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Post by Encore64 on Mar 31, 2016 19:10:20 GMT -5
Fine guns indeed.
First on the 480 Ruger. Most have found the same as you, they shoot great. Have heard many complaints, but most from a very, very small minority of shooters. One called it junk, but had never held or owned one.
Second, the BFR. I love these guns. Both my 500 JRHs wear the factory rubber grips. They are great for heavy recoil, but will get the Huntington grip modification soon.
Third, that's three really nice guns, plain and simple.
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Post by Alaskan454 on Mar 31, 2016 20:24:34 GMT -5
I've not had the pleasure of shooting a BFR so I should eventually try one. So far the FA is my favorite factory gun. The grip is absolutely perfect for me and even though trigger weight is a little heavier than my Rugers I've done it's as crisp as I could imagine.
If your new Bisleys are rough whip out the diamond stones and get to work! I still need to remove a bit of pre travel on mine but it's a whole different gun now. It was terrible from the factory.
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Post by sportster on Mar 31, 2016 20:48:12 GMT -5
As the owner of that BFR I guess I should contribute as seancass asked otherwise I would just let him do all the talking. After shooting seancass's FA I got hooked. I bought the BFR and I liked it, except for the too long of a barrel and the not so appealing rubber grips. They were functional. BFR tried to make them look good but I couldn't take it. Away it went to JRH for the grip frame modification and I figured while it was there I would get more work done to it. No sense in sending it out a second time to get work done to it. The trigger wasn't bad before. It wasn't great but it was far from bad. What came back was a very crisp trigger that was lighter than before. Exactly what I wanted. The FA trigger to me was the gold standard. It is a very good trigger. I hadn’t shot a single action with a trigger job.
The new grips make it a joy to shoot. It doesn't really move in my hands. I can keep a firm grip on it without wanting to be wearing any gloves while shooting. I would like to think that the grips being wider distribute the force across a wider range on the palm of my hand. Again the gun is just bigger than the Ruger but it is proportional. The Ruger grip felt really small to me after holding the BFR. Almost like going from a FA grip to a plow handle. I was actually very surprised by this. Very narrow from top to bottom and my hands filled up the entire grip from top to bottom. The FA grips were wider and felt nicer to me than the Ruger grips but there again my hands filled the entire grip from top to bottom. The JRH grip is roughly 3/8 of an inch longer than either of the other two. It does give me the choice of hand placement on the grip while still maintaining my entire hand on the grip. The loads that we shot today we towards the higher end of the still safe loads. I had already shot all of the lower power loads last week.
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Post by greygt on Mar 31, 2016 20:49:22 GMT -5
I have shot 5 different bfr's in 454, 45-70,460 smith and 500 JRH and 500 smith with the factory rubber grips. I tired a set of pachmayr decelerators and what a difference of the factory rubbers. again I know they are ugly but it makes them more fun to shoot without hundreds of dollars in work in bisley conversion or Hunnington mod.
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Post by Encore64 on Mar 31, 2016 21:06:24 GMT -5
I admire what Sportster has done here. He has taken a very good basic gun and built a true custom gun to suit him.
That's what this is all about. As time and possibly money allowed, he reached his goal.
I'd bet you'd have to try really hard to out perform that BFR.
Kudos is about all I could add.
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