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Post by whitworth on Sept 28, 2011 6:31:58 GMT -5
Jack Huntington has performed the grip frame conversion on a number of BFRs and it's a process that is quite involved. My .500 JRH BFR is heading there next year for a Bisley grip frame. Ask Lee about the process, it's a pain in the ______.
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Post by edk on Sept 28, 2011 6:46:04 GMT -5
Just what are the issues to getting one to fit (maybe from someone who's been there)? - Is the angle of the mating surfaces off?
- Is the hole for the trigger and screws in the trigger guard the same spacing?
- Is the geometry for the hammer strut the same or off?
- Etc.
As has been pointed out it does look pretty good.
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Post by Lee Martin on Sept 28, 2011 8:14:03 GMT -5
It takes a lot of cutting and welding. Basically, the BFR frame is wider and the lower angle is different than a Blackhawk. You basically have to mate the upper portion of the BFR backstrap to the grip section of the Bisley. Lot's and lot's of work. I'd love to see someone offer a Bisley kit for the BFR. I think they'd sell quite a few. -Lee www.singleactions.com
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Post by whitworth on Sept 28, 2011 8:19:27 GMT -5
I couldn't agree with you more, Lee.
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Post by edk on Sept 28, 2011 9:41:41 GMT -5
Sounds like short of someone making a casting available (or a CNC'd part) it is easier to take a BFR grip frame and get as close as you can as we've seen Huntington do in the pages of this forum. That profile looks pretty good to me. While I've never had one in my hand I'd say it resembles a FA more than a Ruger which would be fine with me as I prefer the FA. You don't get the blind screws and the high back of the Ruger Bisley if that matters - more of a visual thing as your hand does not go that high.
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Post by bigbores on Sept 28, 2011 9:46:21 GMT -5
I wonder if they just didn't bend the bisley gripfame to the correct angles, as Lee pointed out the lower angle is different, looks to me a little welding to fill and some more finishing and this would be a pretty clean installation.
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Post by subsonic on Sept 28, 2011 10:42:17 GMT -5
I just picked up a 10" .500s&w that had been done this way.
Don't know how to get pics from my iphone to here though.
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Post by AxeHandle on Sept 28, 2011 11:02:54 GMT -5
Sure sounds complicated. FWIW Gary Reeder has another batch of his long cylinder frames available. I've got a few long cylinder BFRs and really appreciate their bang for the buck but I'm thinking that my next long cylinder gun will be a Reeder custom.
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Post by caryc on Sept 28, 2011 11:47:37 GMT -5
I guess his love affair with that gun was so great he had to tie that pretty red ribbon on it for the photo shoot. You know, like those people that have to tie a bandanna around their dogs neck.
My question is, if he loves that thing so much how could he possibly part with it?
Did any of you actually read through that whole description of the gun? I only made it about 3/4 of the way. I just couldn't take any more.
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Post by tek4260 on Sept 28, 2011 12:05:10 GMT -5
The red ribbon makes it special, and the fact that he says it is a 6 shot....
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Post by sixshooter on Sept 28, 2011 12:14:05 GMT -5
Pretty neat that he was able within the first 6 shots to be dead on with a scope at 100 yards. Not to mention they all went in the same hole!!!!
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Post by bigbores on Sept 28, 2011 12:30:41 GMT -5
Pretty neat that he was able within the first 6 shots to be dead on with a scope at 100 yards. Not to mention they all went in the same hole!!!! They all went in the same hole....maybe he's talking about the barrel?
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Post by zeus on Sept 28, 2011 12:30:54 GMT -5
Well, being that my first house was in Byram when I first got out of college, my best guess is that the horrendous rancid odor of the rendering plant in that area is getting to him. Sold that house and moved across town and now that I live in what they call a house in Kansas City, I actually miss that little house
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Post by whitworth on Sept 28, 2011 13:06:56 GMT -5
Sure sounds complicated. FWIW Gary Reeder has another batch of his long cylinder frames available. I've got a few long cylinder BFRs and really appreciate their bang for the buck but I'm thinking that my next long cylinder gun will be a Reeder custom. His long-framed gun is actually Maximum sized and not as long as the stretch framed BFRs.
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Post by AxeHandle on Sept 28, 2011 13:44:26 GMT -5
Exactly why I need the Reeder sized long frame.. The BFR is cool and I love mine to death but IMHO they are a bit much so far as cylinder length.. Of course that fact that the Reeder is 2X+ times the cost of the BFR will make the Reeder purchase a little more painful ..
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