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We got 3 experienced shooters and we cannot get this thing to hit POA. It's hitting left POI no matter what we try with grip or finger placement. At 25Y it was 4 left C and 1 A for me. And I consistently shoot 2.5-3.5 inch groups at 25y with full-size pistols. |
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Originally Posted By Fooboy: We got 3 experienced shooters and we cannot get this thing to hit POA. It's hitting left POI no matter what we try with grip or finger placement. At 25Y it was 4 left C and 1 A for me. And I consistently shoot 2.5-3.5 inch groups at 25y with full-size pistols. It’s a 10yd pocket pistol. Treat it accordingly. |
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Originally Posted By Fooboy: We got 3 experienced shooters and we cannot get this thing to hit POA. It's hitting left POI no matter what we try with grip or finger placement. At 25Y it was 4 left C and 1 A for me. And I consistently shoot 2.5-3.5 inch groups at 25y with full-size pistols. Drift your front sight with a punch, mine needed it |
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Originally Posted By JupiterMaximus: It’s a 10yd pocket pistol. Treat it accordingly. Negative ghost rider. My BG 1st gen. Point of aim point of impact at 25yrds My 442 point of aim point of impact at 25yrds My P365 point of aim point of impact at 25yrds My LCR point of aim point of impact at 25yrds Along with my CM9, LCP 2nd gen, shield 1st gen etc etc etc. You get the point. There seems to be an issue with the BG 2. My front sight is hanging off the left side of my pistol and I'm just now getting point of aim point of impact at 25 yards with this thing |
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Originally Posted By JupiterMaximus: Was I talking to you? For some reason I don’t believe you. Oh, sorry. Thought this was a public forum. My mistake. Just Google BG 2.0 shooting left. It's a pretty big sample size saying it shoots left of point of aim |
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Originally Posted By walldj45: No point debating it, a lot of the guns shoot left. My front sight was visibly not centered. Couple seconds with a punch and it's fine. Yeah but alot of guns shoot left due to shooter error, the BG 2.0 shoots way..way left with experienced shooters. Was the front sight off center? Yes. But even centered mine was still shooting left. And I've shot alot, alot of pocket pistols. My KT P32 can shoot a c zone steel silhouette at 25. But this thing is a literal foot left at 25 |
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Originally Posted By NOTaBot: Yeah but alot of guns shoot left due to shooter error, the BG 2.0 shoots way..way left with experienced shooters. Was the front sight off center? Yes. But even centered mine was still shooting left. And I've shot alot, alot of pocket pistols. My KT P32 can shoot a c zone steel silhouette at 25. But this thing is a literal foot left at 25 How much practice did you have to do before you got "proficient" at 25yd shots with any pocket pistol? None of them are made for 25 yd shots. Anyone who thinks they are is kidding themselves. The BG 2.0 is so small and thin, I think a lot of shooters just aren't getting a proper grip on the thing. Consistent left shooting is a problem for a lot of people with Glocks too; until they get used to them by attaining a proper grip. |
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Originally Posted By cttb: Use or dowell or something similar to cycle the spring a couple hundred times. Originally Posted By cttb: Originally Posted By brownbomber: I can't get the 12th round into the magazine - that's a hell of a spring in there. Use or dowell or something similar to cycle the spring a couple hundred times. I have 11rds loaded, inserted into the pistol. If I still can't get the 12th round in after a few days, I'll compress is with a dowel. Thanks! |
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Originally Posted By Blacktoothgrin: Use a loader for tight mags. Shooting low and/or left is almost always shooter error. These. I thought mine was broken in both these ways. I was wrong. A LULA will load that 12th round. Put it in the gun and let it sit. It breaks in. After really bearing down and watching the sight I saw it was me, not the gun. A good many of these seem to have off center sights, they may need adjusting. I have had to center CZs too. |
