IMO, thats crap - no offense. We run anywhere from 120-150 people through the permit class each week, and I'd say on average roughly 10-15% of those will use a Bersa/Firestorm of some type. We also sell on average thirty Bersa's each week across all models (though majority of which are .380's) and give out free range passes with each one. Not to mention we also have two in our rental fleet that have untold amounts of rounds through them. Needless to say, we see alot of that particular firearm used on the range and a very regular basis. I'd say in the last year I've also seen about... ohh... maybe two dozen Bersa's that had an issue, which Bersa takes care of in a timely manner. In an entire year. That's pretty damn good imo - we see WAY more problems with Kimbers, Taurus's, Phillipino 1911's, Sigmas, Diamondbacks, Kel-Tecs, Kahr's, and Walthers. Do you also ban those apparently unreliable firearms? Hell, I've seen Glocks, Sigs, M&P's, XD/XDM's, and even revolvers of all brands fail on multiple occations. What about those? If your class is so time constrained that a failure is going to set it back that much, maybe consider adding a time buffer in-between classes to take stuff like that into consideration? (I'm assuming you have classes back to back). I'm just pondering at this point, and really I dont mean any offense, just befuddled as why when there are much worse guns out there to blackball. I mean, if it was a Jennings, sure I'd understand but...