A Bersa 383DA with original walnut grip stocks.

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Sights :

.	Rear	- fixed notch, dovetailed into slide
.	Front	- staked  onto slide

The left side of the Bersa 383DA slide bears the rollmark: "BERSA S.A. RAMOS MEJIA, ARGENTINA
MOD. 383 DA CAL. 380 ACP",  with the serial number just under that on the left side of the frame,
and the legend "INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA" in turn below the serial number. 


Some 383DA's were designated 'Model 383 A' and were rollmarked using the Bersa logo rather than just the word, thusly:  "(BERSA) S.A. RAMOS MEJIA, ARGENTINA MOD. 383-A CAL. 380 ACP",  with the serial number just under that on the left side of the frame, and the legend "INDUSTRIA ARGENTINA" in turn below the serial number. This variation in markings seems restricted to the  U.S. market attributable to the pistols' having come through a different US importer, RSA  ENTERPRISES, as opposed to the then-typical K-MAX INTERNATIONAL.


Controls :



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 383DA was the double-action replacement for the single-action Model 383, 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 discarded, and the magazine catch moved to the vacated location. 
A magazine disconnect safety remains, 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.

As noted above, some Model 383DA pistols are rollmarked "Model 383-A", and this phenomenon seems restricted to units imported to the U.S. by RSA Enterprises, who would later become the main US importer for all Bersa products. However, at the time, the main importer was
K-MAX International.

The Model 383DA was in production from 1986 to 1988, after which Bersa's fifth generation of pistols was launched and the Model 83 claimed its place as Bersa's current production, single-stack .380 ACP pistol.

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