I happened to be at a convention in New Hampshire yesterday where Smith & Wesson had a dealer table with a wide assortment of rifles and handguns to include their new Bodyguard .380.

I asked the rep what they were doing about the problem of the takedown lever coming out when firing and he acknowledged they are aware of the problem and it has been diagnosed.

He went on to say the takedown lever is held in by a small, straight wire spring much like the Ruger LCP and they have determined that two problems exist.

#1 - the spring needs to be stiffer as the flex in the current one is not remaining seated in the groove of the takedown lever allowing it to crawl out.

#2 - the groove in the takedown lever is not cut deep enough and allows the flexible spring to let go under fire.

He was not sure if this will result in a re-call or repairs will be made as the come in. Initial repairs before they discovered this problem, was to merely replace the spring and takedown lever with the same thing, not fixing the problem.