A Bersa 223 DA with factory walnut grip stocks. The left side of the Bersa 223 slide bears the rollmark: 
"BERSA S.A. RAMOS MEJIA, ARGENTINA" and below that, " MOD. 223 DA CAL. .22 L.R.".  The  serial number 
is located on the left side of the frame, above the trigger, with the legend "INDUSTRIA AGENTINA" immediately 
below, although in some specimens this legend appears on the right side of the slide.

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Sights :

.	Rear	- windage-adjustable, notched blade, dovetailed into slide
.	Front	- staked onto slide

Controls (images are of the similar Model 224 DA):



Parts Diagram :

1. Slide 2. Rear Sight 3. Rear Sight Blade 4. Rear Sight Spring 5. Rear Sight Screw 6. Front Sight 7. Extractor 8. Extractor Spring 9. Extractor Pin 10. Firing Pin 11. Firing Pin Spring 12. Safety 13. Safety Stop 14. Safety Spring 15. Slide Catch 16. Slide Catch Spring 17. Barrel 18. Front Sight Nut 19. Recoil Spring 20. Frame 21. Ejector Pin 22. Hammer Pin 23. Cocking Piece Pin 24. Barrel Pin 25. Grip Pin 26. Ejector

27. Ejector Bushing 28. Disassembly Lever 29. Slide Stop 30. Slide Stop Spring 31. Magazine 32. Magazine Feeder Platform (follower) 33. Magazine Spring 34. Magazine Bottom 35. Magazine Bottom Holder 36. Magazine Catch 37. Magazine Catch Spring 38. Magazine Catch Screw 39. Magazine Safety 40. Magazine Safety Spring 41. Trigger 42. Trigger Spring 43. Disconnector (trigger bar) 44. Disconnector Spring 45. Hammer 46. Cocking Piece 47. Hammer Spring Guide 48. Hammer Spring 49. Hammer Release 50. Right Grip Panel 51. Left Grip panel 52. Grip Screw

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The Model 223DA was the double-action replacement for the single-action Model 223, retaining the latter's 'combat' trigger guard (providing a forward finger rest), and the swing-down disassembly lever on the right side of the frame, but adopting a new tang trigger and a different disconnector bar. 
The earlier trigger safety is gone, and the magazine catch is moved to the vacated location. 
A magazine disconnect safety remains included, and the slide-mounted hammer safety of the second-generation pistols is reinstated.

Disassembly begins with switching down the disassembly lever to allow a full rearward pull on the slide against recoil spring pressure, until the slide leaves frame-rail engagement. The rear of the slide is then lifted slightly up and off the frame and frame-rails, and allowed to return forward, until fully off the the frame and the barrel. Removal of the slide catch and driving out other pins permits further and further disassembly.

The Model 223DA was in production only from 1986 to 1988, after which Bersa's fifth generation of pistols was launched including the Model 23.

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