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I went to the range today. I shot 79rds of Winchester White Box ammo, with no stoppages. I shot 178rds of Precision One ammunition, loaded with a Hornady XTP hollowpoint - I had 2 failures to feed early on, and I *think* both were with the 12 round magazine, and they were both XTP hollowpoints that choked. After switching to using the 10rd mag exclusively, there were no more failures. The 12 round magazine is really an 11 round magazine, for me. I tried pushing down on the 11th round to set the spring, pushing on it with a 1/4" crescent wrench, which destroyed the case. I think I will stick with 10rd magazines. It was shooting low and left, like a lot of people are reporting, but I did manage a couple of bullseyes at 7-10 yards, so I think I probably just suck at shooting it. I'm not unhappy with it. Recoil is surprisingly docile out of it. |
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Originally Posted By TkFF: mine shoots left too. drifted front sight and now its poa at 7 yards. This. Both my BG2.0's had the front sight misaligned so were shooting left. Had both front sights centered and now they shoot POA. ETA: 12th rd in the 12rd mag definitely needs a loader to fully load. |
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Originally Posted By jmt1271: I have had an LCP Max since release and like it. But I'm thinking I want to get one of these and compare. Anyone know who has good pricing currently? Buds $399.00 |
I bought a BG 2.0 on December 12th after watching this shooting review of the gun.  Bodyguard 2.0 | The Best Pistol I've Shot in Years, Seriously. I made it 1/2 way through the video. Note he mentions his front sight was not centered. Mine is also not centered.  I blew through my little stash of 380 ammo and now need to get a couple 1000rds of practice ammo. I'm still getting around to adjusting / centering my front sight. |
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Anyone know of a good magazine carrier for this yet? I ordered a Vedder. Tried it today in every reasonable appendix location, and the magazine carrier was awful. It comes to a point for absolutely zero logical reason, and jabs no matter what I do, and is an inch longer than it needs to be. On top of that, the material around the retention screw makes it so wide, its unusable from the 8-10 location. I'd need to add over an inch of belt length to make it work there, and I don't want to carry it there anyways. Its frankly just not a well designed pouch. Any other known options out there? |
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I just ordered 2 holsters for my BG 2.0. An Alabama Front Pocket Holster - best pocket holster out there in my opinion. https://alabamaholster.com/product/front-pocket-holster/ And a Crossbreed OWB Mini Slide Holster - my 1st Crossbreed holster. https://www.crossbreedholsters.com/product/minislide-owb-holster/ I use this Wilderness Tactical Basic Pocket Mag Pouch (BPMP) for all my carry guns. It goes in my off hand front pocket. https://www.thewilderness.com/magazine-speedloader-and-ammo-carriers/the-basic-pocket-mag-pouch-bpmp/ With my Glock 43X - 1 spare mag and a flashlight.  With my Ruger LC9s Pro - 2 spare single stack mags and a flashlight:  |
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Originally Posted By Marksman14: Anyone know of a good magazine carrier for this yet? I ordered a Vedder. Tried it today in every reasonable appendix location, and the magazine carrier was awful. It comes to a point for absolutely zero logical reason, and jabs no matter what I do, and is an inch longer than it needs to be. On top of that, the material around the retention screw makes it so wide, its unusable from the 8-10 location. I'd need to add over an inch of belt length to make it work there, and I don't want to carry it there anyways. Its frankly just not a well designed pouch. Any other known options out there? I just had a small business person make me a holster and horizontal mag holder and you can tell it was made by hand they are great quality and both pieces where 100$ shipped and I had them in a . I ordered from Facebook holsters buy~sell~ trade. You can see a pictures of mine there. look up zack James on Facebook |
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Originally Posted By Rickypoole: I just had a small business person make me a holster and horizontal mag holder and you can tell it was made by hand they are great quality and both pieces where 100$ shipped and I had them in a . I ordered from Facebook holsters buy~sell~ trade. You can see a pictures of mine there. look up zack James on Facebook Can you translate that to I just turned 40 please 
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Originally Posted By KissMethod17: Honestly, I am glad its not cut for an optic. Even in today's world some pistols just shouldn't be cut for one, or at least have a SKU that isn't along with an optics ready model. I’m so tired of the “ is it milled for a red dot “ It’s a up close and personal gun. Learn to use iron sights. 10 yards and in. |
