Smith & Wesson® M&P BODYGUARD 38 Spl +P Revolver with Integrated Crimson Trace Laser - Gunblast.com

[@P.HATHCOX]

I bought one of these revolvers about five years ago and I loved it. Mine had a black grip not the grey. My wife saw me practicing with it, tried it herself and then suddenly it became HER every day carry 😆.

[@cleckler71]

Man do I know the feeling! lol

[@edwardzelina2898]

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[@donschlonski2936]

They had the crimson Trace grips out on the Smith back then?

[@boricuaarecibo9259]

I'm watching this video for my wife I need to get her a carry pistol she's can't rack the slide on any of my guns.

[@piecrust21]

I keep meaning to say this, but thank you for keeping this channel going! I love the no-frills, no unnecessary banter, no BS, honest gun reviews. Short, sweet, and to the point.

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Thank you. I realize my laid-back style doesn't appeal to everyone, and it means a lot to see comments like yours.

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@@Gunblastdotcom It's what I subscribed to the channel for! :)

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@@piecrust21 Thanks!

[@58HUSTLER]

@@Gunblastdotcom I concur, love your reviews. Many thanks.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Amen!🇺🇲

[@dominickfiorenza2639]

THE OLDER ITALIANS IN MY FAMILY STILL CARRY 38, JUST LIKE NYC POLICE USE TO CARRY. GOD BLESS EVERYONE. PRAY FOR EVERYONE . THANK YOU VETERANS FOR MY FREEDOM.

[@FearEeatsTheSoul]

Do they paint houses?

[@podsmpsg1]

I have the one without the laser. I have a Houge Grip on it. You're doing a great job, Jeff would be proud. May he RIP. I run Federal Punch in mine.

[@smartanajones4u]

Absolutely appreciate this video tremendously! As a novice gun carrier , I was googling this gun and this video popped up! Taught me so much about this gun in a very short period of time. I couldn’t even find this level of info on the S&W website. The gun has been sitting in my cart 🛒 for sometime, but you sir have given me the confidence to pull the trigger to buy. Thank u!

[@allenrosesr.8480]

I'm glad you are still making videos I still miss your brother

[@USA-sx1xi]

Love seeing Gunblast notification pop up. I know its going to be good video and descriptions. Including lthe loud Locust in background lol. Pulls on my heart strings as well. Reminds me of Jeff. Your awesome brother for continuing were Jeff left off. Am proud you. Great videos!!!!

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Thank you, sir.

[@Theophilus1968]

I carry one and never feel unarmed! Thanks for the great review. It's more accurate than one would think. I agree the cylinder release is a bit awkward and the cylinder rotates like a colt. I'll keep mine forever. It's a keeper.

[@photographyinflight4183]

If you're carrying one, you are definitely armed!

[@1guyin10]

A very good option. I traded one off because of the cylinder release. It was not a problem with the gun itself, it was that after carrying traditional revolvers for so many years I just couldn't make the switch. Under stress I would always reach for a side release and that wasn't going to work. A new shooter would have no issue at all with it since they would have nothing to unlearn.

[@yingtzu3677]

This was a master class on how to do a presentation; informational,clear,concise and very well structured

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Thank you very much.

[@mario3804]

It’s good to see you back making videos, God Bless!

[@OU812NVME]

Thank you sir again for keeping the channel open and still engaging as ever.

[@donghadave5210]

This guy is one on the best presenters I’ve watched. Great review.

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@daneboro6847]

Love my J frame S&M goes everywhere I go.

[@waynebruening794]

Mr Boge, Thank You for this review. Got the S&W-BG in 38 when first came out, still have & carry it. Good to see the new mechanical changes & stats. Y'ALL be safe & healthy & we Appreciate the Quinn Family! GOD BLESS YOU & AMERICA :)

[@whoc4r3s117]

I have always liked this channel because it’s not about the new hotness (some new gun that just came out) it’s more about reviewing random guns that your unfamiliar with or that have fallen off the radar. To me this would be a good back up weak hand gun. Ambi release so let’s say your main sidearm and your strong hand go down and your forced to make a shot with weak hand. Granted the trigger is pretty heavy for accurate shots at distance especially with your weaker hand. And the way i see it yes semi mag fed guns have their advantages. Faster mag reloads more ammo etc. If it’s close as most encounters malfunctions can happen with a semi. Where as with a revolver the cylinder just rotates. This doesn’t mean that failures with a revovler dont happen or anything. And when they do they are not as easy to fix in the field. (Imagine your cylinder ceasing in a gun fight). Just trying to say revolvers have there merit.

[@maxmccain8950]

I love a tight barrel/cylinder gap on a revolver. I’ve seen 2 inch guns shoot with more velocity than a 4 inch gun that had a larger gap. Great video sir. Make more!

