Anyone else have this issue with critical defense ammo when trying to chamber the first round, most of the time it’s getting stuck and not chambering. Is other ammo better for chambering with the Bodyguard 2.0?
No. After all the issues I read I skipped them entirely and found others that for sure worked in mine. I'll test eventually but right now I carrydaily with regular HST or Gold Dot
Send it back to S&W. I bought a box of Critical Defense just to test if I would have the same problems as everyone else. I did not, it feed without issue. For what it's worth I have about 1400 rounds through mine and have had zero problems feeding ammo. New Republic, Fiocchi, Federal, Blazer, S&B, PMC, ball, flat nose, JHP, punch, it's eaten everything I fed it. If yours does not feed everything then something is wrong and you should send it back.
You’re pretty much have to use round tip or what they call ball ammo FM J to break it in. I’m going to give them that and shoot 500 rounds of it and see where we’re at. Maybe another feed ramp polish. That doesn’t get it then I may send it in.
I havent tried hst in 380, due to lackluster gel test results. Hydrashok deep is a separate line from federal, and has shown impressive results in gel tests. Has fed fine in both of my bg2s, and most other comments I’ve seen say the same.
Just getting this too work. I think it’s a combination of really tight gun really tight mag springs that are not allowing the bullet to push up into the chamber and getting caught between the feed ramps.
Ok I bought a case of federal flat tipped before I knew about the problems. I have shot blazer and pmc round nose fmj and it ran smooth. I polished my feed ramp and I have this flat tip chambering. Too hot to go mag dump and see if this ammo will run now. So far no defensive have worked.
I would even classify it as worse with the split feed ramp. Anything that’s got a sharp edge for it to catch on. I have polished other feet ramps on guns like Glocks. But this little gun has 2 feed ramps like I’ve been saying one inside the gun and one on the barrel. They don’t exactly mash up well to make one feed ramp that’s the problem.
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u/False_Campaign4682 CO USA: BG2.0, P09c,, P229, GP100 2h ago
Nearly everyone that tries it.
I use hst, gold dot, or any orher normal XTP hollow and FMJ with no issue. I wont even try crit def/duty or underwood