Some thoughts on the M&P Bodyguard 380

[halfmoonclip]

My 380 BG with a laser is pretty accurate at 30 feet from a rest, but hand held, good luck. I found a smooth complete trigger pull, not trying to guess or feel when it will break works best for me. It is a point and shoot pistol and certainly not a range gun.

I added some Talon grip material to the grip to protect my candy azz hands.

You have it figured out; roll it through, as if you were shooting a revolver. I've gotten some tolerable groups from mine, at defense distances. Do like the size, and it doesn't pound me like an LCP.
Moon

 

[Ridgerunner665]

Another 100 rounds downrange through the Bodyguard 380 today... still 100% reliable and crazy accurate.

All Winchester White Box ammo today.

 

[Boom Vang]

Posters here have this pistol figured out.
-The long trigger pull is a challenge. I'm an old double action revo shooter, so it's not a problem.
-Happy for the safety.....it gets used for things like putting the gun in a lockbox; a quick grab won't find the trigger by accident...though the trigger is deliberate enough, it's not apt to go off anyway. Usually, I just ignore it.
-The gun seems far better made than an LCP, but it is the same size.
-It seems designed for a lot of shooting.

This right here sums up why this is a good little pistol. But if you can't shoot a DA revolver, you won't like the Bodyguard 380.

I've several of these over the years and the only real problem I had was the laser on the original. S&W upgraded it for free to the current Crimson Trace unit. I don't actually want/care for the laser idea, and so when S&W later made a non-laser version, I bought that. Daughter liked the pistol so I had to buy yet another. They all have worked 100% with everything.

The pistol is more accurate than most can shoot it... like everything else usually. If you can shoot, 5-shot groups @ 15 yards are the inside 4", and that is about the accuracy of most bigger service pistols.

 

[halfmoonclip]

This right here sums up why this is a good little pistol. But if you can't shoot a DA revolver, you won't like the Bodyguard 380.

I've several of these over the years and the only real problem I had was the laser on the original. S&W upgraded it for free to the current Crimson Trace unit. I don't actually want/care for the laser idea, and so when S&W later made a non-laser version, I bought that. Daughter liked the pistol so I had to buy yet another. They all have worked 100% with everything.

The pistol is more accurate than most can shoot it... like everything else usually. If you can shoot, 5-shot groups @ 15 yards are the inside 4", and that is about the accuracy of most bigger service pistols.

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That was reassuring. The saga with BG #2 has had a last chapter. I was checking the chamber prior to a fieldstrip, to try some parts swapping with #1. The damned thing gave me a bloody mess when it pinched my index in the E-port. For the 3d time. I cleaned it, went to my local shop, swapped it on another one, took a beating on the deal.
Took this one along to camp for a quick test hop, where it gobbled up four magazines with no drama whatsoever. I'll run some more rounds, to make sure this one runs as well as the first one.
I ordered TruGlos, but won't install them until it's better proved.
Hate to go through all this, but I've tried all the small alternatives.
Moon

 

[halfmoonclip]

Okay, BG#3 went to the range last night, maybe 75 rounds, of all descriptions, including the Gold Dots with the ginormous hollow point. Not a bobble, misfeed, or other problem. Slide locked back all the time.
Pounded the daylights out of the 9 ring of a P29 silhouette (half scale) at 21'.
I just drew the short straw with #2. Enough to make you crazy.
But I do like the BG, for size, accuracy, and relatively mild recoil...a day at the beach, compared to an LCP. And an LCP is the same size.
Moon

 

[W.E.G.]

Bodyguard 380 in watch pocket

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[Larry in wyoming]

It's interesting that I don't find my gen 1 LCP at all objectionable