S&W Bodyguard .380

Locoweed · Post by **Locoweed** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:26 am

New forum: Bodyguard380.com

bgreenea3 · Post by **bgreenea3** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:35 am

So..... is the gun any good?

greener · Post by **greener** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:51 pm

It's great. If you buy one, I volunteer to use my extensive expertise to break it in for you.

Looked at the pics. Actually looks good.

bgreenea3 · Post by **bgreenea3** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:06 pm

I was hoping loco would post a review of it......

greener · Post by **greener** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:18 pm

Is Smith getting into the .380 mouse gun market a bit late?

Baldy · Post by **Baldy** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:30 pm

Right now the .380's are the hottest sellers on the market. The defensive ammo is hard to find around here. I have carried a KT-3AT for about 5yrs now. I always have it on me. S&W might be a little late, but you can bet they will make money at it.

ruger22 · Post by **ruger22** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:09 pm

Ruger has a "Good Things Come In Threes" contest going now where you win an LCP with two extra mags, and a SR9c with one extra mag, and a LCR with a speedloader, all packed in a Ruger range bag.

ALL of that is the grand prize.

The next three prizes are each gun by itself, I forget in which order. I think the SR9c is the second prize, then the LCR, and the LCP is fourth.

You register on Ruger's website.

http://www.ruger.com/

greener · Post by **greener** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:10 pm

ruger22 wrote:Ruger has a "Good Things Come In Threes" contest going now where you win an LCP with two extra mags, and a SR9c with one extra mag, and a LCR with a speedloader, all packed in a Ruger range bag.

ALL of that is the grand prize.

The next three prizes are each gun by itself, I forget in which order. I think the SR9c is the second prize, then the LCR, and the LCP is fourth.

You register on Ruger's website.

http://www.ruger.com/

No need to enter, I've put in the winning entry.

Locoweed · Post by **Locoweed** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:14 pm

Sorry can't post a review. My trigger mechanism broke on the second shot and I'm waiting to send it back to S&W for repairs. Win some, lose some.

Post by **Bullseye** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:30 pm

Wow, I hope that is not an ominous sign.

R,
Bullseye

KAZ · Post by **KAZ** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:32 pm

Well that IS a review of sorts

Not a good feeling when it won't do a follow up shot

Regards

greener · Post by **greener** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:55 am

Puts a lot of pressure on making the first shot count.

It would be interesting to see how fast S&W turns this around.

Python · Post by **Python** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:19 pm

Just my .02 cents worth here...

If I purchased a new firearm and it broke after the first shot I would send it back and get my money back.

I would never trust that pistol again, even if they gave me a brand new one to replace your broken one

Clarence

Locoweed · Post by **Locoweed** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 9:26 am

I'm not ready to demand my money back yet. Like new cars, newly introduced firearms have troubles too. Look at the previous recalls from Ruger, S&W and Remington. It just happens. I'll keep working with this Bodyguard 380 and send it back as often as I have to. I'll want to run about 500 rounds through it to establish reliability before I carry it for self-defense. During the past year I've also gotten lemons from Henry, MSAR and Beretta. Let the buyer beware.

greener · Post by **greener** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:17 pm

I agree with locoweed. I've sent firearms back to S&W and Taurus for fixes. Both seemed to have done a first rate job or the repairs. I wouldn't rely on any firearm for personal defense that I hadn't fired enough to be confident that I could shoot it accurately enough and it would function reliably. I've got a Taurus .380 that had extractor and feed problems. It went back and looks like it's been fixed. However, I still need a few more rounds to assure break in and rely on the fix.