Why are people more cautious carrying a chambered bodyguard 2.0?

[Muffin Man]

I see a lot of people recommend getting the bodyguard 2.0 ts over the nts. Some say the trigger is too light for comfort to carry a round in the chamber with a nts. Or that a ts is safer for pocket carry. I feel like the trigger on my bodyguard 2.0 nts is similar to other strikers, but I don’t know about the pocket carry caution.

I’m planning to pocket carry for the first time using a Alabama kydex pocket holster and a Talon leather wallet holster. Can I trust my bodyguard 2.0 to be just as safe as my Glock 19 when it is properly holstered? Or am I missing something? Thank you.

 

[smoothshooter]

I can answer that question-it’s because the trigger pull is so light. Too light for a pocket gun, in my opinion.
That’s why I ordered mine with the thumb safety. The safety was too hard to flip on and off for practical use when I first got it. But after switching it on and off repeatedly about 2,000 times while watching TV over several nights, it has finally loosened up enough to use while carrying.
If anybody ever comes up with a higher profiled replacement safety lever I will be at the head of the line to get one.

 

[halfmoonclip]

IMHO, the BG2.0 is as safe as any striker fired pistol. It has a firing pin block, and a flippy-doo on the trigger.
IF your holster covers the trigger, you should be fine. It's how I carry mine.
To be doubly sure, put the gun in the holster, before you put it in your pocket.
Moon

 

[TJm15.38]

Why not just trust your Glock 19? I'm certainly comfortable with carrying it or the other two Glocks I own (42 and 21). I can't speak for the Bodyguard 2.0, but I just hear too much bad press about it on this forum and elsewhere.

 

[Captains1911]

It should be as safe as any other striker-fired pistol. The most important thing is to use a proper pocket holster (which you are), and make sure nothing else goes in that pocket other than the holstered gun.

 

[Captains1911]

Why not just trust your Glock 19? I'm certainly comfortable with carrying it or the other two Glocks I own (42 and 21). I can't speak for the Bodyguard 2.0, but I just hear too much bad press about it on this forum and elsewhere.

Comparing a G19, and especially a G21, to a BG 2.0 is apples and oranges. My BG 2.0 has been great so far, other than requiring a sight adjustment. Don’t believe everything you read on the interwebz.

 

[STORMINORMAN]

Perhaps an enterprising company will come out with a BG2 trigger kit with a heavier pull...?

Cheers!

 

[dsk]

People complain about guns when they have a heavy trigger pull. Now we're complaining about one because it has a light trigger pull???

 

[.455_Hunter]

It's not safe to carry.

 

[nam6869usmc]

No problem carrying my BG 2.0 hot.

 

[Cphobes]

I had to get the TS because of MA would have preferred NTS.

This is the first I’ve heard of this.

I carry in a DeSantis holster with one in the chamber. I do engage the thumb safety and train to disengage it when drawing. I have no reservations with carrying.

 

[ImDrRich]

I had to get the TS because of MA would have preferred NTS.

This is the first I’ve heard of this.

I carry in a DeSantis holster with one in the chamber. I do engage the thumb safety and train to disengage it when drawing. I have no reservations with carrying.

What he said.

 

[agksimon]

No problem carrying my BG 2.0 hot.

This looks like the same Muddy River holster I use and look at how it locks on the trigger guard without going near the trigger, very innovative. Mine is a NTS model and I feel 100% safe with it.

 

[GnarlsR2]

What is a "light" trigger pull?

And, who decides what is light trigger pull?

I tested my BG2 with two trigger pull gauges, a Wheeler Digital and a Lyman Digital. Seven (7) pulls each, then averaged equals 4 lbs. 2.4 ozs. That is the heaviest trigger pull of any other firearm I own.

Is it correct to say that withdrawing a pistol in a pocket, with a proper holster, inherently requires more physical dexterity and hand/finger control than any other type of carry? Is a pocket more susceptible to being inadvertently touched, bumped, cramped, or get an object placed in it?

An IWB or OWB holster does not change it's form. Because there are multiple pants with multiple styles of pockets, carrying the BG2 in a pocket should require more diligence, practice, and careful selection of the pants/garment.

 

[smoothshooter]

I see a lot of people recommend getting the bodyguard 2.0 ts over the nts. Some say the trigger is too light for comfort to carry a round in the chamber with a nts. Or that a ts is safer for pocket carry. I feel like the trigger on my bodyguard 2.0 nts is similar to other strikers, but I don’t know about the pocket carry caution.

I’m planning to pocket carry for the first time using a Alabama kydex pocket holster and a Talon leather wallet holster. Can I trust my bodyguard 2.0 to be just as safe as my Glock 19 when it is properly holstered? Or am I missing something? Thank you.

What is “nts”?

 

[agksimon]

What is “nts”?

NTS: No Trigger Safety

TS: Trigger Safety

Mine is a NTS.

 

[smoothshooter]

People complain about guns when they have a heavy trigger pull. Now we're complaining about one because it has a light trigger pull???

A harder trigger pull gives a little more margin for error.
With a pocket gun, even in a pocket holster ( which I use ) the danger rests not in carrying, but drawing and re-holstering under stress.
I have Glocks and 1 BG 2.0, and the BG has the lighter trigger pull by far.

 

[GnarlsR2]

What is “nts”?

LOL.... once in a while I read a 2 or 3 letter acronym in a post and I have to stop and think for a few seconds. When I first saw NTS or nts, the first thing that popped into my head was Not That Smart.

 

[MikeNV]

NTS: No Trigger Safety

TS: Trigger Safety

Mine is a NTS.

No offense, but S&W uses TS and NTS to mean Thumb Safety and No Thumb Safety.

 

[GnarlsR2]

Google's AI is not quite up to date....

Nowhere can I see NTS defined as No Thumb Safety.