dizzymizzy
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Hi, everyone. I just picked up my first S&W today. I got a 380 Bodyguard (serial EBPXXXX). In truth, this is my first semi-auto pistol (I already own a 357 revolver). I love the concealability (is this a word?) of this pistol. This is why I bought it.
While I was at the gun shop, I put about 50 rounds through it at their indoor range. I did NOT have any misfires, jams, or issues at all. I did not test the accuracy of the laser and only used the built-in sights.
The shots from my first two magazines were all over the target, and even missed once. This was to be expected, however, as I was not familiar with the gun and its extra long trigger pull. The first magazine I caught myself jerking the gun as I anticipated the trigger well before I should have. You must pull steadily and smoothly. That said, my last magazine grouping gives much optimism:
On a 10.25" diameter target, at around 7 yards, three shots were within the 2.5" center bullseye (if the line counts), two more were within the next 1" ring, and the final was just inside the third 1" ring. The grouping maximum was 2.75". See the attached image. The 2s you see on the attached image correspond to the second (final) magazine of my shoot, and the 1s refer to the magazine immediately before. As you can see, I even shot a few bulls-eyes with my penultimate magazine (the 1s).
Of course, this is not the best by any stretch of the imagination, and we can chalk it up to user error/inexperience. However, it bodes well considering it was the 8th magazine ever shot out of this pistol. My groupings got noticeably tighter as I got more familiar with the pistol. The bullets were PMC bronze 90 grain.
I look forward to more training with this pistol.
While I was at the gun shop, I put about 50 rounds through it at their indoor range. I did NOT have any misfires, jams, or issues at all. I did not test the accuracy of the laser and only used the built-in sights.
The shots from my first two magazines were all over the target, and even missed once. This was to be expected, however, as I was not familiar with the gun and its extra long trigger pull. The first magazine I caught myself jerking the gun as I anticipated the trigger well before I should have. You must pull steadily and smoothly. That said, my last magazine grouping gives much optimism:
On a 10.25" diameter target, at around 7 yards, three shots were within the 2.5" center bullseye (if the line counts), two more were within the next 1" ring, and the final was just inside the third 1" ring. The grouping maximum was 2.75". See the attached image. The 2s you see on the attached image correspond to the second (final) magazine of my shoot, and the 1s refer to the magazine immediately before. As you can see, I even shot a few bulls-eyes with my penultimate magazine (the 1s).
Of course, this is not the best by any stretch of the imagination, and we can chalk it up to user error/inexperience. However, it bodes well considering it was the 8th magazine ever shot out of this pistol. My groupings got noticeably tighter as I got more familiar with the pistol. The bullets were PMC bronze 90 grain.
I look forward to more training with this pistol.
