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Hope you have better luck than my wife with the BG380. She does about 300 rounds a week through it but it has become increasingly a struggle. Never gets through a session without a FTE or FTF...particularly with the crappy Russian steel casing stuff. Slide stopped locking back after about 500...

Oldcop... My wife put two hundred rounds through it today using OEM mags and ProMag Extended. (Probably has 2,500 through it now.) New springs in the OEMs. Not one time did it lock back after final round. Only 1 FTE though and that was with one mag of cheap Russian stuff as a test. Flawless...

The BG 380 is truly frustrating...love/hate relationship. My wife has one and our trials and tribulations are well documented on this forum...FTE, slide won't lock back, mag issues, extremely picky with ammo etc. SW has been no help. Seems they know there are issues with the handgun and figure...

First off I just want to say that the concern, suggestions and assistance offered on this forum is fantastic! Thanks to all. Just to clean up a few items.... 1 always breakdown and clean the BG 380 after each range trip. 2. breakdown and clean the mags often. 3. just completely cleaned the...

Ranvette... Normally good advice but they haven't before. In fact with the exception of new mag springs they haven't fixed anything. Lot of mailing with no change. However, we will be traveling for a few months starting in May. When we return, my wife is looking at a Ruger LC9s as a...

Trip to range today. My wife put about 125 rounds through the BG. Used three different brands/kinds of ammo. Used full and partial mags. Before the trip, I replaced OEM mag springs with new ones yet again from SW. The mags themselves were cleaned. In addition we tried an extended mag from...

Capt Ron....LOL, I should have purchased your BG380. Put new mag springs in and picked up some more PMC 90gr and will check it out(or rather my wife will) at the range Monday. Your success story gives me hope!! BTW: the issues we have documented on this forum are absolutely true and we aren't...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I agree that the better the ammo then the better the functioning of the BG. However I am surprised that the Freedom Munitions 380acp flat nose seems to work for some of you. I have used their 9mm w/o issue but we stayed away from the flat nose because that...

My wife's 380 has a whole laundry list of issues which I have discussed on this forum. Probably should sell it but we are hard headed and do like the size and accuracy so we will continue to work through the issues. One thing is that it is "picky" about ammo. Ask someone in a gun shop and...

you know I wondered if the Pac grip (that was way too big!) that I purchased from Cheaper Than Dirt was packaged incorrectly...as in a full sized grip put into the 380 package. Actually called them and they said "there is never an issue like that." Reading the responses on here makes me think...

Realize that the BG 380 has a hard .75 inch grip for a reason...small means better concealment. However, the thin backstrap in particular makes it a wiggly handgun to fire rapidly...as a person might have to do in a CCW situation. Tried aftermarket grip sleeves and none of them would stay put...

I have had numerous, continuing issues with the BG380. My post (below) on another thread sums it up. My wife purchased the BG 380 for carry and we both shoot it at the range. I have posted here about recurring issues. They are: 1. lock back after last shot does not work...ever. stopped...

My wife purchased the BG 380 for carry and we both shoot it at the range. I have posted here about recurring issues. They are: 1. lock back after last shot does not work...ever. stopped early and didn't improve even with mags cleaned...new mags...and new springs from SW for the mags. 2. mag...

three layer bicycle innertube grip for my wife's BG380. cut neatly it still shows finger creases and backstrap while cutting recoil dramatically. Again neatly done it looks great and cost: nothing.

expydude... interesting...did that create any failure to feed issues? weaken the spring? heard today from another shooter at the range that there have been SW bodyguard mags out there that had the spring in backwards. heard anything like this and if so, how would a person know it?