Is the S&W Bodyguard a Jframe?

[supermario]

Hello,

I was wondering, I dont own either but the frames look similar. Does anybody know if the bodygaurd use the same dimensions as 442 Jframe?

Reason I ask is because i Like the grips on the bodyguard and would love to have them on a 442.

Thanks

[nikki#2]

Hello,

Reason I ask is because i Like the grips on the bodyguard and would love to have them on a 442.

Yes. e.g., I could swap the crimson trace laser grip from my 638 bodyguard to a 442 and it would fit perfectly.

[supermario]

Do you think these grips would fit your 442?
Forgive me for borrowing this link to show you which grips I want on a 442

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=1104422&highlight=Bodyguard

[Biigg50]

No! Not at all the same. The new M&P BodyGuard .38 revolver uses a completely different grip than a regular J frame.

[stevie]

No! Not at all the same. The new M&P BodyGuard .38 revolver uses a completely different grip than a regular J frame.

This^^

The M&P 38 bodyguard has a different frame than the 638 which is a true J frame (models 36, 37, 442 etc)

[P5Ret]

OP I think the closest you'll get to the grips on a M&P Bodyguard is the Pachmayr compac professional. Hogue also makes a similar grip but they are bigger.

[NorcalGSG]

I like a rubber grip with actual rubber on the back of the frame, like the Taurus 85 grip.

http://blog.cheaperthandirt.com/taurus-5-shot-revolvers-model-85/

Unfortunately the Taurus grip won't fit a J-frame. At least not without some work, which I didn't try grinding the grip or anything. I like the short grip that doesn't hang down below the bottom of the frame, and tried the Hogue version, but I still don't like it because it has the back strap of the frame exposed, so no cushioning again.
I am going to try a Pachmayr next, as suggested. I still like their grips the best so far for being rubber, but not "sticky" like some others, if that makes sense.
All I really want is a Taurus 85 rubber grip for a J-frame!!!! Let me know if anyone has done it please!

[K9paulc]

The Crimson trace Grips that came with my 642 air weight should fit the 442.

[9mmepiphany]

The answers above are correct.

The M-38/638 Bodyguard is a J-frame, the M&P Bodyguard isn't

[Biigg50]

Hogue Tamer grip offers the most amount of cushion over the backstrap.

[supermario]

Thanks guys. I liked the thin grips from the M&P bodyguard but oh well.

[sigstroker]

That's a weird looking gun. Confusing because the old J-frame was called Bodyguard first. The new one has a plastic grip frame it looks like.