The reset, and subsequent single action pulls are short and very crisp. Although fairly long, the DA pull’s quite smooth with no grit or hang-ups throughout the process. on my Lyman scale, with about 25mm of travel. The first, double-action pull clocked-in at 7 lbs. That’s because the Pro XT is a Double-Action/Single Action (DA/SA) firearm. The Pro XT’s trigger reminded me of my struggles with my duty Beretta 92FS (before Wilson Combat’s gunsmiths breathed on it). Insert the magazine carefully and the slide stays back, but slap it in at all and the slide automatically came forward every time. No one else had thumbs that reached that far the slide locked back for them, as it did for me when I used a thumbs down grip.Īlthough there’s no real magazine feed well for the pistol, the magazine well itself is slightly beveled. I asked a few other people to shoot the gun. using my standard grip, the slide never locked back on an empty magazine. With my size large hands, a good high grip on the gun with my thumb on top of the safety meant my thumb was riding the slide lock/release. The Thunder 9 Pro XT’s thin but bright front sight is easy to track and pops right out, but it’s small enough for accurate work in either fast or slow fire. The bright front sight stays visible the whole time. In fast fire - and this gun will fire fast - the small amount of rise in the muzzle falls down quickly. For a range/competition gun, it can’t be beat. I’ve been a fan of this set up since Dave Dawson put one of his Dawson Precision front sights on my Ruger SR1911. The Pro XT’s sight set-up consists of a red fiber optic front sight and a fully adjustable serrated flat ledge rear sight. It’s about half an inch longer than the duty version, with a corresponding distance between the sights. The Pro XT is set up as a racier version of a duty gun. That’s exactly what is supposed to happen, but I never quite got used to it again. Since I never use the safety on my Beretta (I had it shaved flush), and I’m so used to my 1911s, STI 2011s and my FNX-45 Tactical, I continually put the hammer back and attempted to safe the weapon, de-cocking it. With the hammer back, push the safety back up and it safely drops the hammer, de-cocking the pistol. Take the safety off, pull the trigger and a long trigger pull levers the hammer through its motion. With the safety on and the hammer down, nothing happens when you pull the trigger. That big safety is also a de-cocker (more like the Beretta 92FS than the FN America FNX).
They are extremely similar - once again proving that there’s been little new in popular handguns in the last 60 years. If you look in the slide, it’s pretty obvious why this gun reminds me of both my Beretta 92s and my FNX-Tactical. More importantly, the Pro XT’s put together very well. Lock-up is good, despite the wear, and there are no tool marks or gross chattering in the gun. This is a T&E gun, so it’s not the firearm’s first rodeo. Opening the Pro XT up, I discovered obviously signs of wear on the internals. I found the short distance between the safety/de-cocker and the very large slide lock/release to be more of a bug than a feature. The magazine release can be swapped to either size. The controls are mostly ambidextrous, with the safety/de-cocker on both sides along with the slide lock/release. The Pro XT’s light recoil obviates the need for an extended beaver tail. Those big, sharp, ugly controls grabbed my thumb and made manipulation quick and sure, with a bare hand or a glove. Other cuts in the Pro XT’s frame bring the controls below and out of the way of my support hand. The serrations in front of the Pro XT’s trigger well are a welcome tactile index point for my trigger finger. It gives the shooter plenty of room for a gloved finger while still allowing for a deep undercut. That Pro XT’s trigger’s oddly angled trigger well looks wrong, but works right. Serrations both fore and aft help lock my hands in place. (There’s a lesson in there for you.) The Argentinean handgun snuggled into my oversized hand like a well-worn catcher’s mitt. The grip isn’t pretty, but it fills my hand with plenty of room to spare at the bottom. While it may not be a looker, the Pro XT feels great. And that’s what it felt like too, but in many ways even better. When I look at this gun, I see High Power-CZ75-Beretta 51/92-FNX. The Thunder Pro 9 XT is based on the now ubiquitous Browning/Petter action. The Bersa guns I shot previously were all based on direct blow-back actions, completely suitable for smaller cartridges. The all-black model (not shown) would be the more elegant choice. I generally like two-toned guns, but the light grey Cerakote of the XT’s frame looks cheap next to the dull black slide and grips. The Pro XT’s frame is an odd match of flats, edges and curves, with cut-outs and angles deployed with near random abandon.
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