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Originally Posted By bossco14: I hoping someone will make a better trigger for the B2.0 |
| I find the stock trigger to be just fine without much to complain about. If anything, the reset is a bit longer than I expected, but in shooting is not even noticeable. I plan to keep the pistol completely stock. Currently carrying it as I speak and it spoils me compared to the full size Beretta 92 I typically carry. I aesthetically find the pistol to be just right and hope that its slide and frame form factor carries on to others. I think the slide's aesthetic design is better than the Shield, 2.0s, and most certainly the awful looking carry comp slides. |
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My FFL was running a year end sale .so I made a couple purchases. Front sight on mine appears centered but only one way to find out for certain. Attached File Attached File |
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Attached File Extractor broke on mine and came off the gun under recoil. Striker safety plunger flew out too. I think I found most of the parts but I can't tell if there should be a spring for the extractor, or if the part of it that broke off is supposed to provide tension against the pin in the slide. |
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Second trip to the range with the Bodyguard 2.0. I put 150 rounds of PMC, 20 Federal Punch and 20 Sig V Crown. Zero malfunctions unlike with the Fiocchi. The Sig ammo was a little more accurate for me than the Federal and also felt slightly softer on recoil. Since reviews on both seem to be pretty good I'll stick with the V Crown for carry. |
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Originally Posted By castlebravo84: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/367135/1000003541_jpg-3427095.JPG Extractor broke on mine and came off the gun under recoil. Striker safety plunger flew out too. I think I found most of the parts but I can't tell if there should be a spring for the extractor, or if the part of it that broke off is supposed to provide tension against the pin in the slide. @Castlebravo84  Smith and Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 slide disassembly |
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Originally Posted By Brok3n: Have they made aftermarket night sights for these? I'm not a fan of the stock setup.. I would like info on this too. A friend brought his over today to shoot. He was having issues hitting with it. 4 inches to the left at 30’. Had to drift both the front and rear sights to get it poa/poi. He has some vision issues and can’t see the orange front sight and really wants to change it out for a green. I showed him my green Trijicon HD’s on my Shield and he wants something similar. I haven’t been able to find anything for the BG2 plus he said he’d like a rear sight that is narrow enough that you can’t drive a bus through it, lol. BTW it ate everything we fed it 100% including 250 rounds of my 2.8 gn Bullseye reloads. Good shooting little gun. I might have to sell a Ruger or 2. |
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Originally Posted By Southrnshooter: I would like info on this too. A friend brought his over today to shoot. He was having issues hitting with it. 4 inches to the left at 30’. Had to drift both the front and rear sights to get it poa/poi. He has some vision issues and can’t see the orange front sight and really wants to change it out for a green. I showed him my green Trijicon HD’s on my Shield and he wants something similar. I haven’t been able to find anything for the BG2 plus he said he’d like a rear sight that is narrow enough that you can’t drive a bus through it, lol. BTW it ate everything we fed it 100% including 250 rounds of my 2.8 gn Bullseye reloads. Good shooting little gun. I might have to sell a Ruger or 2. Originally Posted By Southrnshooter: Originally Posted By Brok3n: Have they made aftermarket night sights for these? I'm not a fan of the stock setup.. I would like info on this too. A friend brought his over today to shoot. He was having issues hitting with it. 4 inches to the left at 30’. Had to drift both the front and rear sights to get it poa/poi. He has some vision issues and can’t see the orange front sight and really wants to change it out for a green. I showed him my green Trijicon HD’s on my Shield and he wants something similar. I haven’t been able to find anything for the BG2 plus he said he’d like a rear sight that is narrow enough that you can’t drive a bus through it, lol. BTW it ate everything we fed it 100% including 250 rounds of my 2.8 gn Bullseye reloads. Good shooting little gun. I might have to sell a Ruger or 2. I ran another 50rds of 90gr PMC Bronze FMJ through mine at dusk last night - no issues. That tiny front night sight is dim and hard to see. |
