. Their triggers are excellent, as it seems this one is, also.
I do love the GP!
One round down the barrel may have stripped that grease out for you. Great video!
Yo tengo una Bersa modelo 62 calibre .22 era de mi abuelo, la uso el, mi viejo y yo...todavia la usamos y anda exelente! tienen muchisima vida util...saludos!
I see that you're left handed... Bersa thunder9 is ambidextrous gun, thanks for the video!
You are most welcome sir!
great video ! Appreciate the testing under match conditions, it's preferable to combat conditions.
Good Video Pat. Thanks for sharing.
Hey pat love these reviews. Really unique and fun. Hope you keep doing them!
With the help of people like you to spread these videos around I will. It is hard to convince gun companies to lend me guns without more "pull" in the form of subscriber numbers. I can't afford to buy them all just to review them.
Excelente Review de un orgullo nacional del que algunos tenemos el lujo de tener en nuestras manos, muchas gracias.
Baretta with fully covered slide and updated barrel
Thunder pro ultra compact 9 mm nice pistol
Very nice gun its look like a smith Wesson 10 mm
Thanks Patrick! Its good to see a straight forward real world review of new products. Bersa is really outside my experience. Any chance you would do a technical breakdown like you did for the Pantera? Comment on materials, fit, finish, execution of the manufacturing? Cudo's!
I think I will. Now if I could just find the time... Thank you.
Lol! I appreciate your conundrum ;) . If you can get to it, it would be interesting to see if it is all milled steel on the inside or cast/MIM. I suppose the M9 is proof an aluminum frame can be durable, but my 1980's brain is apprehensive. Hope to hear you on The Shooters Mindset again soon. You have been their most entertaining guest...
I will do some additional research and see if I can put another video together.
It look likes a next (aka 2016) generation Browning Hi-Power.
my taurus pt 92 in 9 mm & my S &W 45 gen 3 have the same tum safety, I like em. These new gun now a days flip's down. I'm old school lol.I Doe's it have a picatinny rail ?. thanks for all the great videos. Hope you & your wife is doing well, my thoughts & prayers are with you.👍🔫🔫😁
No pic rail. We are doing well...thanks!
Nice defender outdoors hat. looks like I need a bersa also
Great review...love the no nonsense approach. Just subbed. ..keep 'em coming.
Thank you. Will do sir.
Jay Byrd I like the Thunder Pro in 40 . Why ? Get you a 10mm barrel made for it and you will be safe in the woods.
I have this gun.... It is ridiculously accurate.👍👍👍
It's like a weird mix of Beretta 92, Hi-Power, and 1911.
That is a very astute observation sir!
Great review Pat!
Thank you!
Patrick te admiro , saludos desde Argentina.
Thanks for the great review! Subscribed. I've loved my Bersa Ultra Compact Pro 9mm for the last 15 months and it's now my carry gun. I'm very interested in this new XT model. Been looking for a nice affordable range/race gun for fun and some of the Zombie shoots some of my friends have been doing. This might be the gun....
It really is a very nice shooter. I am sure you will love it.
Tanfoglio has no problem producing hand guns in the most popular calibers at a good price. I have no problem giving Bersa, over $700.00 for what I want but I am not looking for a race gun in the bush because it does not work for attacking bear, large cats and wild bore.
Richard Mccain so what models do they have under 700 that's better than this?
Thank you for the video. Bersa is aur pround
Thank you
Definitely check it out. Thanks
Thumbs up! First I've heard of this pistol and it sounds like a good deal. 5 mags! That's too cool.
It really is a solid performer! I am going to shoot a couple more matches with it as I really like it.
Love your reviews Patrick, with my only complaint being there needs to be more. I subscribed this time visiting, I came hoping you'd gotten your hands on the new CZ ... but I"ll just have to wait. Also my shooting buddy is wanting the CZ so I'll be directing him here hoping for a review sometime soonish.
As for the pistol, I didn't consider it flawless performance. The lone light hiccup being the failure to fire. We don't know if that's gun related or not ... I think a LOT more rounds have to go downrange to rule out gun vs ammo. Not so big a deal for match work, but my buddy would be using it all phases, including self protection.
Keep up the good work please, godspeed in all of your shooting!
Thank you to stopping by, I hope you will subscribe. I want to produce a video a week! But>>>>I have a full time job outside of the gun world and buy most of the gun to review them. So that process takes time and money.
make no mistake, I did subscribe and I look forward to all you create. I hit a thumbs up for every review that I enjoy. So far that's been all that I've watched :) I REALLY like the idea of the video ... the concept of a "virgin" gun being loaded for the first time at the LAMR command.
Thank you mister! I truly appreciate your support!!!!
Bersa is awesome. This weapon is better than a 226 and essentially is. This comes with a chrome lined barrel, ambi controls and has been threw military trials exceeding the sig 226 in reliability. The manufacturing techniques used to produce bersa pistols has even been copied for newer sig lines like the 365 etc. You will be charged more for sig only due to the name on the pistol.
Always enjoy these videos!! Well done.
Thank you Mr. Frost. You have been a part of this channel for quite a while. I greatly appreciate that.
Bersa the best
So if you had to choose would you take this over the Canik competition pistol?
Tough choice, but I prefer this gun.
I just got a bersa .45 mini compact
Very cool!
So, this vs HKP30LS, vs Arex Zero 1 T? That's where I'm at. Looking for a DA/SA, or just DAO, with a safety/decocker that offers a thumb rest and square trigger guard.
HK for me.
@@PatrickEKelley3gunfun Thanks! I've been trying to find one I can physically hold first. And being that they share the same mags as VP9, which I've been playing coy with for years, makes it a strong contender.
Great video Pat. I always learn something!
That makes me smile. Thank you.
sorry to pester you but have you ever found anything useful out about the light strike/double action problem I'm having? I don't know anyone else who owns one of these. Thanks!
I'll try to remember today. You are not pestering, you need info!
I will put it up to my 40 s&w I think bersa is better I would never thought it
Versa never used to be "all that" but...now they are and a bag of chips!
Aguante bersa papá!!!👏👏👏👏👏
Think I want one
Good gun to want!
VERY NICE VIDEO, INFORMATIVE, HONEST AND ENTERTAINING. 😊 I believe you also reviewed the Grand Power X-Caliber awhile ago? How do you rate the Bersa Pro XT against the X-CALIBER? I bought one about 7-8 years ago and I LOVE IT. I let people at the range check out my X-CALIBER and they like it A lot, that's the type person that I am letting people try out something either haven't shot or can't because of cost or unavailablity like my sweet shooting P08 that has a new barrel and Wolff springs. I'm always trying to PROMOTE the 2nd Amendment and the NRA. I do the same when shooting some of my NEAT or COOL 22lr pistols and rifles.😯😉😃😂😂😂 YOU KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND SO WILL I 😊👍