Been waiting for someone to make this comparison!! Bought my 42 a while back for the reliability. Been great but i think its time to retire it for the 2.0.
FYI: for those with TS models: when I first got the 2.0, the TS was very difficult to operate. Aside from flicking it up and down about 500 times while watching a movie, I took a small screw driver to precisely locate safety lever right on top of the peak of the little spring S&W has there to limit its movement. I found that by leaving the lever on the ‘hump’ of the spring over a few nights loosened up the tension so that I can now easily operate the safety up and down. It’s just right for me now.
Just bought a BG 2.0 TS a few days ago. Fun gun. Shoots nicely. I'm going to love it. Only have a couple hundred rounds through it at this point. So far just a 100 or so rounds of Blazer 95 gr FMJ and 20 Hornaday Hydra Shok. I suppose not really enough of either to really address feed reliability BUT I had no feed problems thus far. I've had a Shield Plus for over a year and have been quite happy with it but, for me, I did not carry it much because it is still too big for my body and my clothes. I rarely felt comfortable carrying it much of the time because of printing. That's why I bought the BG 2.0. I do love the size. I have a sticky SM2 and the BG 2.0 fits very unobtrusively into my blue jean pants. I am much more comfortable carrying it most of the time. I've had had two minor issues that I have been able to remedy. As many people have said, the gun, being new, takes a bit more effort to rack than my shield plus and my thumb safety is much tougher to manipulate than on my Shield Plus. Both issues may resolve with time I think (hope). Issue #1: I have found that with the safety 'on', I was not initially able to lock the slide back because the slide was, I believe, binding a bit on the safety mechanism. I have found that if I put some upward pull on the slide with I pull it back, it will pass over the bump and allow me to lock it back. At my range, someone also showed me that if I have the safety 'off', that I can lock the slide easily (as with my Shield Plus). Issue #2: After loading just 50 or so rounds through the 10 round mag AND the 12 round mag, I found I could not load more than two bullets and even with my my loader device, I could not get past two bullets in either mag. I discovered that the problem in both instances was that the orange followers on the front edges, the down side points of the follower were engaging the first set of round observation holes and hanging up the path of the follower. I disassembled the magazine and rounded the points a bit and back beveled them a bit. I removed a very small amount of material for both. It worked well. No more problems in maxing out the mags to capacity in that regard.
Glock is slowly dying. It’s kinda like 1911s you have die hard fans but at the end of the day they are museum pieces now. Glock needs to innovate, they need better triggers and sights out of the box, they need optics ready as standard and they need to increase capacity. The 43x is nearly the exact grip length as a p365 macro and it’s down 7rds.
@@BADD1ONE I bought a 43x with that in mind but the issue is it doesn’t run reliably which makes it pointless, I switched to sig and couldn’t be happier
From my personal experience - my original Bodyguard had a significant amount of light primer strikes with different ammo and I haven’t had any issues with my Glock 42. I hope the new Bodyguard is reliable, that’s infinitely more important to me than magazine capacity. I’d like to see a video comparing the shooting experience of these two with different ammo.
@@mikem2132 I do as well since I decided to be one of the early adopters 😂. I bought 500rds to give a good thorough break-in. Might get interesting since people report this gets hot quick with mag dumps since there's not much mass to soak heat.
@@rushthezeppelinSweet! It’s a pocket 380, so I’d imagine it would get hot with mag dumps - just like everything else. Hopefully it tests out well enough for you to carry it.
Has anyone else had an issue with the recoil spring and guide rod? Right out the box the gun had the rod get stuck about 1/2 inch out and had a live round stuck in the barrel. The gun was clean and lubricated. I've read a few others had this issue. S&W is sending out a new spring/rod, said its happen before. I hope it fixes the problem. Unfortunately I've lost faith in its relaibility for EDC. Nice gun while it worked. Great comparison video
well shoot, i thought you were going to compare the recoil, i have bad arthritis in my wrists, i can shoot the glock 42 just fine, all 9mm and above has really started to cause me pain in my wrists. how does the recoil compare between the 42 and the 2.0?
I've been watching every video I can on the BG 2.0, and everyone is saying the recoil is VERY light. The tradeoff, of course, is that the slide is going to be a little more difficult to rack.
