{"id":6611,"date":"2014-01-05T16:20:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T21:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=6611"},"modified":"2014-01-25T10:12:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T15:12:49","slug":"new-smith-wesson-mp-bodyguard-380","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=6611","title":{"rendered":"New Smith & Wesson M&P Bodyguard 380"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Smith<\/a>Smith & Wesson has announced a variant of their popular Bodyguard 380<\/a>.\u00a0 This will be marketed as the M&P Bodyguard 380<\/a>, adding to their Military & Police line.\u00a0 Noticeably absent from this gun is the integral InSight laser.\u00a0 When I first wrote at BlueSheepdog.com<\/a> about the LAPD approving the Bodyguard 380<\/a> for on and off duty use, back in April of 2011, the Los Angeles Police Department had mandated that both the laser and manual safety be deactivated.\u00a0 This version solves one of those requests.<\/p>\n

I am ambivalent about the InSight laser.\u00a0 I have kept mine functional<\/a> and I occasionally use it at the range.\u00a0 The activation buttons’ stiffness can be fixed by inserting a small rigid piece of material (I have seen snips of a Q-Tip shaft used) under the plastic buttons’ cover.\u00a0 I prefer a laser that comes on automatically.\u00a0 Overall, though, for me the laser neither adds nor detracts from the practicality of this handgun.<\/p>\n

I have stated that I have no use for the safety lever on this gun.\u00a0 The hammer-firing DAO trigger has a very long pull that breaks between 8 and 10 lbs, so I am not worried about an ND with the Bodyguard 380.\u00a0 As far as I am concerned, S&W could have just removed the safety as well, but that would cause them to have to produce a safety-added model for those jurisdictions where it is required.\u00a0 Don’t like the safety?\u00a0 Don’t use it!<\/p>\n

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The specs for the M&P Bodyguard are the same as the original gun, except that the new M&P’s weight is listed by Smith & Wesson at 12 ounces and the original BG 380 at 11.85 ounces.\u00a0 Seems like the newer version should be a hair lighter on the scales with the removal of the laser.<\/p>\n

Since the new M&P BG 380 is smaller in the snout, it should fit comfortably in holsters made for Ruger’s LCP or the Kel-Tec P3AT.\u00a0 If you have more than one of these small .380 ACP pistols, reaching into the drawer for a holster may be simplified.<\/p>\n

I think the new engraving on the slide is a nice touch.\u00a0 It is subdued and gives the gun that appropriate Military & Police bearing that runs in the lineage.\u00a0 Other than the above observations, the rest of the “weapons system” (sarcasm, since I actually hate that imprecisely used phrase) remains unchanged…<\/p>\n

…except for the pricing.\u00a0 The Smith & Wesson M&P Bodyguard 380 shows an MSRP of $379.00, a slash of $40.00 from the parent gun’s $419.00.\u00a0 Is the laser really worth just $40.00?\u00a0 Hmmm…<\/p>\n

Update:\u00a0 Got to shoot the M&P Bodyguard at SHOT Show 2014.\u00a0 Short video and comments here:\u00a0 Shooting the M&P Bodyguard 380<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smith & Wesson has announced a variant of their popular Bodyguard 380.\u00a0 This will be marketed as the M&P Bodyguard 380, adding to their Military & Police line.\u00a0 Noticeably absent from this gun is the integral InSight laser.\u00a0 When I first wrote at BlueSheepdog.com about the LAPD approving the Bodyguard 380 for on and off duty use, back in April of 2011, the Los Angeles Police Department had mandated that both the laser and manual safety be deactivated.\u00a0 This version solves one of those requests. I am ambivalent about the InSight laser.\u00a0 I have kept mine functional and I occasionally use it at the range.\u00a0 The activation buttons’ stiffness can … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[34,6,33,4],"tags":[96,198,212,93,499],"class_list":["post-6611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concealed-carry","category-firearms","category-off-duty","category-officer-safety","tag-380-acp","tag-back-up-gun","tag-concealed-carry-gun","tag-smith-wesson","tag-smith-wesson-bodyguard-380"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-1ID","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6611"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6975,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6611\/revisions\/6975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}