Description
The Smith Wesson PC Bodyguard 2.0 No Safety is the Performance Center Bodyguard 2.0 Carry Comp in a black and silver two tone finish, with no manual thumb safety. It is the simplest possible configuration of the most shootable micro 380 available: draw, present, press.
Smith Wesson PC Bodyguard 2.0 No Safety Porting on a Pocket Pistol
The Carry Comp PowerPort vents propellant gas upward through the barrel and slide, counteracting the muzzle rising. The pistol tracks flatter and returns to target faster between shots, and on a gun this small and light that difference is larger than it would be on a full size pistol.
Light guns move. That is the fundamental problem with micro pistols and the reason so many people shoot them poorly. Anything that keeps the sights closer to the target between shots is worth more here than anywhere else, which is exactly why the Performance Center put porting on the Smith Wesson PC Bodyguard 2.0 No Safety.
Porting is a genuine trade. It vents gas and flash upward, which is more noticeable in low light and from a retention position close to your face. It adds carbon-fouled ports to your cleaning routine and costs a small amount of velocity, which matters slightly more on a cartridge as modest as 380 ACP.
Why No Thumb Safety
Removing the manual safety removes a step. Under stress people default to what they have practised most, and a safety that is sometimes swept and sometimes not is worse than no safety at all. Shooters who are not going to train a thumb safety to automatic are genuinely safer without one, and that is who this variant is for. The identical pistol is offered with a frame-mounted thumb safety.
Because there is no manual safety, a rigid holster that fully covers the trigger guard is not optional. That is true of any striker-fired pistol and it is the single most important accessory decision you will make.
Underneath is the generation that made micro 380 genuinely shootable. A reprofiled grip gives more purchase and better control, slim texture across the front and rear keeps the hand in place, and the striker-fired flat-face trigger gives clean take-up, a crisp break and a short reset.
Sights are a blacked-out u-notch rear paired with a bright dot front carrying a tritium insert, so your eye goes straight to the front sight without competing dots at the rear, and the tritium works in genuine darkness. A tactile loaded chamber indicator lets you confirm the chamber by feel, and the magazine release is reversible.
Carrying and Shooting the Smith Wesson PC Bodyguard 2.0 No Safety
Pocket carry works and it needs a proper pocket holster to do it safely. A holster keeps the pistol oriented consistently, covers the trigger, and breaks up the outline so it reads as a wallet or a phone rather than a gun. Inside the waistband works equally well given how small the pistol is.
On the range the porting is immediately obvious. Where a standard micro 380 climbs and takes a moment to settle, this one barely moves, which means the second shot comes far sooner. Shooters who have struggled to keep a small pistol on target across a full magazine usually notice the difference within the first few rounds.
Be honest about what a 2.75 inch sight radius means. Small errors in sight alignment translate to larger errors downrange than they would on a full size pistol. Dry fire costs nothing and is the fastest route to shooting a pistol this size well.
Setup and Maintenance
Cleaning takes a little more attention than a plain-barreled pistol. The ports collect carbon faster and benefit from a nylon brush and solvent every range trip rather than an occasional deep scrub. A silver slide finish also shows carbon staining more visibly than black does, which is a reason to stay on top of it rather than a functional problem.
The tritium front sight is worth learning to trust. In low light the bright dot is the only thing you will see, and shooters who train to index on the front sight rather than trying to align both sights carefully find they are considerably faster with no practical loss of accuracy at defensive distances.
Run at least a couple of boxes of your chosen defensive load through the pistol before trusting it. Every semi-automatic has preferences, and a ported barrel can behave slightly differently with different powder charges, so confirming your load is worth the ammunition.
Smith Wesson PC Bodyguard 2.0 No Safety Specifications
- Manufacturer part number: 14842
- UPC: 022188907063
- Caliber: 380 ACP
- Barrel: 2.75 inches, ported
- Slide: stainless steel, ported
- Finish: black and silver two tone
- Sights: blacked-out u-notch rear, bright dot front with tritium insert
- Trigger: striker fired, flat face
- Safety: tactile loaded chamber indicator, no manual thumb safety
- Magazine release: reversible
- Feature: Carry Comp PowerPort
Why Buyers Choose the Smith Wesson PC Bodyguard 2.0 No Safety
This is one of the smallest pistols that is still genuinely shootable, and the porting pushes that further. A gun you actually carry beats a better gun left at home.
380 ACP is easier to shoot well than 9mm from a pistol this size, and modern defensive loads have closed much of the old performance gap. Practice with the exact load you intend to carry, because micro 380s can be fussier about bullet profile than larger guns.
The two tone finish is more than cosmetic. A lighter slide finish shows holster wear less readily than a uniformly black gun, which matters on a pistol carried daily against the body.
Who Should Buy It
The Smith Wesson PC Bodyguard 2.0 No Safety suits carriers who want the flattest-shooting micro 380 with the simplest possible controls: deep concealment carriers, anyone who struggles to control a small pistol across a full magazine, and shooters who prefer no manual safety on a carry gun.
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