I have been so impressed with the Bodyguard 2.0 that I bought another one. The box has a February 2025 date. Oddly, the serial number appears lower than the one I bought last year. The slide is stamped Maryville, TN and the frame says Springfield, MA. The ramp that is integral with the frame does not have the ridge that my first BG 2.0 has. The sights appear to be centered. I was able to load the 10 round magazine 4 times without the need of a loading tool. I was able to load the 12 round magazine one time without needing a tool. I only could load 11 rounds in that magazine two more times I tried. One time the 12th round made a crease in the top round in the magazine before I gave up.
I went from the store to the range. I checked to be sure there was no barrel obstruction and then loaded up and shot. I fired 10 rounds of Winchester White Box out of a 10 round magazine and 64 jacketed round nose handloads total out of 10 and 12 round magazines. There were no failures to fire, but I had 2 instances where the slide did not lock back after firing all 10 rounds from the flat base magazine. The latch seems stiffer on the new one and/or required the slide to go farther back before latching. This is probably a minor break-in issue.
As most of you know, I did not like the stock sights, so I put XS R3D 2.0 sights on my first BG 2.0. The rear notch of the stock sight is just too wide, and the sights are not high profile enough for my tastes. I did better than before with the stock sights on the new gun, but I still will order XS sights for this gun.
The biggest difference was the trigger pull. My first gun has around 2000 rounds through it, and the trigger pull is very consistent between 4 and 4-1/8 pounds. This new gun has a stiff trigger pull and ranged between 4-5/8 pounds (once) to 5-1/2 pounds, mostly above 5 pounds. This affected my accuracy because I was expecting shots to go off before they did, and my misses were to the left. I probably managed to do better at 15 yards than I did when I first got my first BG 2.0, but it still did not meet my requirements.
My suggestions to anyone who wants to improve their speed and accuracy are to dry fire the gun a lot and to install the XS sights. For people who don't want to buy new sights, at least make your triggers smooth and approximately one pound lighter, which should affect accuracy.
