S&W bodyguard .380 problems

[adam1125400]

I purchased two S&W bodyguards a few months back and haven't gotten a chance to do to much shooting with this cold weather. Recently, I took both mine and my wifes out to the range and have been struggling with one of them. Failure to feed, failure to eject, stove piping. After 100 rounds through each, I took them inside for cleaning and didn't see anything wrong or different with the one with the problems. I thought possibly it was the ammo, but after taking it out a 2nd time with different ammo, it suffered the same problems. FTF, FTE and stove piping. So now ive got one good shooting bodyguard, and one not reliable. Im very open to suggestions or what is my next step to resolving this problem. I didn't know if I should contact S&W about looking at it, or replacing it. thank you for your time in advance.

 

[Mike Grasso]

Magazines......

 

[tpence2177]

Any chance of limpwristing? Don't really know your history with shooting guns and don't know how you are with small guns.

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[adam1125400]

My wife was shooting the gun on both occasions. After reading more about limp wristing, it could be a possibility. Shes never had a problem with my springfield xds or ruger sr9. I will take the gun out tomorrow and run a few magazines through it and see if this problem continues.

 

[Robert_W]

I had similar problems at least 40% of the time using CCI Blazer Brass. I'm currently using Remington with no problems.

I hope you get it figured out.

Bob.

 

[rwsmith]

You might want to switch

Magazines......

You might want to try switching magazines to see if the same pistol continues to act up.

 

[Rpg]

If it doesn't work, it's no good for sd. Unless you want it for plinking, it's useless.

You have one that doesn't work (you're not the only one).

Send it back to S&W.

I wouldn't fiddle with it.

I would never have confidence in the thing and wouldn't rely on it for the safety of a loved one, even after it's 'fixed', and would get rid of it ASAP.

You would spend more money on ammo to test the 'fix' than you paid for the pistol. To me, that makes no sense.

You bought two: one works. That's a 50% success rate.

Your wife has better odds with a rock than with a pistol you know has a 50/50 chance of working.

Just my opinion, of course.

 

[Arkhog]

Sent mine back twice

adam.....I bought a BG .380 about three months ago. On the first range trip it had failure to do anything. It wouldn't run at all. I sent it back to the factory and they replaced the extractor and extractor spring. Ejection was better but it still had feed problems.

I sent them the gun a second time and told them that I wanted a replacement or a refund. I told them that the least that I would accept would be a new barrel and slide.

They returned the same gun with a new barrel and slide. That move seems to have fixed the unknown issue. I have put a box plus a few extra rounds through it so far. Ammo in .380 is hard to find in my area.

My suggestion would be to send it back as many times as it takes. Good luck and I hope it gets fixed soon for you.

 

[booner67]

I feel your pain, Adam. FTF. FTE. Stove piping. My first BG was shipped back 3 times before they replaced it. Still having same issues with the 2nd even after 500 rounds of torture various ammo.

 

[kramden]

The "NEW" BG 380

Just got the new BG with the "RED" button for the lazer. This is the latest version. Other than the long trigger pull its about perfect. They even now have the Crimson Red Lazer. Got rid of the in-line lazer. And if you want to change it Galloway makes a kit which really improves the trigger pull length.

 

[KSDeputy]

I have a new BG .380, never shot it. I dry fired it once and that was enough. I am not going to put another $ 100 in it to improve the trigger. I will sell it. It is the first DAO pistol I have ever owned. It is doubtful if I ever buy another DAO pistol, but if I do it will be the latest model Ruger LCP which has a much, much better trigger. All of the guns I have are DA/SA, the safety is always off, and it is as safe to carry them that way as it is a revolver.

 

[W.E.G.]

I have two of them.
Purchased within the last year, about 6 months apart.

One of them hates GECO ball ammo (misfire), but runs everything else fine.

Otherwise, each runs great - especially with Hornady Critical Defense ammo.
About 200 rounds various brands ammo through each.

For the purpose I would use such a gun, the trigger is just right.
Long pull, and heavy enough. The safety stays permanently in the OFF position.
I don't understand the interest in diddling with the trigger on a "GET OFF ME!!!" gun.
All you're gonna do with that gun is get it out as fast as you can and pull the trigger as hard as you can.

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