S&W Bodyguard 2.0 vs Sig P238 - A Comparison

[@Gringo111R]

Loved my P238 but as you said in your video its design/controls felt antiquated but its small size made it a keeper for a long time. I'm looking forward to your 365-380 vs BG 2.0 video.

[@michaelsweaney3890]

I ❤️ my P238. I think Im gonna wait a little on the Bodyguard 2.0

[@davidkachel]

Looking forward to your Mercedes Benz vs Golf Cart comparison!! Then the apples vs arugula, and walking vs space flight!

[@marisawallace1764]

@@davidkachel lol! I just want a g42 vs bg 2.0!!

[@Th3BaconNation]

That's going to be part of the video we're filming today. Going to do the BG2 vs a couple other striker fired 380s - the P365 380 and G42.

[@mazepa71]

@@davidkachel a valid and a practical comparison here, no need for sarcasm

[@Kanaloa47]

It’s a fair comparison as both guns fill the same role

[@kevinrichardson8859]

Your experience has to be the exception and definitely not the norm...i have a total of 4....and 2 are P238HD. ..EASILY my BEST shooting 380s...and i have a dozen or more ​@JR-gp2zk

[@jedcoupland8587]

Love by BG 2.0!! Almost 300rds in and it’s been perfect. Gonna sell the LCP MAX ELITE just after I put $100 of mods in it. I do have several complaints, but the BG2 is by far my favorite new gun since the P365 first came out. The rear sight notch is too wide-I know it’s fast but it’s hard at distance. I swear it shoots left but I know it could be all of us. The trigger guard is a hair small, and the mag-release sticks out a bit much for a gun that’s not gonna be needed extended mag-release for fast mag changes (and though I only use kydex, the soft holster folks may see it drop mags). Love the size and capacity and ergos.

[@scottnewton6684]

@@jedcoupland8587 I thought it shot left as well when I fired mine but after adjusting my index finger and concentrating on the front sight it’s the user, not the gun. At least that was the case with me. I think with these small guns and average to large hands your index finger has the tendency when squeezing the trigger ever so slightly pull the gun to the left.

[@Th3BaconNation]

All thin guns I pretty much shoot left with my natural grip due to how I don't get a straight trigger pull with how the gun sits in my hand. With my "thin gun grip" and my form not all skrunched up, I'm usually pretty well on target at that point. Slowing down also helps. I gotta remember to slow it down a little in the range parts today.

[@jsedbe0624]

I have the P238. Awesome weapon for summer carry. Traded my LCP Max to toward the Bodyguard. Waiting to get my hands on the thumb safety version. Looking forward to having a good second option for the summer.

[@SmokeDogNY420]

good vid, the bodyguard release has gone so well it seems unbelievable

[@Jim-oo7dk]

His tactical Corgi!

[@pawnderosapawn]

Great video!

[@Robert-kb8rl]

Great review!

[@TheRobman139]

I’ve got a Springfield Armory 911, a direct competitor to the P238. It is extremely reliable as long as you clean it every 100 rounds. Great firearm. Unfortunately, it was discontinued a couple years ago. The Sig P238 was discontinued this year. The only all metal “micro M1911”-style firearm still in production today is the Kimber Micro .380. Like the Sig P238, it is pretty expensive. Admittedly, the micro M1911 .380 class of firearms initiated by the Colt Mustang back in the 1980s is not very appealing to the current market. I think they’re great but I guess that makes me fuddly. Oh well…

[@Joesizzle442344]

@@TheRobman139 they would be if they made a 10+1

[@Th3BaconNation]

Hasn't that 911 had been discontinued for a couple years now too? I've never seen one on a local store shelf. Its one we'd probably buy if we saw it and the price was fair. The two tone CA version of the P238 might be the last P238 left, but it was hard for me to say one way or the other.

[@TheRobman139]

@@Th3BaconNation Yes, I did mention that in my original comment. It’s a shame, too, as they were only introduced in 2018. I got mine that year, the original version, and I’ve got at least 2000+ rounds through it so far. After an initial 300 round break-in period it has been flawlessly reliable as long as I keep it clean (every 100 rounds). It was my exclusive EDC for more than two and a half years. I have other options now, but I still carry it sometimes, especially when I’m on a road trip, or when discretion is top priority.

[@timburton9514]

@@TheRobman139 I bought a 911 Springfield Armory too. Got it from a friend who is going through a divorce. He’d never fired it! Well I sure have! It’s an awesome gun. Beautiful too! I’m picking up a SnW bodyguard 2.0 tomorrow. I have an original I’ve carried daily for 9 months.

[@crbwell6290]

Your dog appears to need some water and a cool cover.

[@Mike-4547]

Purchased the BG2.0 brought it home cleaned it, and then adjusted the rear sight (all this prior to first shots) took it to the range ran 100 rounds no issues and it shot on point, I’m not an expert marksman but I do good, and only went out to 10 yards. Once companies start making sights for this I will 100% get rid of the original ones.

