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A stock Thunder 40 in matte finish. Te same pistol has been marketed in the U.S. as the "Thunder 40 Hi-Cap".

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Sights :

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

Controls :





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

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The Thunder 40 was the first Bersa pistol chambered for .40 S&W. The existing Thunder 9 design was simply applied towards the new caliber.

The Thunder 40 was launched during an ongoing U.S. ban on high-capacity magazines which prevented its import to that country. While it would have been feasible to market the pistol with a compliant, reduced-capacity magazine, work was apparently already underway to design a smaller, compliant Thunder 9 (which was also hampered by the U.S. ban). The new pistol was to be known as the Mini Thunder 9, and a near-copy Mini Thunder 40 was launched alongside it. Only with the lifting of the ban in 2004 could the original Thunder 40 be properly brought into the lucrative U.S. market.

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