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Post by bigbore5 on Apr 21, 2021 10:39:36 GMT -5
Mine is a custom shop build. I had them install the lower wide spur hammer and 2dogs sent me a taller brass sight. Still need to work on the sharp edges. Only major thing I want to change is to swap the micarta out for mastodon ivory. Also props to Doc Barranti on the EK No.5 holster. Loving it and plan to get a few more for the Rugers.
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Post by jeffer on Apr 21, 2021 16:52:31 GMT -5
A round butt FA IS ABOUT PERFECT
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Post by 45MAN on Apr 21, 2021 18:02:14 GMT -5
ALL MY FA MODEL 83's WEAR PACHMAYR's, NOT PRETTY BUT VERY FUNCTIONAL.
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Post by RDW on Apr 21, 2021 18:22:01 GMT -5
I shot a friend's BFR in .500 Linebaugh. The grip works, but feels odds in my hand (how it points). And I'm not big on its looks. Don't know why they call it a Bisley. It isn't. The rear profile doesn't extend up over the ear screws. -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time" I dont know why they call it a Bisley either and have always questioned that. But as Max has said before it is an interpretation. Rugers Bisley is an interpretation, however it follows the same parameters as the original Bisley grip frame with many improvements. The BFR is cool as drool but in my eyes their interpretation is a modified Conventional. The changes that they made are a good if not a great improvement over the Colt plow handle but it does not feature a Bisley style backstrap by any means. The improvements that we have made with the extended Bradshaw design and the four degree forward series take recoil management to a whole new level. As one stated earlier, different strokes for different folks and i agree completely with that statement. That is why i have so many choices. If it works for you LET HER EAT. If it dont, gimme a hollar cuz stainless and blued steel is almost ready to go. R
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Post by CraigC on Apr 21, 2021 23:47:33 GMT -5
I can't even call it an interpretation, it's literally a dead ringer for the Super grip frame. Somewhere I've got a tracing of the BFR Bisley and SBH grips and they're nearly identical.
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Post by pjb2643 on Apr 22, 2021 10:20:43 GMT -5
After I got my BFR 6.5” in 480 Ruger, I had a shoot off between it and my 4.6” Ruger 480 Bisley. 50rds later I made the decision to sell the Ruger. The BFR didn’t pound my middle finger like the Ruger did. It all came down to that. I never gave much thought to the “look” of the BFR as I don’t find it objectionable anyway. However, my middle finger thinks it looks GREAT. ;-)
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Post by bradshaw on Apr 22, 2021 13:21:15 GMT -5
RECOIL motivates the search for a better grip. Or, expressed specifically, CONSERVATION of ANATOMY (hand, wrist, elbow), POINTABILITY, and MARKSMANSHIP (consistency) are the three reasons to personalize the grip. Oh, we can throw in two other, separate, reasons: VANITY (personal statement) and AESTHETICS.
The BFR Banana works wonders for some. Dick Casull’s grip works for some. The Super Blackhawk Dragoon works for some. These three grip frames were fashioned specifically to address recoil. And, it is said, the Ruger XR3 and XR3-RED moderate heavy recoil for some. (Can’t wrap my brain or hand around that one!) Pachmayr and others have sold a heap of grips to increase control and comfort.
Jack Huntington, Hamilton Bowen, and Ronnie Wells, to name three, answered the recoil challenge by modifying factory grip frames. Ronnie Wells now combines a lifetime of shooting and experimentation with profound knowledge of Programmed Precision Machining to personalize recoil management, and to be able to duplicate exactly an individual solution (grip frame). The RW solves repeatability exactly. Thus, when a shooter tries and prefers an existing RW grip frame, Ronnie cuts on the money.
Of course it is misleading and inaccurate to call the BFR Banana grip a “Bisley.” As Lee Martin, Ronnie Wells, and this shooter note, the original----the Colt Bisley----starts as the backstrap continues in a single arc from the Peacemaker recoil shield, attached by screws beneath the arc. Marketing is not always about accuracy. David Bradshaw
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Post by bigbore5 on Apr 23, 2021 2:29:32 GMT -5
Well I guess the marketing department didn't want to call it the Banana. It is different from the super blackhawk hunter in both angles and knuckle clearance but not by too much. But it's the right difference. It's like they took the hunter frame, added some clearance behind the trigger guard then used the Bisley grip angle plus a couple degrees. I swear it's like something Ronnie Wells would dream up. Eventually I'll get around to getting one of Ronnie's frames, but until then, this is the best recoil taming grip I've tried, including Mr. Huntington's modifications.
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Post by Lee Martin on Apr 23, 2021 8:14:49 GMT -5
Maybe Ronnie Wells will offer BFR gripframes. If it did, this would become a moot discussion. Those that like the BFR-banana could run them stock. Those that don't would have an almost endless number of RDW designs to choose from (ex - Bradshaw Bisley, the Dealer, etc, etc). -Lee www.singleactions.com"Chasing perfection five shots at a time"
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Post by contender on Apr 23, 2021 8:41:00 GMT -5
I have followed this discussion & have to chuckle a bit.
David has pointed out several things that are fact. However, it still comes down to what I have taught, preached & try to impress upon all shooters.
Every person's hands are different, & you have to find what grip fits YOUR hands, that YOU can control, and are comfortable for YOU to shoot. Many people can enjoy the same type & style,, but there will never be the "One size is perfect for all!"
Simply put, find what works for YOU!
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Post by Big Bore on Apr 23, 2021 8:56:34 GMT -5
Just 'won' my first banana BFR in 454. Pretty excited about it.
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Post by CraigC on Apr 23, 2021 9:11:24 GMT -5
If Ronnie made a Bisley for the BFR, I'd jump the fence.
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Post by RDW on Apr 23, 2021 9:21:53 GMT -5
I have followed this discussion & have to chuckle a bit. David has pointed out several things that are fact. However, it still comes down to what I have taught, preached & try to impress upon all shooters. Every person's hands are different, & you have to find what grip fits YOUR hands, that YOU can control, and are comfortable for YOU to shoot. Many people can enjoy the same type & style,, but there will never be the "One size is perfect for all!" Simply put, find what works for YOU! Tyrone, HEAR HEAR. That is why we have so many frame styles and Suggestions here at RW Grip Frames! Experience and target time is the last word. 8 Billion people on earth, On average that is 16 Billion hands. Each with a different finger print pattern. Each with a different size, different arm length, flexibility, skin texture, finger length, Oh My. the list goes on and on. But most of all, INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have had 6 to 12 basic or different SA grip frame shapes to choose from for a hundred and fifty years now. Its time for a change. We have adapted all these different hand shapes and sizes to less than a dozen frames for all these years now. Now we are adapting frames to our hands! Simply put, find what works for you. I love it. R
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Post by RDW on Apr 23, 2021 9:24:34 GMT -5
If Ronnie made a Bisley for the BFR, I'd jump the fence. Craig i have completed the Basic differences of the Ruger mounting to the BFR and will soon offer alum, Stainless and brass for them. I have a working 4 degree on a 475 BFR as we speak. They are wider and a bit different but not much. Sit tite, its coming! R
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Post by RDW on Apr 23, 2021 9:25:52 GMT -5
Just 'won' my first banana BFR in 454. Pretty excited about it. Well you will soon be wrappin your hands around a massive Single action Cannon Sir. I do believe you will dig it! R
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