Posted: 6/8/2008 6:37:52 PM EDT
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What are folks experience with the BDA .380acp? My father is thinking about getting one for home defense, keep in the glove box and just plinking (yes, I know there are better pistols for this (like a glock19), but he really likes the BDA and how it fits his hand, so please, no suggestions for other guns) |
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Fantastic handgun. I took my CHL class with a BDA. Very large for a .380 (fatter than a Browning Hi Power) but one of the few double stack .380's. The Beretta 84 and BDA use the same magazines and a few parts interchange. He should also look at the Beretta 84: -"Handfit" is identical. -It has the benefit of being in current production, unlike the BDA. -The BDA safety/decocker is slide mounted like almost all Berettas, while the Beretta 84 safety is frame mounted like all Brownings.  -Most importantly-the BDA has the tiny "half moon" front sight as seen on fifty year old Browning Hi Powers. TOO SMALL FOR SERIOUS USE. The 84 has a better designed FS. The current Beretta 84 is also called the Cheetah. |