[@stevefranks6541]

Greetings, Wow! What a stellar review! I love your easy going delivery, cartridge recommendations, and the information packed review. The best review I have watched in the long video list for the S&W Bodyguard.38 Special +P. I was looking for a reliable, inexpensive home protection weapon and stumbled on this pistol only today. With your high recommendation and the extra features on this pistol, it is hard to ignore it as a likely candidate. On the strength of your fine review, I will be speaking to my gunsmith in the next week. Thanks again Mr. B. Quinn.

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@keitht.jmccoy3779]

I bought one when they came out. It was working great ,then after 200 + in rapid fire something popped and locked it up. I called S&W and no charge or hassle mailing , it went to their preformance center for complete rehall and mailed it back in a week + batts for the lazer. Been perfect since. So light you forget you have it. But glad you do. I Sighted the lazer at 25' I put snap rounds in it 1st so my kids could get the DA feel before shooting live. And as I hoped someone "HOGUE!" made a great after market grip for big hands. I' ve had no problem with it or the Insight lazer except sometimes hard to find in bright sun conditions. Green would be better. But still light weight and super concealed and 38+ P many great defense rounds out there.

[@risteardwest3384]

I saw this gun at a shooting range it is fantastic the gun was nice enough to let me try it with 38 special he also had a couple of plus+ p it it really holds good in your hand Smith did a wonderful job on this gun I like it better than the 442 or the other Smith's guns they have I give this video five stars he did a wonderful job explaining it ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🇺🇸💯

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Thanks!

[@b-villeboy2704]

You just keep doing one good review after another ... thank you.

[@redesert_boy8202]

Very nice lightweight carry Mr. Boge. Interesting cylinder release. Good that the front sight is pinned so you can change it out. And with laser, looks like a great EDC. Thanks for sharing this one!

[@So1omonKane]

Great comprehensive review. Thank you kindly.

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Thanks!

[@personreanimation]

My grandfather just gave me one of these. Idk when I will ever really carry it since I typically carry a 365x or a s&w shield, but i have to say it is an awesome little revolver. Feels light enough to pocket-carry in a pair of shorts.

[@luisdavidperez5076]

Picking up this gun tomorrow. Great review. Thank you.

[@michaelstuckert6034]

Great video. I ordered a bodyguard a few days ago and after watching your video I feel more comfortable in my choice. Thanks so much for

[@Highballer44]

Great description of this S&W Bodyguard, you answered all my questions and more, you also talked me into getting one, Thank you....

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Thank you!

[@erikwaters4672]

I had to check the date on the video-you sound so much like Jeff, with the same dry humor. I’m thinking about one of these-my LGS had one a few months ago, but no more. I can take the changes between the J-frame and the M&P Bodyguard. A great review.

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Thanks!

[@jamesduhachek7546]

Great video with the pertinent details without a bunch of fluff or filler. Thanks.

[@raystone2282]

Thanks much I own your video helped

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Thanks for watching!

[@alexviquez24]

Great review! Planning on getting this one for my first revolver

[@bosse641]

Very nice. Would love to carry that little beauty.

[@FarAwayEyes64]

Like that Fringe Hat .. thanks for the info on the pistol

[@Gunblastdotcom]

It surprises me that no one else has noticed my hat. I loved that show.

[@Ortoreus]

Just got one of these good soul. Completely agree. Always been a fan of simple. This is exactly that with an extra great perk. And really can’t beat the price

[@BITESIZEJONES]

I own one and it's great. Cool little revolver indeed. Initially the laser for me was just an extra option that I didn't care for. However, watching my wife hit the bullseye from 20 feet away with laser on, made me appreciate it much more. Definitely a keeper!

[@Aron_7777]

I love this channel!

[@scottzipperer6146]

I love S&W,so from model 29 to 36 and everything else in a revolver got a few and love them all

[@ShanerTheGrey]

Great video. I love my little bodyguard. Great gun.

[@dekir7663]

Nice review Sir.I love your style and how you explain things

[@GizmoRob176]

Very detailed and informative presentation. Thank you.

[@waynesewell8355]

The cylinder release also works, I feel easier, by pushing along the side. I also installed a Hogue Grips on mine and made it much more comfortable to hold and shoot. Helps with the recoil.

[@timpearce9458]

I have two of these revolvers one for my carry and one for my wife to carry It’s the best carry gun on the market in my opinion

[@phenominalblak9797]

This was an awesome review! I’m currently looking into j frames and this video presented me with another viable option

[@darkknightlight]

I bought this for my wife, I changed out the grip to hogue grips and changed the sight to a big dot night sight. She's pretty happy with it.

