S&W Shield and Bodyguard
 

Today the Mrs. and I went to the LGS to look around. She has finally got over the scare of being robbed last year enough that I talked her into getting a CCW pistol. After careful selection she picked a S&W Bodyguard 380 with the laser. Figuring we would be spending time together shooting and always looking for an excuse I also got a S&W Shied 9mm. I have two .357 revolvers, the GP-100 and LCR so I felt it was time to try a pistol for CCW to mix it up with the LCR. Plus she doesn't like the noise from my magnum revolvers so she will have more fun with me shooting my 9mm.

We should be enjoying some time together shooting by tomorrow. I hope it goes so well she asks to shoot my rifles and finally tries hunting with me. She just said she was a little nervous, I think it is time to move on from being scared by some fool robber however frightening it must have been.

yeah that's scary i'm glad she's ok !! i wish you luck on getting your wife more involved in our sport mine will go bird hunting with me and she makes a great quail flusher but she won't go deer or elk with me maybe i can talk her into turkey hunting n.m. has over the counter tags i used to hunt there every year before we got married ! keep us posted.

I have a 9mm Shield on order. Feels great in my hand and I am looking forward to getting it.

The shooting did go well. We shot in the backyard at some paper targets. She wasn't very accurate with the Bodyguard but she gave it her best. The long DOA trigger will take some time for her to get used to. The laser sight made my groups considerably better than I usually do with a pistol of that size.

With the Shield I put all my shots within a baseball without much effort. We were shooting at 50 feet. I did enjoy the ease of 9mm compared to shooting full power 357 ammo out the 16oz. LCR. We will be going back out soon to shoot a few more mags today.

Both are very easy to carry concealed. The Bodyguard even more so because of its size. The Shield is way more of a shootable and accurate gun. I am very suprised at the accuracy and comfort of the Shield for being in the compact class of pistols. CI you will not be disappointed with it at all.

I do believe I will be using the Shield for EDC and the LCR will be a backup gun in the truck and home.

i had a s&w shield in .40 cal i had trouble with it right from the get go! s&w paid to ship it back right away and i can't remember if it took once or twice to fix it but i lost confidence in it as a carry gun so i sold it. which reminds me i have a couple of really nice holsters that i bought for it if your looking for one let me know and i'll send pic's.

The shop had one with safety in a 40 but I want my wife to learn to shoot and protect herself so I am waiting for the 9 which should be a little tamer recoil wise to come in. I am old school and having a thumb safety is something I need for piece of mind.

Unfortunately I shoot handguns left handed.Thanks anyway muzzlestuffer.

I prefer a safety on auto-pistols as well. IMO the safety on the Shield is stiff enough to not be an issue with accidental movement.

ok no worries thanks for getting back !!

I have the 9mm shield and my wife had the bodyguard 380.

I like the shield, nice trigger, good sights & conceals well. The 380 has a very long trigger pull which for some is difficult to get use to. The sights on the BG are all black and IMO needed to be painted white, which I did. Also the grip is on the slender side.

My wife was never able to get used to the long trigger pull and narrow grip so we traded it in on a sig sauer p238, which she really likes.

d80hunter.,... 50' is a long way for the bodyguard. Move her in to about 10' and see how she does.

I believe in a self defense situation it aint going to be no further than 10' away.

There is a trigger conversion that shortens the pull a little. Google it and you will find it.

good choice on the shield, I got one about a week ago myself and will be getting to a range here soon to get the wife some time with it. Father has the 9 and 40 and will say think the recoil from the 9 will be better for the wife. Plus they have been going on sale locally for $300 so why not buy one when you can get it at that price.

Yeah 50' was too long for her. 10' would be more like it.

I always have a hard time finding holster being a left hand handgun shooter. After browsing online for hours and not finding anything I wanted that was for leftys I went to the LGS and bought a Sticky holster. It will do for now and and enjoy the option to wear it virtually in any IWB position and in the pocket.

Been carrying with the 8 round magazine, I doubt I will ever use that 7 round mag unless certain summer clothing makes it a must.

My wife was the victim of a robbery at an ATM machine. When I arrived at the scene, the first thing that she said was " Buy me a gun, the biggest gun that I can handle ". After looking for a while we settled on a 3 9mms. Two Shields, one with a safety and one without and I got a Ruger SR9c. She carries the Shield with the safety and the other one is a house gun. Took the Shields and my Ruger to our gunsmith and boy did he do a wonderful job on all 3 triggers.

Check out the magguts +1 conversion for your shield mags. Runs ammo flawlessly for me.

I have over 2,000 rounds in my shield (just hit that number last week) and not a single malfunction and has preformed flawlessly with all types of ammo. I tried have my lady get the bodyguard but she opted for a Glock 42. Can't knock her as long as she has something to carry and practice with. I hope y'all have many fun range trips and neither have to use it. All my defensive pistol's do not have a manual safety except my shield (bought it before they made the no safeties) and that one next is engaged. If you have a quality holster and keep that booger hook out of the trigger guard that sidearm will never go off.:s1:

I have my lady practice from 5 meters and in. She only practices at self defense distances for the reason that this sidearm is only meant for self defense.

hey bud how ya felling these day's ?

Picked up my shield 9 yesterday and ran a few mags through. Recoil was good for a small gun and my wife who is learning to shoot liked it. Loading the mags was a bit stiff but after a few loads was OK. Nice gun for the money.

I had mine for almost a month and it has become my everyday carry pistol. A couple of my friends have similar sized guns but are DAO and not as accurate. The Shields trigger maintains surprising accuracy for a pistol of that size.

The bodyguard will take practice and effort to get shooting good groups but the whole purpose of that gun is a point blank defense situation so I am not too worried about it.