BFR barrel length

[boots]

I seen to remember a previous discussion on this but can not find. I want to get a  500 JRH in a barrel just past the ejection rod [4-3/4]. I emailed BFR and got a confusing reply. They said "most of our barrels are measured from the front of the frame.. The 5.5" barrels are actual length and the 5" 44 mag is actually  4-5/8" Industry standard is to measure from the end of the barrel which is just in front of the cylinder. That would make a 5.5" barrel close to 6" and why would a 5" 44 mag be 4-5/8"? I thought I read somewhere that BFR had gone to the industry standard of measuring barrel length but evidently not.

[magnumwheelman]

This is my 5.5" 500 JRH, with a custom 480 Super Blackhawk, with an actual barrel length of 4.8" measured from inside the cylinder window, to the muzzle on the Super Blackhawk...

[whitworth]

Apr 16, 2019 8:03:45 GMT -5 boots said:

I seen to remember a previous discussion on this but can not find. I want to get a  500 JRH in a barrel just past the ejection rod [4-3/4]. I emailed BFR and got a confusing reply. They said "most of our barrels are measured from the front of the frame.. The 5.5" barrels are actual length and the 5" 44 mag is actually  4-5/8" Industry standard is to measure from the end of the barrel which is just in front of the cylinder. That would make a 5.5" barrel close to 6" and why would a 5" 44 mag be 4-5/8"? I thought I read somewhere that BFR had gone to the industry standard of measuring barrel length but evidently not.

I believe the Precision Center guns are "correctly" measured, while the regular production items are not. I will confirm.

[firedude]

I have a production JRH 5.5 and a Precision Center JRH 4 5/8's. Both are correctly measured and industry standard from front of cylinder.

[mark]

My standard production 7.5 inch BFR in 500JRH measures 7.5 inches from the end of the frame. The box has a space to indicate the barrel length but the factory left it blank.