I bought the Bodyguard 2.0 in February 2025 because I liked the idea of having 10 +1 in my pocket. Right out of the box, I experienced multiple failure to feed with Hornady Critical Defense so I switched over to 99 grain HSTs.
HSTs ran flawlessly until I performed a press check before leaving home one day. The slide seized up and I had a round in the chamber, stuck.
My LGS unfucked my pistol and I proceeded to run two boxes of American Eagle downrange. I get home to field strip my pistol and noticed a piece of my guide rod assembly just sitting there, detached. What the hell?
1,671 rounds later, and I can honestly say I’m not too pleased with this thing. I just wanted to share my experience with what was the 2024 Handgun of The Year. Going to give Smith and Wesson a call when I can.