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The Bodyguard was my wife's carry pistol until I bought her a G43. She is slowly converting over. The Bodyguard is a gimmick. The Glock is a self defense gun.
No offense to anyone carrying a BG. It is a personal preference and experience thing. I'm just stating mine.
First, let me say no offense taken at all by your statement, but I'm truly curious why you feel it's a "gimmick"? I don't really enjoy mine as a range gun, but for deep concealment, or as an ankle carry BUG, I've found nothing that is so concealable and light, at least from what's available in MA without paying a fortune, or playing games. I daily carry a LC9s Pro, but there are times when I need something smaller for certain circumstances, and the BG fills that void, so for that reason I will always keep it around.
First, let me say no offense taken at all by your statement, but I'm truly curious why you feel it's a "gimmick"? I don't really enjoy mine as a range gun, but for deep concealment, or as an ankle carry BUG, I've found nothing that is so concealable and light, at least from what's available in MA without paying a fortune, or playing games. I daily carry a LC9s Pro, but there are times when I need something smaller for certain circumstances, and the BG fills that void, so for that reason I will always keep it around.
North, where did you get the pocket clip for the magazine?
I find it interesting that despite all the negative criticism of this pistol, two LGS's said it was a high volume seller.
I have heard many people say the body guard has crappy accuracy. Not True!
I showed this by my previous review done at 50 feet "HERE"
But as a pocket defense pistol 50' would not be what it's designed for,
so I went to the range at shot (2) targets at a distance of 12 feet (using lousy Tula ammo)
View attachment 180849View attachment 180850 Picture #1 & 2 is my Bodyguard 380
View attachment 180852 Target #1 is 12 rounds at 12 feet (note the BJ's card to show size of group)
View attachment 180853 Target #2 is 30 rounds at 12 feet (5 magazines)
Now I did have a few "hard primers" with the Tula Ammo. People often associate that with light strikes.
However in my experience with the Bodyguard any failure to fire,
the rounds showed FULL indent on the primers.
Thus it's the cheap bulk target ammo; not a light strike!
I have NEVER had this issues with quality carry ammo in the bodyguard!