S&w bodyguard 380

[alluwant]

I like the look of it but I was wondering if the gun is reliable. Thank you for your information. How accurate have you shot it from.

 

[bobbittle]

Mine was very picky about ammo. Didn't like anything except federal fmjs. It ran perfectly with those and with hornady critical defense which was my carry ammo.

Accuracy wasnt great but that was probably more my fault than the guns.

 

[Swim404]

I have tried a few different types of ammo and haven't had a problem. As for accuracy, the laser is right on. I'm pretty new to guns, but my NRA instructor tried it out and agreed. I love the gun, but it does hurt the nerve in my hand at the base of my thumb if I shoot too many rounds. I am hoping the Hogue grip I got will help that.

 

[BBSparkle]

I have one, haven't had any problems with it, yet. It's my go to carry for CC.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Mine won't eat the Fiocchi, fails to go into battery by 1-2mm. Haven't found any others it's picky with yet, but I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[greyhound47]

Love mine. It is my edc. You can't go wrong as mine is totally reliable and reasonably accurate.

 

[maxmayhem]

i shot a friends about 20 times and was watching him shoot various ammo and it functioned fine...it is more pleasant to shoot than the lcp ....i do not like the laser on it

 

[minx]

EDC, shoots all ammo, but Tulammo. The laser is useless outdoors, but the sights are much better than most mouse guns.

 

[minx]

i shot a friend about 20 times...

Shooting your friends is not a good idea, hope he makes speedy recovery.

 

[Bluedragon]

My girlfriend's brother has one, bought it new a few months back. It has been reliable from what he said and I went with him to shoot it once on the day he bought it. My only complaints along with his is the gun is to small and the recoil was somewhat painful and the double action trigger was heavy for me to shoot it accurately.

On my first attempt at shooting his my thumb tripped the mag release during the recoil and caused the mag to eject onto the ground...

 

[maxmayhem]

well

he didn't seem to mind after about the third shot....had to reload mags twice with this guy

Shooting your friends is not a good idea, hope he makes speedy recovery.

 

[maxmayhem]

fiocchi

a lot of people report problems with Fiocchi in various 380's and with other calibers by my recollection anyway...i wont touch the stuff but someone out there might say im wrong

Mine won't eat the Fiocchi, fails to go into battery by 1-2mm. Haven't found any others it's picky with yet, but I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[smythe012]

I'm trading my Kahr to get a BG380. It was smaller but more accurate. Great gun! And it has a manual safety, something I've come to realize I want in a pocket gun.

 

[padawan]

I'm a DA/SA fan with Sigs and HK's. Love my P230 but was looking for something lighter and somewhat smaller for a pocket.

I was hoping the BG380 would be a sort of mini-P225 DAO.
From what I've read the later models have the kinks worked out.

I'm finding the DAO on the BG messing with my trigger finger muscle memory since I'm used to Sigs and HK's. I find myself pre-staging the trigger which is not desired. Guess it will just take more practice.

This is my first DAO trigger. Any thoughts on lightening the trigger pull?