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These are the snap caps I used.

So I was dry firing my polymer m&p bodyguard 38 revolver with snap caps and the cylinder and trigger started locking up. So when it did, I manually adjusted the cylinder or trigger to get it back to normal before continuing the dry fire. It slowly started getting worse, and eventually it locked...

I was handling the firearm at home and accidentally hit my wooden table. M&P Bodyguard 38 revolver: Imgur: The magic of the Internet Also, are these chips in the actual metal? Or just the paint?

UPDATE: Always read your gun's manual before using it for the first time. The first time I took it to the range, I did not clean or lubricate the gun and was using remanufactured ammo and had something like a 30% misfire rate! I went home and checked the manual and learned that I needed to...

Sometimes when I close the cylinder, the cylinder doesn't rotate on first trigger pull. Video demonstration. Is this normal behavior? The chambers seem to be aligned, so I think the hammer is striking the current chamber before rotating on next trigger pull, which means the bullet will fire...

Yeah my bodyguard is factory new and I experienced this a little bit. Its trigger reset feels like my m&p shield semi-auto, so once I feel that "click" reset, I tend to immediately smash the trigger again. What I noticed is that if I pull the trigger during the "click" reset, I get a short...

I have the polymer M&P Bodyguard 38 and I've noticed that sometimes if I don't reset the trigger fully before pulling the trigger again, the cylinder cycles but it's a misfire. It's similar to the Ruger LCR revolvers that are known to short stroke. My question is, do J-frame (442/642) triggers...

I would like to know if there are aftermarket grips for the 442/642s like the one the M&P Bodyguard 38 special has. I prefer the grip of the bodyguard over the stock j-frame grips because I can put all three fingers on the grip instead of two. And I do not like the finger grooves. The bodyguard...

I just picked up the m&p bodyguard 38 (polymer revolver) today and have personally experienced a few things, which have also been experienced by other people as mentioned in various online postings. Firstly, this is a reproducible "problem", but when you close the cylinder, and it isn't...

My original post was asking how to hold the old style J-frames such as the 442, 642s, etc. I held one at the shop and I could never figure out how to get a proper, comfortable grip with the stock grips mainly because the cylinder release was hitting my thumb. But when I tried the bodyguard 38...

The J-frame can be improved by moving the cylinder release to the top of the gun so that the cylinder release doesn't rub against the thumb, which is a common problem with old J-frames. Another way it can be improved is by covering the metal backstrap and the backstrap edge with rubber so it...

I'll have to try this, thanks.

Can you post a picture please?

I'm sorry you had bad experience with this revolver, but not everyone has had the same experiences as you.

I rented and shot the new polymer M&P Bodyguard 38 special at the range yesterday, and while I didn't shoot the 442, I held one and went through the action yesterday with it. What I noticed is that with the bodyguard 38, my right thumb is free to grip the gun however I want it to, but with the...