Trigger job on a S&W Bodyguard 380?

[Dench]

I’ve owned both. The BG is what is is. It’s super lightweight and works…almost always anyway. The G42 is the softest shooting gun i’ve ever owned, but I preferred the BG’s heavy trigger for pocket carry and the G42 feels significantly bigger.

They’re not target guns and I don’t know why people treat them as if they are.

The BG was just poor quality. It feels cheap, the trigger blows and it's objectively not as reliable as a G42

 

[JDL]

Waste of money, waste of time. If it is going to be your carry gun just learn to shoot it, learn the quarks and the guns feel. It is never going to be a target gun and will only be used at close range maybe five feet. Practice point and shoot and the trigger and learn the gun I don't think you will be using this gun in a movie type shoot out at longer ranges, if so you have entirely the wrong gun. Time to rethink.

 

[Coda]

I had one like 15 years ago. Was one of the biggest pieces of shit I ever owned.

If you want a pocket .380 the choice is pretty easy and it's Glock 42.

Glock 42 is a better gun no doubt, but it is bigger and heavier.

For some the difference in size and weight is negligible. But for me as a pocket carry gun, and a gun I take when riding my bike or out for a run the difference is noticeable.

 

[drgrant]

They’re not target guns and I don’t know why people treat them as if they are.

It's not that people think its a target gun, it's that its not that great as a pocket gun in its class.

 

[inerlogic]

the best upgrade i made to my BG380 was to clean it, put it back in its box, and buy a G42
second hand market is so bad for BG380s it isn't worth selling, it sucks so much to shoot it isn't worth carrying,
i'd throw it in the f****** Acushnet river, but then i'd have to fill out "lost/stolen" paperwork, and screw that....

 

[drgrant]

the best upgrade i made to my BG380 was to clean it, put it back in its box, and buy a G42
second hand market is so bad for BG380s it isn't worth selling, it sucks so much to shoot it isn't worth carrying,
i'd throw it in the f****** Acushnet river, but then i'd have to fill out "lost/stolen" paperwork, and screw that....

The only way to get rid of these things is as a trade in at a "smith heavy" shop like FS or similar; if they have a lot of "smith people(tm)* " as clients it will sell fast, otherwise it will shelf rot.


*anyone whose seen this phenomenon before knows what im talking about; it could literally be a steaming turd, but if smith made it it can never be bad.....

 

[Grendizer138]

Perfectly fine 11 oz point-and-shoot gun. Not fun to shoot. Not pretty. Not worth trying to “improve”.

 

[kalash]

This makes no sense. People don't choose the 380 to pocket. We choose the small gun that happens to only be in a 380. You might as well use the 43.

I pocket carry a G43