New S&W Bodyguard Series

[asold21]

Anyone know if these are going to be MA compliant or not?

And the evil conspiracy has begun hear atleast 3 low flying helos over the bridgewater brockton area in the past hour. Must be looking for brown supporters.

 

[vellnueve]

If it's just now available in the rest of the country, it'll take a few months to a year to get it compliant in MA.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

I looked at these yesterday and was not impressed. The laser on each needs to be activated by a switch that requires a movement distinct from the presentation grip (less so on the 380 though) which, according to the S&W rep I spoke to at the Shot Show yesterday, is because Crimson Trace owns the patent on that feature. They took was was a borderline useful (or borderline useless depending if you are a glass half full or half empty sort of person) feature on a short range personal defense weapon and rendered it silly by making it impractical to flip it on as you draw. Too bad they didn't spring for Crimson Trace or a patent license.

The cylinder latch is different (a flat piece where the exposed hammer would go that is pushed up with the thumb) and a star that mates with the cylinder rather than a hand.