[@shingnosis]

This looks like a hard to beat gun for everyday self-defense.

[@ted.angell7609]

I’d consider the cylinder release an advantage. Maybe it’s a problem of technique, but the traditional S&W release always cut into my thumb when practicing with a 642/442.

[@cds9000]

Considering one of these. Thanks for the clear and methodical rundown. Very informative.

[@OldPackMule]

Again, an excellent review. Thanks.

[@johnkizziah108]

Carried a 36 for years. Bought a 442 pro (moon clips) love the little gun amazing accuracy

[@michaeldaltonsr8954]

Surprise!! Year after this vid, I find myself looking for heater 4 wifey. Due to childhood accident, she lost use of right thumb. She has always shot RH, but now, in Silver Twilight, she's losing hand strenght. Not bad, yet, but enough to become annoying. Finding a new revolver has become a Unicorn hunt. She carried my Colt for while, but it is heavy for CC. I been checking this Smif& Western for for 'bout a week, AND, up pops ur vid. I am playing it LOUDLY, and repeatedly. She's looked up , TWICE!! We may hav a Winner!!

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Awesome, I'm happy to help!

[@michaeldaltonsr8954]

Yes, we did have a Winner!! Wife loves it!! I found her some Pachmayr grips( she use to them on my .357) She went/got CC. Got new purse...Wait! Now what all this gonna cost me??🤣🤣🤣

[@pewpewTN]

I rarely purchase revolvers & I never carry them, but I still enjoy your videos. Good stuff here.

[@jeffcolwell8459]

My wife has one too has the laser on yes it's better than my taurus 856 still will trust my life with both

[@WhiteBuffalo187]

Love the videos man you remind me of a couple of my uncles. You know your stuff. Keep ‘em coming brother. Subscribed.

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Thanks!

[@hasgunwilltravel6840]

I bought one of these. Mine would not fire the first shot most the time, the trigger would sometimes just not let you pull it, and the grip had a massive gap at the top of the Backstrap. Was my worse gun I purchased. Had problems within the second cylinder. I brought it back to the Gunstore. They sent it off to be repaired, and gave me store credit. I got me a 642-2 that has been great

[@sombra6153]

I liked the concept, but have only fired one several years ago. The individual who owned it hadn’t had much experience with revolvers (among other things), and kept hitting at the bottom edge of an FBI-style Q target at 5 & 7!yards. When told to aim higher, he claimed he was holding center mass. I then fired the gun and got the same results. I switched to the laser and found that it only worked intermittently and wasn’t dialed in anyway. An examination revealed that the front sight was all kinds of loose. The revolver didn’t seem to show any damage or abuse that I can recall. I enlightened the shooter that S&W had a great lifetime warranty, but he was intent on trading it for something else (in the next case he got a cheap micro semi auto that wouldn’t work either). I don’t know what the Bodyguard’s problem was - either one that slipped thru the quality control cracks during or following the Hysteria of 2013, or the current or previous owner had done something silly to it themselves. Anyway, it was probably an exception. S&W ought to consider chambering this one in 9mm and .22LR/WMR. Great video review.

[@John-zt6yw]

Thank you very much , Mr. Boge. Excellent presentation.

[@njdi8502]

Nice review

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Thanks!

[@mikelearned1628]

Thanks for keeping the channel going. Accurate, honest to the point information. I appreciated it. Stay well.

[@Terminal-Vet]

My mom has one, and I like it. Thinking of getting one too.

[@GoldieGold-dk5zr]

My heater, I'm heated so beat it😂😂

[@Just1American1966]

I bought one of these off of someone who was moving out of the country. She had purchased it "just to have" and never shot it. So far, neither have I, even though it been several months now. I have multiple other .38 snubs (as well as other handguns); this one is the only truly ambidextrous, one-handed cylinder release of which I am aware. Where was this design when this left-handed cop was packing .38 wheelguns back in the eighties? ;-) Incidentally, this is not a J-frame. It is a completely different firearm that shares no compatible parts (other than maybe the front sight) with any of the other Smith and Wesson .38 snubs, and the venerable J-frame line is still in production, offering frames of steel, aluminum and (I think) titanium.

[@marklags2396]

Being a left handed law enforcement officer back in the 80's, all I can say is I concur.

[@florentinomercado9470]

Very nice Boge God bless you

[@Utriedit215]

Ok I’m sold this will be my EDC thank you

[@Calventius]

Great briefing. I had to put on a hogue grip cause my hand stung.

[@tommyb5899]

Such a great review! Thanks for sharing the knowledge!!!

[@Enycbx]

Another great review! Straight forward and practical.

[@pcrealty]

Thank you, I like your VLOG and well spoken.

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Thanks!

