Bodyguard 2.0 - Sight Adjustment

[Captains1911]

I’ve been very pleased with my BG 2.0 except for one thing, it shoots left, as many have reported. At 7 yards the POI is about 4” dead left. I’m sure some will say it’s just me, but it’s not, you’ll just have to trust me.

So obviously the sights need adjusting. The front sight is already a bit off-center to the left, so I thought I’d try moving the rear sight to the right. However, I’ve heard the rear can be very tight and difficult to drift, and I don’t have a pusher tool that will fit this gun.

Any recommendations on what tool might be best, or any other insight on how to best correct this? I’m half tempted to send it to S&W and make them fix it.

 

[geeollie]

MGW Range Master is a fine quality tool that will last forever. This is a top quality USA made item, so it is a little expensive. I shopped Black Friday sales and found a great deal on line from Optic Planet.

Almost every other sight pusher will receive fairly mixed reviews. They can do the job but more fiddling and more chance of slipping due fit, accuracy of the tool and less quality materials used.

 

[snuf]

Just tap the front more to the left

 

[Cphobes]

Used a wheeler sight pusher I got off Amazon to remove my BG2.0 rear sight. Took a lot of force using it.

I've had I think three other sight pushers all failed and/or were returned. The wheeler worked and continues to work perfectly.

 

[Harper]

I second the choice of the MGW Range Master, with a couple caveats. You'll need to buy the shoe adapter MGWSP125 (shown for the Bodyguard .380, this is the one that fits both the original BG and the BG2). You'll also need the optional SP30 Narrow Tip Pusher Block.

The one other thing you'll need, that's not part of the Range Master, are 4 machine bushings with a 3/4" ID hole. This is because although the top of the Range Master will go low enough to reach the little BG2 slide, it will NOT do so by the clamping screws. There is an extra 3/16" or so that the top can be pushed down against the springs, so that it will reach the slide. You can push it down by hand, but there are shoulders on the guide posts that prevent the clamping screws from lowering the top enough to reach the slide. As designed, the clamping screws simply will not move the top down that far. The machine bushings, stacked two on each guide post under the clamp screw bushing, allow the clamping screws to hold the top down in the correct position to reach the sights on the BG2 slide.

 

[GnarlsR2]

My range armorer said they don't use sight pushers. They only use a hammer and punch. They said the pushers cause damage and puts forces on areas that should not be exposed to pressure.

I bought a $6 punch from Ace Hardware and took my Dremel tool to grind the end to perfectly match the surface on the front sight where it is contacted. That took about 15 minutes. I took about 10 light hits and if finally moved. It only took about 5 minutes. I benched it and it improved from 4" left and 2" down to 2" left and 1" down. I will move it just tad more and bench test on Saturday. When I looked at the pushers on Amazon, most had bad numbers for reviews.

The front sight was obviously set too far to the right. I drifted it to the left.

I have not tried to move the rear sight.

 

[geeollie]

My last set of XS sights form about 10 years ago had instructions that cautioned not to install their brand with a pusher.

I do not know on my own but have heard that solid steel sights are OK with a pusher but tritium vials can be broker using a pusher due to the above mentioned forces.

 

[Captains1911]

Just tap the front more to the left

I’m starting to think this might be easier.

 

[Cphobes]

My last set of XS sights form about 10 years ago had instructions that cautioned not to install their brand with a pusher.

I do not know on my own but have heard that solid steel sights are OK with a pusher but tritium vials can be broker using a pusher due to the above mentioned forces.

The XS sights I put on the BG2.0 didn't have those specific instructions and I didn't need a pusher to put them on. The rear sights were loose enough to slide on with minimal finger pressure, fronts were a little stiffer but went on pretty easily.

It was removing the old sights that I needed the wheeler pusher.

 

[agksimon]

My last set of XS sights form about 10 years ago had instructions that cautioned not to install their brand with a pusher.
I do not know on my own but have heard that solid steel sights are OK with a pusher but tritium vials can be broke using a pusher due to the above mentioned forces.

If you push on the base of the sights and not the posts, you won't have any problem with a sight pusher.

 

[lunger]

I drifted my rear sight with a Chinese Wheeler knock off. I would link but no longer available. There are some similar but more than I paid

That being said it was still a bear to move . I had the pusher as tight as I felt comfortable and still had to tap the sight pusher with a nylon hammer. Once it broke loose the pusher moved it.

shoots dead on now

 

[joeb427]

My front sight was a bit to the left. I used a brass punch and a gun hammer. That front sight was tight.

 

[dsk]

I just got a BG2 and it shoots 6" left at 30 feet. I tried both my Amazon sight pusher as well as a brass punch and hammer... no dice. The brass punch actually deformed. I'm afraid to use a steel punch for fear of bleeping up the sight or slide.

It'd sure be easier if S&W simply put the sights on straight to begin with... sounds like they've got the front sight installed too far to the right and the rear sight too far to the left on every single one they've produced so far.

 

[Captains1911]

It'd sure be easier if S&W simply put the sights on straight to begin with... sounds like they've got the front sight installed too far to the right and the rear sight too far to the left on every single one they've produced so far.

Not mine. Like I said, my front sight is off-center the left. My rear sight appears to be centered.

 

[Captains1911]

I just drifted the front sight further to the left. Hopefully that zeroes it and I don’t have to mess with the rear.

 

[halfmoonclip]

The sights are a real bear to move. I have a Real Avid sight pusher, and it has successfully moved/removed sights on a couple 3 BG2.0s, and 3 BG1.0s It required no additional parts, just a careful setup, holding the slide in place.
When the sight is about to move, it makes a really evil sound. But move it does. Don't hesitate to crank on the knob.
I did damage one night sight, installing it on the BG1.0. The ding is slight, and didn't affect sight picture, nor the luminous vial.
I've done sights with a brass drift, and a leather jawed vise. This last is essential; it is about impossible to remove the sights on the BGs just by holding them flat on a bench.
Moon

 

[agksimon]

I use hard rubber inserts in my vise and rubber bands hold popsicle sticks to the slide to fill in the low spots for a better grip.

 

[Captains1911]

Ok so I just ran out and tested it after drifting the front sight further to the left, and now it's dead on at 10 yds, so I am happy. I really like this little gun. In case anyone is interested, pictured below is how far left my front sight needed to go for POI to equal POA (it actually looks more pronounced with the naked eye than in the photo.) The rear sight was pretty much centered out of the box and I didn't mess with it.

 

[smoothshooter]

My last set of XS sights form about 10 years ago had instructions that cautioned not to install their brand with a pusher.

I do not know on my own but have heard that solid steel sights are OK with a pusher but tritium vials can be broker using a pusher due to the above mentioned forces.

Isn’t a hammer and punch more likely to damage the tritium vials than a pusher?

 

[dsk]

I use hard rubber inserts in my vise and rubber bands hold popsicle sticks to the slide to fill in the low spots for a better grip.

Good idea on the popsicle sticks. I'm surprised I never thought of that.