I agree that this is a ccw gun. I have done many dry fires of the gun and still end up with sore trigger fingers. I have cleaned and lubed it with many types of products and end up the same. My wife and I have 4 380 guns that we carry or have at desk or in car (Taurus TCP, Sig P238, and Walther PK380), and non of them have the high trigger pull of this gun. I have a Lyman trigger gauge and the other guns range in pull from a low of 6 to a high of 8 pounds. The BG380 is off the scale above 12 pounds. My wife can not pull the trigger on it, so if she had to use this gun in self defense, I guess she could throw it at them.

Gary