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How did you like the Bisley for the recoil? I know you didn't load hot but could you tell the difference between the plow handle and the bisley?
I replaced the rear blade with a peep type hole cut from a thin kerf saw blade that was the same thickness as the factory blade.
Warren Custom Outdoors One Hole SightsI’d like a close up of that peep hole sight
Its a super secret wildcat, I done messed up and let the cat out of the bag so I will give a little more info.What is this "44 message"...?
.357 Max definitely recoils less than a .41 or .44 Mag. I expected some sorta sturm & drang, given that .357 Mag can be pretty snappy & the Max packin’ an extra .310” of case length, but nope. 200gr LWFN gas checks over 4227 to the base of the bullet for just shy of 1600fps & recoil felt like a slow, insistent shove.@Crazy Carl so the 357 max has less recoil than the 44 msg? The SBH frame doesn't beat your knuckle up?
Mind if I ask what that engraving cost you?A couple of mine.
.41 Special built by Clements Custom Guns on a midframe flat top.
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6.5" .41 Mag after a trip to Tyler Gun Works for some love & attention.
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I don’t remember what just the engraving ran, but fitting the SBH Hunter grip frame & hammer, engraving, front sight blade & accuracy package ran ~$1K. Right at 4 month turnaround as the Rona hit. Bobby Tyler does great work for what I consider very fair pricing & Tyler Gun Works are great to deal with. He’s getting more & more “famous” in the ever shrinking gunsmithing world, so if you like his work, there’s no better time than the present to give him a call. If he or his wife don’t answer the phone, one of them will return your call shortly.Mind if I ask what that engraving cost you?
I’ve got a 357 4 5/8” barrel from 1976…love my Ruger Blackhawks especially the 3 screws.45 colt. Made in 1976. Love mine. If you can’t read it, it says “made in the 200th year of American liberty” on top of the barrel.
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Those 41’s are getting hard to find, congrats!
Beautiful! I like ‘‘em with a little wear on them! Shows they’ve been loved!I just picked up another Blackhawk in .45 Colt. It’s been beaten up a little but she’ll do just fine.View attachment 580564
I'm going to say No, the BH grip frames are not as friendly as the Colt is. The BH is bigger and bulkier to me. The BH does have a similar way of being a naturally good point and shoot feel and does have good ergonomics for reaching the hammer naturally but it does not feel as good as a Colt style. The BH is a "Tank", big, heavy, over built, can take anything you throw at it and the grip frame reflects that.A question for those of you with SAAs/SAA clones in the stable alongside your BHs…
Does the BH standard grip frame “handle” like the Colt plowhandle? As in, do your hands and fingers fall onto those guns and their hammers the same way?
I have a Taylors-slicked-up Uberti (non-shortstroke) with the 5.5” barrel, and shooting that gun has me hunting down a shorter-barreled option for “BBQ” occasions and dressy social affairs.
The Colt-style frame and hammer is easy to draw, cock, and point in a single motion—the problem is the Italians don’t checker hammers. It’s more of a flat-topped knurling pattern. Ruger hammers are much gripper! But, I have only handled New Vaqueros with birdshead grips and a Bisley-framed SBH ages ago.
Are the plowhandles close enough, or do they feel different?