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Post by BoW GaCAman on Feb 5, 2016 18:47:31 GMT -5
This question came up on another site... I’m getting ready to purchase my first gun and the guy at the gunshop recommended an S&W Bodyguard 380. Anyone have any experience with one of these and know how they perform? My answer: I don’t recommend most striker-fired handguns, (like the Bersa BP .380, and others) due to the *‘Glock leg’ phenomenon (Google that) many come with. I also see no point in buying a gun like the S&W, now that the SCCY CPX-3 has been released. It is a double-stack, for a lot less money. I’d try one on for hand size and if it’s too large for you, go with the Smith. What many don't realize about the SCCY company and I just found out myself a few months ago is that they're actually set up to produce hundreds of thousands of guns a year, unlike Kel-Tec and some of their other smaller so-called 'competitors'! SCCY Marvel: The All-New CPX-3 Pistol Note: the Smith is the black one; the SCCY, the blue *See next thread/comment.
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Post by BoW GaCAman on Feb 5, 2016 19:00:15 GMT -5
*'Glock leg' articles: *Glocks are hardly the only striker-fired handguns lacking a manual (thumb) safety, today, but are just so much more numerous (in the millions) as they've been around about 30 years, now. As time goes on and more of their competitors sell guns that essentially 'clone' the Glock trigger/internal striker hammer system we can expect to see more of these kinds of incidents happen. Glock (and now, competing design companies) refuse to acknowledge that the super-light trigger combined with the striker hammer is dangerous when not backed up by an external (manually operated) safety. That being so, there will be no end to the increase of self-shootings until the triggers are made heavier or a thumb safety is retro-fitted to these kinds of handguns.
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