We love to bash it because it is an
actual piece of shit in real life.
Like you could certifiably use that as a blanket on a BG380.
No, it (usually) doesn't. It's literally the poorest or one of the poorest guns in its class. You got lucky and got one that wasnt broken out of the box, maybe. Or you're a smith
person in which case the smith reality distortion field transmitter is on in full effect. It got to the point when selling to "smith people" that once I politely determined they had that "bit turned on" then I wouldn't waste their time (or mine) trying to suggest anyting better because they weren't going to buy it because it didn't say S&W on the side.
I sold tons of those stupid f***ing things at retail, god only knows why.
The BG 380 as a gun industry thing, from a sales perspective ill tell you it demonstrates the huge value of branding. Because if it wasnt for branding and it had to exist on merit, nobody
would buy that gun. Like as in, ever. This branding also ensures it has at least some trade in value, if otherwise, if held to merit, would be a gun nobody would ever take in on a
trade.
Some guy at S&W marketing: "The BG 380 is living proof of our brand power. Because no normal person would ever buy one of these f***ing things. I mean look, subjectively its a piece of shit... but.... its all offset by the fact that our brand is one of the most trusted in the industry even if it doesnt always deserve that recognition. "
No it doesn't- the trigger is dog shit and the guns made out of f***ing pot metal. Or at least some of the barrels are. There's a seam in the f***ing barrel. Like it was stamped out of a
hot dog press or something.
If you have it and it works its better than nothing. But theres no way that investing money in it is anything other than a fools errand. When you could have just bought an LCP II or whatever, and gotten all that shit for free.