Athappyhiker
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So took my new S&W Bodyguard 2.0 to the range today for first time. Shot 110 rounds through it (75 FMJ, 35 JHP of two brands).
All shooting done standing at 7 yards. Zero FTE. Zero FTF. One either light primer strike or a hard primer in the off-brand JHP, fired on second try. Ejects cases with authority. Slide locked back on every empty mag. Sling-shotting the slide to chamber a round worked perfect. Yes, loading the last round in the mags is a bit stiff but I'm sure mags will break in. Given how small the gun is, how short the barrel is and how light the gun is...I was very impressed with its shootability. The trigger is very consistent and clean-breaking. Slow-fire I was able to keep 5 shot groups into 2 - 3" groups. Quicker strings opened up to double that. Keep in mind I most often shoot a Glock 19-sized Shadow Systems MR920 so this was a change of gun for me for sure. The JHPs were Hornady American Gunner XTP and an off-brand with more rounded bullet HP profile. Here's some pics. I have a tendency to pull low-right (I'm a southpaw). But when I concentrated my shots were center-mass with the front sight right in the middle of the bullseye. Overall: I'm very pleased with this pistol and can't wait to start carrying it. Oh, BTW, for takedown you don't need to mess with the ejector. Follow Sootch's video - lock slide back, eject mag, turn takedown lever down, release slide (gently), pull trigger & the slide rides forward & off the rails. Reverse to reassemble. Did it multiple times, no problems. Shot after perfect. Heard people are messing up somehow with the ejector lever being raised or lowered & jamming their slide in a forward position.
First shots, FMJ (low flyers were first shots just seeing how it felt):
35 Rounds of JHP (couple low/right flyers on quicker double-taps)
All shooting done standing at 7 yards. Zero FTE. Zero FTF. One either light primer strike or a hard primer in the off-brand JHP, fired on second try. Ejects cases with authority. Slide locked back on every empty mag. Sling-shotting the slide to chamber a round worked perfect. Yes, loading the last round in the mags is a bit stiff but I'm sure mags will break in. Given how small the gun is, how short the barrel is and how light the gun is...I was very impressed with its shootability. The trigger is very consistent and clean-breaking. Slow-fire I was able to keep 5 shot groups into 2 - 3" groups. Quicker strings opened up to double that. Keep in mind I most often shoot a Glock 19-sized Shadow Systems MR920 so this was a change of gun for me for sure. The JHPs were Hornady American Gunner XTP and an off-brand with more rounded bullet HP profile. Here's some pics. I have a tendency to pull low-right (I'm a southpaw). But when I concentrated my shots were center-mass with the front sight right in the middle of the bullseye. Overall: I'm very pleased with this pistol and can't wait to start carrying it. Oh, BTW, for takedown you don't need to mess with the ejector. Follow Sootch's video - lock slide back, eject mag, turn takedown lever down, release slide (gently), pull trigger & the slide rides forward & off the rails. Reverse to reassemble. Did it multiple times, no problems. Shot after perfect. Heard people are messing up somehow with the ejector lever being raised or lowered & jamming their slide in a forward position.
First shots, FMJ (low flyers were first shots just seeing how it felt):
35 Rounds of JHP (couple low/right flyers on quicker double-taps)