The big virtue of the Glock 42 for me has been the recoil management compared to everything else. With increasing arthritis in my thumbs and fingers, only it allows a 100-150 round practice session that doesn't send me diving for an Advil/Tylenol cocktail for the next two days. My LCP2 .380 is a 20-30 shot max session, and thus an LCP .22 gets subbed in. The micro nines are right out. It is what it is. I'm curious as to how the recoil-muzzle flip, hand slap and torque-compares between the two?
I have found the p365 in 380 to be the best overall, it’s perfect, small enough to fit in front pocket of jeans but big enough to shoot without breaking your wrist. You can get 12 rd mags that extend the grip to xl grip length.
@@EC-cm8sf Thanks. I'm considering one of those for that very reason. I carry the G42 with a Pearce Plus One and the 12 round P365 looks to be very close to that length.
I’d add the Bodyguard 2.0 is much more difficult to rack than the 42 or 365-380 (softest shooting and easy to rack). The 365 is the most accurate, I own all three. The 12 round mags, even after 300 rounds, are really tough to get 12 in the mag even with an UpLULA. The 10 rounders are no problem. The BG 2.0 is a really nice pistol but not for shooters with low hand strength or wrists. The trigger is very light for a striker fired pistol. The safety is awful, very difficult to engage or disengage. I like it without the safety, a well designed Kydex holster is a necessity for pocket carry.
Glock is falling behind. I love Glock but now there are better guns and Glock doesn’t seem to change. I have more s&w and cz’s than I do Glock now when before I had more glocks than the rest they need to step up there game.
Glock still offers more calibers than any other. Gun collecting is nice but you'll never get the best you can be jumping around with different brands. Buy a shot timer and stick with one brand and get good.
S&W is leaving Glock in the past. M&p series and 2.0 have better ergonomics better triggers better sights better capacity out the box. My glocks sit in my safe now. My main carry M&p shield plus 9mm is all I need now unless I want to go deep deep conceal carry then the bodyguard 2.0 will be my choice.
2.0 body guard is better , better trigger , better capacity , less snappy , reliable , no rust (unlike sig) no problems unlike the p365 .380 also you get a full grip on the 2.0
But being lighter and thinner, which one is getting the better grouping in 3 or 4 shots… someone did a video and the bodyguard wasn’t as accurate. 42 has been around a long time now and has become very reliable. On paper, the bodyguard wins on specs, but the other stuff you have to wait a bit to see the true winner….
Lots of comparisons that would depend on who's shooting I picked up the Ruger today the Smith & Wesson and the Glock the Smith & Wesson felt the heaviest of the 380s
The new Bodyguard has the same barrel length as the original LCP, 2.75". The Glock has a 1/2" longer barrel. This makes a difference in ammunition performance.
Meh, 380 HPs just don’t work reliably. You either get expansion or penetration but not both. For 380 underwood type ammo is the way to go and 1/2 inch of barrel isn’t going to make or break the rd
@@ACommenterOnRU-vid barrel length can significantly affect HP ammo. HP are designed to preform under certain conditions. Obviously if barrel is too short it will affect expansion. That said I believe you can’t get a decent reliable HP in 380 so in my opinion barrel length doesn’t matter.
@ACommenternot every self defense encounter is 5ft or less...as a matter of fact they are getting further and further with more rounds expendedOnRU-vid
1:00 That looks to me like a two-and-half-finger grip. This is the same when I grab the P365, with no mag it's 2 and half; with flat floor plate of the 10rd mag, it's 2 and 3 quarter; with extended plate 10rd, it's a full 3 finger grip :)
I love the P365 it's one of my main carry options. The Bodyguard 2.0 sits completely different in my hand making me wish the 365 had the same grip. Believe me, find a Bodyguard and grip it and you'll know what I'm talking about. Thanks for the comment and the watch.
@@9MilRidge I do want to get one, I'm just waiting for the frenzy to pass so the price can come down, also for light makers such as Streamlight to come out with a version for the new BG380 :)
Im a glock guy but if im going to get a 380 its gonna be the smith or lcp max more rounds than the glock. You can get a glock 43 in 9mm same size as the 42 idk why anyone would get the 42
11.4oz with empty mag if you use 10 rounds of 50g +P defense ammo, that should put you at about 14 oz My Keltec P17 with 17 rounds weighs 14.5 oz and that is a light gun. My P365X with 14 rounds is 25 oz and feels like a brick in my pocket.
@@RobDelacruz-w6dsome people don't want a 10# trigger even if it does give you double strike capability (which I've seen 0 light primer strikes in any of the videos so far).
