Smith Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 Comp 10 Rd – Superb Ported 380

Description

The Smith Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 Comp 10 Rd is the capacity-compliant Performance Center Bodyguard 2.0 Carry Comp with a manual thumb safety, a ported 380 ACP micro pistol supplied with ten-round magazines.

Smith Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 Comp 10 Rd Porting on a Pocket Pistol

The Bodyguard 2.0 already made a case for itself as one of the better 380 pocket pistols, holding ten or twelve rounds in a gun small enough to disappear. The Performance Center version adds a PowerPort, venting gas upward through the barrel and slide so the muzzle stays down between shots.

Porting matters more on a small pistol than on a big one. A light gun with a short barrel is where muzzle rise is worst, and the difference across a magazine of 380 is easy to feel.

The slide is redesigned with increased coverage so you can grab and rack it effectively regardless of hand strength or conditions, and it wears a Performance Center Gray Armornite finish over stainless steel.

Sights, Barrel and Grip

Sights are the other Performance Center upgrade. An Ameriglo Protector LumiGreen front night sight sits against a blacked-out square notch Ameriglo Protector rear, which puts your eye on the front sight where it belongs and gives a tritium reference in the dark. That is a considerably better sighting system than most pocket pistols carry.

The 3.1 inch barrel is stainless steel with an Armornite finish and is ported to match the slide. Armornite is a hardened nitride treatment that resists the sweat and humidity a pocket gun sees constantly.

The grip is slim and textured, and the trigger is a flat unit with a crisp break. Both magazines ship in the box, one ten-round and one twelve-round, so you can size the grip to the day.

380 ACP as a Carry Cartridge

380 ACP spent years being dismissed as marginal, and modern ammunition has largely closed that argument. Purpose-built defensive loads designed for short barrels now perform far better than the ball ammunition the reputation was built on, though the cartridge still asks more of shot placement than 9mm does.

What 380 buys you is a pistol this small that is genuinely pleasant to shoot. A 9mm in the same footprint is snappy enough that many people avoid practicing with it, and a gun you do not practice with is worse than a slightly less powerful one you do.

Choose a defensive load tested in a barrel close to 3 inches rather than one benchmarked from a longer gun, and run several magazines of it through the pistol before carrying it.

Specifications

• Manufacturer part number: 14418
• Caliber: 380 ACP
• Capacity: 10 rounds
• Barrel: 3.1 in. stainless steel, ported, Armornite finish
• Slide: stainless steel with Performance Center Gray Armornite finish, ported
• Porting: PowerPort vents gas upward to reduce muzzle rise
• Sights: Ameriglo Protector LumiGreen front night sight, blacked-out square notch Ameriglo Protector rear
• Trigger: flat with crisp break
• Safety: manual thumb safety
• Grip: slim textured
• UPC: 022188901993

Why Buyers Choose the Smith Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 Comp 10 Rd

Buying a pistol that already ships compliant saves both the cost and the nuisance of replacing magazines before you can take delivery.

Porting is the most effective single change you can make to how a small pistol handles, and 380 in a micro pistol is where muzzle rise costs the most time.

Ameriglo night sights fitted from the factory save a purchase most pocket pistol owners end up making anyway.

The redesigned slide with increased coverage genuinely helps anyone who struggles to rack a small pistol, which is a common and rarely acknowledged problem.

Who Should Buy It

The Smith Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 Comp 10 Rd suits carriers in capacity-limited states who want a fast-shooting pocket pistol with a mechanical safety, shooters with limited hand strength, and anyone who wants night sights out of the box. Ported barrels vent flash upward, which is more noticeable in low light.

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The Ameriglo front night sight 380 setup on the Smith Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 Comp 10 Rd

Zanders records the Smith Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 Comp 10 Rd with an Ameriglo Protector front sight over a black U-notch rear, and classes the set as night sights. That is a deliberate arrangement rather than a cost saving. A single glowing front dot in a plain black rear notch is the fastest sighting system there is at the distances a pocket .380 is used, because the eye goes to the bright thing and the black rear does not compete with it. Three-dot sights are worse at this, not better.

A ported 380 with thumb safety and a flat trigger

Smith Wesson 14418 has a ported stainless barrel and the porting is the Performance Center part. On an 11.8 ounce pistol the ports make a genuine difference to how fast the sights come back, and they make the gun louder and brighter at the muzzle. Shoot it in daylight the first time. A ported 380 with thumb safety is not standard across this family, but this variant has one and a flat faced trigger, neither of which is standard across the Bodyguard line.

Which Bodyguard 2.0 is which, and where Smith Wesson 14418 fits

The Smith Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 Comp 10 Rd is the ten round ported gun with a thumb safety and a gray Armornite slide micro 380 finish, Smith and Wesson part number 14418. The Carry Comp without a safety is the same ported pistol for people who do not want a lever. The Comp with safety and the PC 10-round are the closest siblings. The plain black unported and the tritium sight version are the simplest of the family. All of them share magazines with the Smith Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 Comp 10 Rd.

Ammunition for a gray Armornite slide micro 380

Two 10-round magazines come in the Smith Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 Comp 10 Rd box. Federal 95 grain FMJ and PMC Bronze 90 grain FMJ are the practice loads, Buffalo Bore +P 95 grain FMJ-FN is the heavy end. As we say on every .380 page here: supply is thinner than 9mm everywhere, so buy a sensible quantity with the pistol rather than assuming.