I was just out shooting at the ranch with my daughter - home from college yesterday afternoon. She's 21 and petite, but physically very strong. She has not shot very much in her life, but is not uncomfortable around firearms.
We shot my 3 semi-auto pistols - BG 380, Sig 232 380, and Sig 226 9mm at prickly pear cactus at various ranges from 5-22 yards. All 3 pistols were sqeaky-clean and properly lubed. The BG's mags had both been disassembled, cleaned and lubed.
She was quite accurate with both Sigs, grouping tightly with the 226, and put 2 holes in a 8" pear leaf at 22yards with the 232 out of 6 rounds in the mag.
She shot 2 mags trough the BG380. She was hitting the 6-7" dia. cactus quite reliably. However, both mags failed to lock back when empty. One mag failed to feed on the second shot. I fired 3 mags through it right afterward with the same ammo and had zero problems. Both .380s were shooting the same Federal 95gr ball ammo and the Sig never missed a step - nor has it EVER failed to fire, feed, or lock open when empty - no matter what brand of ammo it is fed.
I practice draw & aim extensively with the BG, have probably snap cap dry-fired it about 1400 times, and live fired it about 150 rounds in the 5 months I've owned it.
I feel fully comfortable with the BG as a CC weapon for my own personal use. **However, I would NEVER recommend the BG380 pistol for self-defense to a novice or inexperienced shooter.** If my daughter decides she is ready for a CCW, then I will either get her a J-frame .38, a Sig 232, or small frame Glock to try out and let her make the decision herself.
