Brought the BG2 to the range today in the hope of getting 200 rds down. I ended up getting 12 instead.
I used fiocchi, 90grain hollow points (I think this was my mistake).
The slide failed to push the cartridge into the chamber about 90% of the time. Initially I thought the magazine spring needed breaking in, but after showing the RO and a PO, they think it has to do with the tip of the hollow point.
Anyone have any experience or similar happenings with the bodyguard 2.0?
I haven’t run hollows points through mine, my plan was to run this style,
These were cheap so took a chance, 300 rounds in and no malfunctions.
Some bullets do not get along with some feed ramps. There is no rhyme or reason to it. Did you chamber and ejects any unfired rounds, any markings on the case or bullet? That can be a good clue to where the interference is. And lastly, when was the last time you gave the pistol a good cleaning. If it has not been maintained, that could be a contributing factor.
Also, dd you get 12 downrange in succession, or was it a couple here, a couple there?
90% of the failures happened when loading the mag. No difference if the slide was locked back or racked. I was able to consecutively fire 4 rounds before a failure.
Prior to today, I managed to fire 10 rounds in succession of hornady critical defense ftx on my last range trip. But I was looking for some range ammo and the fiocchi was on sale.
Picture isn’t clear, but this is what’s happening..
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Nice. Looks like the range ammo I’m looking for
I have had problems with Fiocchi 9mm and no longer buy it for the exact same failure…
Try different ammo. I’ve have zero malfunctions with various ball ammo. I have not tried any hollowpoints.
I cant tell anything from the pic. Hollow point is expensive for range ammo but it’s not mistake to shoot it, especially if you are counting on it for HD/SD.
Clean the gun thoroughly, and try an ammo that you know cycles well, a known quantity, then try the Fiocchi again.
I avoid fiocchi also, never had any luck, my wife’s M&P EZ absolutely hates any flat point ammo, stopped buying it, wasn’t worth the head ack.
Most likely it’s the ammo. I use Federal American Eagle 95gr for the range. I have a little over 500rds thru my BG2.0 without one hiccup. The pistol is flawless.
I’ve also run Critical Defense and Underwood 68gr +p without issue.
On further reading about the Bodyguard 2.0. It is recommended to “break in” the gun using basic round nose ammo that cycles reliably. The round count before broken in is debatable, but it is at least 200 rounds.
Closely inspect the feed ramps for burrs, or rough edges. Some BG2 owners reported having to polish the feed ramps before they could reliably feed hollow points. I’m sure there is a video or two about it on YT, which you should probably watch.
Another issue that was mentioned is the magazines. Some owners reported that they were tight (narrow), or the feed lip needed to be filed. This are not a common issues, but ones that happened more than once, so, it is a suspect. Also mentioned more than once, downloading -1 helped with feeding until the gun was broken in.
Factory 380 ammo is not the cheapest, but it is cheap to reload, and not difficult (like bottleneck cases). Straight wall is fairly simple, and uses the same bullets as 9mm (355). 1Lb of smokeless powder can reload (@ 4grains each) about 1,750 rounds. Just something to think about.
Thanks. Got some ball ammo headed my way. Looking forward to flawless rounds.
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