_____________________________________________________________

A stock Mini Thunder 9 in satin nickel finish. The frame has finger contours built into the frontstrap.


The Mini Thunder 9 is marketed in the United States as the  "Thunder 9 Ultra Compact", and differs
in that it sports an earlier-design, straight frontstrap, as well as appropriate rollmarks. The above
image is of a Thunder 9 Ultra Compact in duo-tone stainless finish.


Another incarnation of virtually the same pistol is sold by FireStorm SGS as the "Mini Firestorm 9", 
which features the newer fronstrap finger-contours. Many thanks to Frank (FlyinGN) for lending 
theabove image of his MiniFireStorm 9 in duo-tone stainless.

_____________________________________________________________
Sights :

.	Rear	- fixed U-type, dovetailed into slide
.	Front	- staked onto slide

Controls :



An English-Language Instruction Manual for the MiniThunder 9 (Thunder 9 Ultra Compact),
including an exploded-view diagram with parts key, and the  disassembly procedure, is available 
for download, from the website of US distributor Eagle Imports.

_____________________________________________________________

Due to a 1994 U.S. ban on magazines exceeding 10 rounds capacity, the earlier Thunder 9 was unable to enter the lucrative U.S. market. That pistol was too large to reconcile with a reduced capacity magazine compliant with the U.S. ban. Neatly addressing both the requirements of the ban and surging consumer demand for a concealable carry pistol, the smaller MiniThunder 9 was introduced in 2000. 

Marketed in the U.S. as the Bersa "Thunder 9 Ultra Compact", and under the FireStorm brand as the "Mini FireStorm 9", its magazines were originally of a reduced 10-round capacity. Only after  the U.S. ban was lifted were the original-spec, 13-round magazines made available there. 

User comment on this pistol model has been nothing short of phenomenally positive, exceeding even the praise lavished on the Thunder 380. It is consistently described as reliable, accurate, comfortable, durable --and its visually pleasing lines are most obvious on this very page.

Like its big brother (the Thunder 9), the MiniThunder 9 is a link-free (tilting barrel), locking breech design, operated via a double-action trigger. The pistol has an aluminium alloy frame with a steel slide and internals. A short accessory rail is built into the frame, ready to accept add-on devices, such as tactical lights and laser aiming modules.
 

--->=o=<---

© 2005 Horge 
All images and content are the property of the webmaster or contributing authors and photographers
and may not be used without owners' written consent.