[@John-xo3gk]

I would try changing the recoil spring on the 238 if you haven’t yet they wear out kinda fast

[@kobudo]

Just picked up my Bodyguard 2 about an hour ago. I won’t have time to shoot it until tomorrow but just judging by the trigger dry firing the Bodyguard seems like a winner to me. My 238 is my current warm weather carry but that might change.

[@mikem2132]

Did you get a chance to try the Bodyguard 2 yet?

[@kobudo]

@@mikem2132 Yeah, I had time to run a box of ball ammo and half a box of Hornady Critical Defense through it. The gun is great.

[@mikem2132]

@@kobudoAwesome, good to know!

[@kevinrichardson8859]

Does it shoot smoother and more accurate than the P238??​@@kobudo

[@kobudo]

@@kevinrichardson8859 That’s a very good question, and a difficult one for me to answer. While I don’t keep great track of the round counts on my firearms, I have only put about 200 rounds through the Bodyguard 2.0 on two brief range trips due to work, life, and the kiddo going back to school. My P238 has easily eaten well over a case by itself over the years, and wears a set of G2 grips with a shape and texture that I really like. I believe that both firearms are more mechanically accurate than I can shoot them. I enjoy shooting both of them very much, and they are both very smooth shooters. Though they do achieve that smoothness in different ways. They have very distinct “feels” from each other, but I don’t think I could call a clear winner even after shooting them back to back. And if I feel that way with a clear difference in time on the two platforms, I think that says something for the gun I’m less familiar with. Where there is a clear winner is in EDC, though. The Bodyguard 2.0 carries lighter, even when you add the weight of 23 rounds between two mags and the chamber vs. 15 rounds in the P238’s two seven rounders plus one. But shooting them at the range? For me it’s too close to call.

[@hillyseattlenarrowstreets6087]

With the new high capacity magazines with the skinny single stack top, will the Micro 1911 guns get a grip redesign to accommodate the wider base? Think Sig P938 X-wide that takes P365 magazines. Slightly thicker grip might improve handling. A good shooting metal frame pistol is always more collectable than a polymer one.

[@seanomeara1959]

What Distance were you shooting at the Range?

[@HereOnYouTubeCommenting]

i really like the 2nd ceiling fan over the 1st one

[@gregblau8082]

I think the micro 1911s are pretty cool, but between the price, capacity and the fact I'd rather have simplicity in something pocket sized bump them down the list

[@kevinrichardson8859]

So..which one honestly shoots better? More accurately

[@alvolante4164]

Bro yours could be th first 2.0 vs 365 video on the web!!

[@Th3BaconNation]

Filming it tomorrow. We would have got footage for that video earlier in the week, but lost that range day fixing my computer, again. Hopefully this time it stays fixed.

[@alvolante4164]

@@Th3BaconNation great

[@Finn4591-w9t]

After sig came out with the 365, I’m surprised they still make the p238. I agree with your assessment on price-value!

[@kevinrichardson8859]

The P238 a MUCH better gun than the P365..unless of course you like plastic guns....the P238 is quality "built" ESPECIALLY the P238HD...ZERO comparison...P238 heirloom quality

[@wrryansf]

I paid $415 for my p238 on gunbroker new. This was years ago. I love it. It’s is falling short against the bg2.0 if it continues to do this well. I thought the bg2.0 was considerably larger based off pictures.

[@epony4519]

You compared size with the bodyguard extended mag?

[@Th3BaconNation]

The pictures shown in the video use the pinky magazines for both firearms

[@ramonvelazquez7729]

Bodyguard all the way!

[@alvolante4164]

P365 vs bodyguard!!!!

[@Joeak74]

I have both. Bodyguard 2.0 for the win! It's that's good.

[@gfb46]

Why the gloves? They look stupid.

[@jeffreygoss8109]

@@gfb46 and the overalls don’t? 😀I didn’t even know people wore them anymore. At least he has a shirt and not going Hillbilly Jim.

[@DanielTaylor-tz1rf]

@@jeffreygoss8109 I'm surprised the man knows how to work a computer. Good enough vid tho, proved me wrong

[@BanditApache-nd6lu]

Hammer fired pistols are so obsolete. Then went bye bye as soon as the first Glock hit the US market. 😎👍

[@bebop22222]

👎

[@somethingsmith3242]

Only to some. I have both from way back and still love and carry my Sig P238 daily. I will be getting the BG 2.0 down the road because I think it's going to be easy to carry, but IMO, S&W took way to long to fix that POS trigger system on the original for me to run out and search one down. That thing sucked big time and everyone's excuse for it, "Oh it's a carry gun" Yeah, what's the point. Carry guns should have the perfect trigger to aid in shot placement, not slop and hope to hit a vital. Anyway, the striker fired guns are getting much better, but the single action trigger is still on top IMO vs any striker fired option out there; the only one close IMO is the Sig P365. JMO, YMMV