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I stopped at Harvard Sportsmen for the breakfast this morning and brought my Bodyguard.

I shot plates at 20 ish feet and the gun shot great. Like many reviewers said it actually does shoot a bit to the left. I'll drift the sight over this week.
I'll be up in NH one day and can literally sight in the gun off my back porch.

I shot:
50 rounds of factory FMJ with no failures.
20 rounds of Fiocchi Extrema XTP hollow points (loaded with Hornady XTP bullets) with no failures.
75 rounds of my underpowered FMJ reloads with only 1 failure to extract. I can't blame the gun for this. Like an idiot I made up 500 rounds of handloads based on their reliability in only one gun. My LCP max and my P380 Kahr only cycle about 25%, So I'm actually pretty thrilled that I've found a gun I can burn through these in.

Overall, I'm very happy. The slide has smoothed out significantly as has the trigger. Kahr and Les Baer are the only ones who actually will tell you that their guns need a break in period. Regardless. Almost all semi autos run better after they've had a couple hundred rounds through them.

<blockquote data-quote="dcmdon" data-source="post: 9426054" data-attributes="member: 12555">I stopped at Harvard Sportsmen for the breakfast this morning and brought my Bodyguard.&nbsp; I shot plates at 20 ish feet and the gun shot great.&nbsp; Like many reviewers said it actually does shoot a bit to the left.&nbsp; I&#039;ll drift the sight over this week.&nbsp; I&#039;ll be up in NH one day and can literally sight in the gun off my back porch.&nbsp; I shot:50 rounds of factory FMJ with no failures.&nbsp; 20 rounds of Fiocchi Extrema XTP hollow points (loaded with Hornady XTP bullets) with no failures.&nbsp; 75 rounds of my underpowered FMJ reloads with only 1 failure to extract.&nbsp; I can&#039;t blame the gun for this.&nbsp; Like an idiot I made up 500 rounds of handloads based on their reliability in only one gun.&nbsp; My LCP max&nbsp; and my P380 Kahr only cycle about 25%,&nbsp; So I&#039;m actually pretty thrilled that I&#039;ve found a gun I can burn through these in.&nbsp; Overall, I&#039;m very happy.&nbsp; The slide has smoothed out significantly as has the trigger.&nbsp; Kahr and Les Baer are the only ones who actually will tell you that their guns need a break in period.&nbsp; Regardless.&nbsp; Almost all semi autos run better after they&#039;ve had a couple hundred rounds through them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dcmdon, post: 9426054, member: 12555"] I stopped at Harvard Sportsmen for the breakfast this morning and brought my Bodyguard. I shot plates at 20 ish feet and the gun shot great. Like many reviewers said it actually does shoot a bit to the left. I'll drift the sight over this week. I'll be up in NH one day and can literally sight in the gun off my back porch. I shot: 50 rounds of factory FMJ with no failures. 20 rounds of Fiocchi Extrema XTP hollow points (loaded with Hornady XTP bullets) with no failures. 75 rounds of my underpowered FMJ reloads with only 1 failure to extract. I can't blame the gun for this. Like an idiot I made up 500 rounds of handloads based on their reliability in only one gun. My LCP max and my P380 Kahr only cycle about 25%, So I'm actually pretty thrilled that I've found a gun I can burn through these in. Overall, I'm very happy. The slide has smoothed out significantly as has the trigger. Kahr and Les Baer are the only ones who actually will tell you that their guns need a break in period. Regardless. Almost all semi autos run better after they've had a couple hundred rounds through them. [/QUOTE]

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