[@jamesdietz6899]

Excellent review! Very informative. Thank you.

[@araneaetvelivolum1086]

Picked mine up today for 320$. Great review thx for sharing.

[@CoastShuttle]

Where can I get one for that price? Thank you...

[@araneaetvelivolum1086]

@@CoastShuttle I got mine at gun broker through an auction. Came new in the official box.

[@chancecamp4752]

That’s a nice wheel gun.

[@carrielittlecplaster1620]

i had the early version with laser and needed some cash and sold it. Month or 2 later replaced it wit a lcr 357. First off, 357 outta that IS BRUTAL!!! Not to metion it may deafen you. Anyhoo, i just didnt bond with it. it carried heavy, did not draw well, and i just did not like it as well as bg38. It was prolly a better made gun but i like the weight longer extraction rod and cylnder realese of bg38. sooo, went to my local shop and swapped that lcr for a brand new bg38 no laser straight up!! I never trained with the laser anyhoo. mabe ok for certian situation, but draw and shoot sd.... let er rip! lol. nice review sir.

[@GARYMANDIEVAN]

Awesome review Friend , Jeff is smiling from Heaven

[@naturewatcher64]

With my S&W .38 spl +p Bodyguard, the cylinder release broke on my first and only visit to the range.

[@guaporeturns9472]

What is the advantage of the pulse laser as opposed to just a steady beam?

[@Gunblastdotcom]

The pulse mode conserves battery life.

[@geopietro]

This is a really nice video. Thank you.

[@VinnyS9143101982]

I think that exact thing would be great in steel. I don't know why but I just think it would.

[@mariohbbrd9384]

Thank you for a great review

[@dashriprock5720]

Excellent review

[@hiredgun3098]

Thank you for your video found it really helpful

[@ltdad613]

Hard to find vwlt holsters for this model. Any suggestions? Love the gun.

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Contact Rob Leahy at Simply Rugged Holsters. www.simplyrugged.com

[@jonpatterson7211]

Thank you for that. Subscribed for sure.

[@thutmoseamen-ra8521]

Keep up the great works!

[@Koloherides]

just got one for my mommas purse. told my momma if someone is coming down the hall while your in bed aim that laser down the hall and they will probably go to another house.

[@jeffcolwell7391]

My wife has one fits her great. I personally never shot but my wife did she likes it I would like to get one sometime soon if I can find one

[@arlenleffmann4966]

Great video Bogy

[@richardhouvener6423]

I am sure it is a good gun, but I will stick with my real J frame model 38s, one 38 from the 1869s and my stainless 638 which is EDC many times. They always work.

[@teresalenaandprincessthedo8566]

Hi, I love the way you did close up thank you. Do you think that the 642 is better than the 442 OK well thank you so much I’m a new subscriber.🙏🐾🐶😇🔫

[@ratfink13fan51]

Thank you. I just got one for my wife.👍

[@acrap56]

Excellent review! 😄👍

[@chrisf9607]

I'm thinking that thumb placement can be more conventional like a semi auto whith the cylinder release on top instead of on side

[@christopherch7307]

Appreciate ya

[@andrewcross8244]

A wonderful EDC too. I don’t care what anybody says. I’d bet my life on it anytime.

[@shawncorley3229]

Very informative video

[@kylewood8327]

I bought one of these when they were first released, then I handled a 640 Pro. Sold the bodyguard!

[@Cityoftrees1911]

Awesome piece. 6+ oz more tho.

[@iAmFroze]

feat. The Locusts😂

[@mikespears14]

Great video

[@paulscountry456]

Plus p 38 is no joke.

[@USA-sx1xi]

Good afternoon Boge. Question for you do you happen to own Jeff's two Performance Center 1911 45 cal. His carry pistols. He made video about them If so it would be awesome of you to make a video on them as well shooting them and your personal opinion about them. Thanks

[@Gunblastdotcom]

Sorry, I do not. Jeff's guns were sold at auction, and I was able to buy a few of them, but I don't know where these ended up. I did shoot them with Jeff while he was still around, though, and they are great pistols. Jeff had good reason for considering them his favorites, and his go-to carry pistols. Boge

[@ag2158]

Is a Taurus Revolver or a Charter Arms revolver better? Would you recommend any of those other the S&W M&P bodyguard?

[@Gunblastdotcom]

"Better" is hard to say. I like the Taurus just fine, but I do own more Charter revolvers than Tauruses (Tauri?). Also, Charters are made in the USA, if that makes a difference. I would not recommend them over the S&W Bodyguards, but I do think they are just as good. Whichever you prefer, you would be well armed.

[@prosperity4444]

I heard it comes with2 cylinders

[@Gunblastdotcom]

It does not.