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Finally got around to shooting mine today, despite already carrying it for about a week.  This thing is the best little carry gun on the market. It is easy to pull shots left due to the diminutive grip size. If I took my time and remembered the fundamentals, I was POA/POI. If I was trying to shoot faster, I was pulling shots left. Just the nature of tiny guns with tiny grips IMHO. My hand was cramping after a while just due to the grip size. It is mechanically capable of pretty decent accuracy. I was able to hit a 50y 2/3rds size IPSC silhouette about 80% of the time off hand as long as I wasn’t rushing my shots. I even scored 1-2 hits on the 50y 8in steel. Reliability wise, 100 rounds down the tube without a hitch. A couple of those were 10+1 and 12+1 for good measure. Essentially, it’s as pleasurable and easy to shoot as a tiny pocket gun possibly could he. Manual of arms wise, it handles like a big gun which I appreciate immensely. It’s still a tiny pocket gun though, and I think people need to keep that in mind. |
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Originally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: Finally got around to shooting mine today, despite already carrying it for about a week. This thing is the best little carry gun on the market. It is easy to pull shots left due to the diminutive grip size. If I took my time and remembered the fundamentals, I was POA/POI. If I was trying to shoot faster, I was pulling shots left. Just the nature of tiny guns with tiny grips IMHO. My hand was cramping after a while just due to the grip size. It is mechanically capable of pretty decent accuracy. I was able to hit a 50y 2/3rds size IPSC silhouette about 80% of the time off hand as long as I wasn’t rushing my shots. I even scored 1-2 hits on the 50y 8in steel. Reliability wise, 100 rounds down the tube without a hitch. A couple of those were 10+1 and 12+1 for good measure. Essentially, it’s as pleasurable and easy to shoot as a tiny pocket gun possibly could he. Manual of arms wise, it handles like a big gun which I appreciate immensely. It’s still a tiny pocket gun though, and I think people need to keep that in mind. does this thing actually fit in a pocket? Like say a decent size pocket in a Carhartt type coat? |
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Originally Posted By DV8EDD: does this thing actually fit in a pocket? Like say a decent size pocket in a Carhartt type coat? Originally Posted By DV8EDD: Originally Posted By BuckeyeRifleman: Finally got around to shooting mine today, despite already carrying it for about a week. This thing is the best little carry gun on the market. It is easy to pull shots left due to the diminutive grip size. If I took my time and remembered the fundamentals, I was POA/POI. If I was trying to shoot faster, I was pulling shots left. Just the nature of tiny guns with tiny grips IMHO. My hand was cramping after a while just due to the grip size. It is mechanically capable of pretty decent accuracy. I was able to hit a 50y 2/3rds size IPSC silhouette about 80% of the time off hand as long as I wasn’t rushing my shots. I even scored 1-2 hits on the 50y 8in steel. Reliability wise, 100 rounds down the tube without a hitch. A couple of those were 10+1 and 12+1 for good measure. Essentially, it’s as pleasurable and easy to shoot as a tiny pocket gun possibly could he. Manual of arms wise, it handles like a big gun which I appreciate immensely. It’s still a tiny pocket gun though, and I think people need to keep that in mind. does this thing actually fit in a pocket? Like say a decent size pocket in a Carhartt type coat? I’d say so. It’s smaller that it looks in pictures. I’m not much of a pocket carry guy but I threw it in my pocket to take it out and shoot it and it carried fine. I’d get a good pocket holster though, it’s got a typical striker trigger. |
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Originally Posted By DV8EDD: does this thing actually fit in a pocket? Like say a decent size pocket in a Carhartt type coat? I'm a bigger guy at 6-3 230 but it fits easily in jeans or cargo pockets for me. Even with a relatively large Muddy River pocket holster. |
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I'm not a big guy by any means I'm 5'11" about 175 and it's fits in snugger fit jeans pockets just fine. Shot mine, definitely was shooting low and left, but once I kicked my own ass and remembered fundamentals I was at POA POI at 10 yards. Decently accurate, just was struggling to shoot it accurate with how small the grip is. GTG in my books either way. Put about 200 rounds of Magtech thru it without a hiccup. |