LCP or S&W Bodyguard

[CosmicCoder]

LKLive13: I carry the LCP myself but would love to have a nice Sig P238!

Yeah, I agreee that the Sig P238 is a nice pistol but I decided against it versus the LCP on three criteria:

1. Cost - the P238 is twice the cost of the LCP
2. Weight - the P238 is 62% heavier than the LCP
3. Size - the P238 is 6.6% longer, 8% taller and 34% wider than the LCP​

 

[Cee Zee]

My daughter has a BG revolver. My wife has an LCP. I don't think the accuracy is all that great on either. The laser sometimes doesn't activate on the LCP also. I sometimes carry it myself though. It will do the job for most SD situations. Both seemed to be adequate for those bad breath distance shots. You know the saying, "Two in the chest, one in the head, and even the jolly green giant will fall down dead." Shot placement matters with that level of a gun IMO so practice and try to shoot from close range. BTW my daughter looked at the BG .380 looked pretty good but it was hard for my daughter to rack. No doubt a dose of lube would make that not an issue but then you have too much lube attracting powder residue IMO.

 

[Big Shrek]

The average semi-auto S&W will eat the average Ruger semi-auto for lunch.
Ruger builds for Mil-Spec, so they can eat any ammo...
but loose (Milspec) tolerances mean less precision.
S&W builds for precision...so they can choose which lung they want to pop.
But they tend to be ammo-finicky...find what it likes, feed it that...like a good hunting dog.

On revolvers, it can be a toss-up

 

[Skribs]

I would definitely vote LCP. I've not been impressed with the S&Ws I've seen (I bought mine knowing I was going to be buying aftermarket parts to get it working how I wanted to), and I don't like manual safeties. If a manual safety is what you want, I would save up for a Sig P238.

 

[dickydalton]

I have lots of Smiths but not a Bodyguard. I bought an LCP, added a Sweet Pea trigger, SS guide rod, different springs, Maguts magazine conversion and a Hogue grip wrap. The extras cost me an additional $100 and it is a deadly little piece that hides very well. I haven't found any ammo that jams yet.
(knocking furiously on wood)