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Post by Quick Draw McGraw on Mar 20, 2016 16:45:54 GMT -5
I was shooting my new BFR in .500 JRH this weekend, and both my bro and I took skin off our right thumb from the stock rubber grip's checkering. So I bought a hogue and it solved that issue, but exposes the back strap. Ow. Anyone here tried the pachmyar decelerator? What do you guys like on your BFR?
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Post by AxeHandle on Mar 20, 2016 16:50:45 GMT -5
Shot my 450M BFR with one of those wooden Hogue grips one time. I quickly swapped back to the factory rubber grips...
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Post by grizzly on Mar 20, 2016 18:06:24 GMT -5
I have the Huntington grip frame mod with micarta grips on mine. Personally I wear weightlifting gloves when I shoot it.
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Post by nolongcolt on Mar 20, 2016 18:13:32 GMT -5
I like the factory rubbers on my .480, ugly but give good control and no pain or skin issues.
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Post by jdpress on Mar 22, 2016 0:58:38 GMT -5
Quick Draw:
I have a BFR in .454 Casull with the shorter factory 7 inch barrel. I tried some Micarta grips that looked significantly better but went back to the factory rubber grips, in spite of their appearance, because it is so much more comfortable to shoot with these grips. I do use padded leather gloves when shooting this revolver.
J.D. Press
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Post by whitworth on Mar 22, 2016 7:27:45 GMT -5
BFR has a new rubber grip they designed specifically for their guns. Here is a photo. The jury is out still for me. They're a bit narrow up top for my taste, but I need to test some more before I draw conclusions.  |
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Post by rkcohen on Mar 22, 2016 8:39:14 GMT -5
probably need to start by saying everybody's hands are different.
i was talking to jack huntington about the jrh grip mod for my bfr in 475 linebaugh.
told him how that although hamilton bowen and I are the same size (although I am the more handsome of the pair) he regularly totes a s&w mountain gun in 44mag with magna style fishpaw grips panels.
this gun fairly swivels in my hand!
although our hands are about the same in length - his fingers are much thicker than mine - while I can palm a basket ball, his bunch of bananas cannot...
so with all of that said - my bowen 5 shot bisley now wears a set of ivory micarta panels that are a little less flared at the bottom and work pretty fair with heavy 45 colt loads - but that is not a 475 is it?
the bfr has been a journey of sorts - was shot with the factory pachmayr unit and was a "no joy" situation for me, so I tried the "hogue for bfr" wood unit and that was also no joy - used it for one trip and put it back in the box just in case I met some one that was "falling to the ground shaking just had to have it" and moved on to the rubber hogue super blackhawk conversion.
this worked better actually but was at best a kluge - i called the folks at hogue and asked that if they had the correct frame insert for the bfr - why not cast the super blackhawk rubber form around it for the bfr? basically they told me to go pound sand...
so off to jrh advanced. jack is a good guy to talk to, explaining the process about what happens and why. so the grip frame is altered a bit, the wood is formed with a bit of a swell on the right side and the standard single action plow handle flare at the bottom is replaced by a mild taper... reach, girth and form being determined by the hand outline provided and jack's patience on the phone.
and now as baby bear would say "it's just right.."
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Post by tek4260 on Mar 22, 2016 12:00:02 GMT -5
You can always have some made and get away from the rubber ones! These are Holly and are about as thin as you can get.  |
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Post by CraigC on Mar 22, 2016 14:08:02 GMT -5
probably need to start by saying everybody's hands are different. This is an important point that can't be stressed enough. Everyone's hands are different and everyone will have different preferences, fully independent of hand size. I don't have huge hands (size 9) but I prefer my grips to be thicker than most and with very little taper from top to bottom. It took a lot of trial and error to figure this out. The first shot fired from a Bisley with the thick Hogue cowboy grips, I knew I had found the answer. I can't speak to the BFR because I don't care for the Super Blackhawk grip profile but Jack Huntington's Bisley grips are outstanding. I dare say they made that .500Maximum damn near pleasant. |
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Post by sportster on Mar 22, 2016 18:13:32 GMT -5
BFR has a new rubber grip they designed specifically for their guns. Here is a photo. The jury is out still for me. They're a bit narrow up top for my taste, but I need to test some more before I draw conclusions. Those look much better than the stock hogue style grips that I had on mine. |
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Post by buckheart on Mar 22, 2016 18:53:01 GMT -5
BFR has a new rubber grip they designed specifically for their guns. Here is a photo. The jury is out still for me. They're a bit narrow up top for my taste, but I need to test some more before I draw conclusions. Whitworth - I would like to try those on my 500jrh BFR. Don't see them on their website. |
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Post by Quick Draw McGraw on Mar 24, 2016 21:42:48 GMT -5
Yeah, are those a prototype?
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Post by whitworth on Mar 25, 2016 10:03:49 GMT -5
Yeah, are those a prototype? No, they are being sold currently through their customer service. They should be up on the website soon. I don't know what they cost. |
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Post by whiterabbit on Mar 28, 2016 12:22:21 GMT -5
too narrow. That's begging to have your middle finger bashed by the trigger guard.
I prefer the wood hogue grips for heavy recoiling long cylinder guns. Not aesthetically pleasing on the short cylinder gun though. For the short cylinder I prefer the Huntington gripframe mod with fat grips up high.
The hogue grips takes alot of getting used to. It demands you separate your pinky and ring finger into the finger grooves. It's a tough sell, but once you get used to it the grip uniformity is awesome, and I cannot go back. I have a buddy who agrees with Axehandle 100% though. He does NOT like the pao ferro grips.
Third place, ill take the factory grip.
Fourth, I think those new factory grip. I just see something narrow up high to let the trigger guard beat me up, and the flair still present on the bottom to beat me up both back and front.
yikes.
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Post by whitworth on Mar 28, 2016 12:52:39 GMT -5
The jury is still out for me, but I can tell you I am not getting hit by the trigger guard at all. There is plenty of space. Even when shooting really warm loads it doesn't get my knuckle.
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