Bodyguard 2.0 Owners: Impressions after a few months?

[themherrmanns]

S&W sent me a new guide rod that works perfectly and the customer service person was very courteous.
I replaced the front and rear sights to what I like and it shoots right to POA.
I removed the bumps from the feed ramps and it now feeds everything.
I use a slide racker to assist these 80 year old hands.
Using a Maglula, I can fully load all my magazines.
I can load a magazine into a closed slide by really pushing hard on it and the gun fires and loads fine.
I fixed the magazine problem by clipping and sanding the bottom of the followers on all six of my magazines.

In spite of the problems it came with, I was able to rectify all of them and fully trust my life with it. Even Underwood Xtreme Defender has been foolproof since loading them with two points of contact going into the chamber.

Which “slide racker” are you using?

 

[captainkirkw]

Installed new sites and Recoil spring .. Fixed the issues. Shoots great now 1000% better

I assume you got the XS Sights? Was the recoil spring a replacement from S&W or the Galloway?

 

[captainkirkw]

I've had mine for a little over a month with no issues and 240 rounds through it. I added a Hogue grip and now it fits my hand better and I'll probably get the XS sights but for now I plan on painting the front site bright green as I can't see it as well as I'd like so I think that will help until I replace them.

I've shot it back to back with my Sig P365-380, which is my main carry. I need to take my G42 with me to compare it as well but I know without a back to back comparison that I shoot the GB2.0 better than my LCP Max, which I plan on selling or trading.

My P365-380 is still my favorite small gun and I shoot it better than the BG 2.0 and carry it more often but I plan on shooting the BG a lot more over the next couple of months to get better at it and will swap between the two for my EDC's.

 

[shirleyk]

I've had mine for a couple of months now, and several hundred rounds, both ball and hollow points. No problems. I tend to shoot it low left, but I shoot a lot of small guns low left. I'm convinced it's a "me" problem, not a "gun" problem. Shooting from a bench with my elbows rested results in a POA hit, as does shooting with a laser cartridge. That red dot of laser light, goes straight to the sights.

I had the problem with the recoil spring, but a tip here on the forum taught me to just take a screwdriver and pop the end of the spring under the flange. No big deal and it's just part of the routine now.

The slide was hard to rack at first, but either it broke in, or I got stronger. No more problem. I might rack it 50 times resetting the striker when dry firing with the laser. Again, I don't even think about it anymore.

Same with the mags. They were hard to load, so I used a magazine loader. First an Uplula, then a cheap 3D printed version that was made for the BG-2, that I got off Ebay or about 10 bucks or so. Now I can load the mags by hand, but don't bother too. The mag loaders work just fine and I see no reason to beat my hands up.

The only modification I've done is a Talon Grip. Cheap, easy to install, or take off if I decide I don't like it. So far, it stays.

For a holster, I dug around in my bag O holsters and found an IWB Bianchi Model 100, size 09, originally for a Walther PPK/s that seem to fit the BG2 almost perfectly. A little long, but that's not a big deal to me. I never pocket carry so can't comment on that.

What do you use for dry firing with the laser?

 

[CajunBass]

What do you use for dry firing with the laser?

It's a laser cartridge. Fits right into the chamber and fires a burst of light when the gun is dry fired. Then you reset the trigger and can fire it again. I get them on ebay for about 20 bucks or so. I've had mine for years now. They come in various calibers.

 

[shirleyk]

It's a laser cartridge. Fits right into the chamber and fires a burst of light when the gun is dry fired. Then you reset the trigger and can fire it again. I get them on ebay for about 20 bucks or so. I've had mine for years now. They come in various calibers.

Oh thank you. Ill look in to it