Favorite Ruger single action grip / style
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I prefer the Bisley grip, hammer, and trigger personally. The grip feels solid and steady in my hand, and I have an easy time cocking the hammer with the way the hammer is shaped.
I get my best groups when shooting my Ruger Bisleys, and they seem to really make even the hottest .44 magnum loads a piece of cake.
I get my best groups when shooting my Ruger Bisleys, and they seem to really make even the hottest .44 magnum loads a piece of cake.
SharpsDressedMan
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I like the traditional SAA style, and the New Vaquero size duplicates the Colt grip frame pretty well. I replaced my Ruger plastic with nicer after market wood.
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I am still trying to figure this out for myself. I am leaning toward Bisley, with custom grip/stock panels. I just haven't yet found the "just right" fit. If I figure this out before the poll closes, I will vote.
My .45 Montado, which is on the New Vaquero-sized frame, slams my hand in a way my Colt and USFA sixguns do not, and I don't think it is just the shorter barrel and resultant lighter weight at work.
My .45 Montado, which is on the New Vaquero-sized frame, slams my hand in a way my Colt and USFA sixguns do not, and I don't think it is just the shorter barrel and resultant lighter weight at work.
Wil Terry
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WHY....WHY....Do I have to have a favorite ?? One gripframe works fine with some calibers, another works best with other caliber.
newrugersafan
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How about half plow handle and half Bisley
Keith #5 grip frame
My grip preference for the single action Rugers is the XR-3RED grip of the NMBH. I have large hands and I prefer the slightly larger grip of the NMBH to that of the Colt SAA. I like Eagle Gunfighter grips for mine: smooth for heavy recoil guns like my .44 mag, and checkered for my .357 to anchor it in my hand. I have a Bisley, but don’t care for it as much as the NMBHs.
MMCSRET
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NMBH XR3RED outfitted with Herrett Shooting Star checkered walnut.
BullRunBear
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Despite having large hands, I prefer the grips on the early Single-six, original Blackhawk and the 50th Anniversary 357 Blackhawk, and new Vaquero. I seldom shoot heavy loads these days so never needed the Bisley grip. The one exception is my 7.5" new model Blackhawk in 45 Colt. I put Hogue rubber grips on it to handle the stronger handloads.
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CraigC
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IMHO, there is enough difference between the XR3, XR3-RED and Super Blackhawk grip frames that there should've been separate choices for each. I love the XR3 and despise the XR3-RED and SBH grip frames. It is my favorite for light to moderate loads up to standard weight bullets at 1200fps. The Bisley is my favorite for heavier loads, nothing else is more comfortable.
velocette
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It's the Bisley for me. The way they handle higher horsepower rounds is the
reason.
Roger
reason.
Roger
SharpsDressedMan
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Are youse guys looking for comfort while firing those hoglegs, or do ya want to feel what the REAL cowboys felt when they shot 'em? 
The SBH Hunter has the best sized grip for the heavy calibers. Barring that the older Vaquero in 44 mag benefits greatly from skinny 'gunfighter' grips.
ironhead7544
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For high recoil loads the SBH grips fits me best. I also have a Flat Top 44 Special and the smaller Colt type grip on it fits perfect for the cal.
Here are my SS Bisley and NMBH, both in .45 Colt. Both have Eagle Gunfighter grips. I have tested both back to back with the same ammo, and I find I prefer the XR3-RED grip, but that is only a matter of personal preference.
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Cocked & Locked
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This grip style...
I have large hands, so I've found either the grip on a BFR Custom for large hands, FA 83 with custom grips better for most of my shooting.
The Bisley was originally designed, IIRC, as a target grip, maybe for 22lr?
The design is supposed to send the recoil back a bit straighter into your hand then a standard grip. This seems to be fine with most loads, but, with REALLY heavy loads the hump in the Bisley is slammed into your hand, and feels first like it's going to split your hand into two pieces, by tearing the flesh apart, and, the impact is what I would think a baseball bat being swung into your hand, metal one, would feel like.
With most heavy loads, the FA 83 seems to distribute the force of recoil over the entire grip, and, not so much straight back into one part of your hand.
Now, the loads I'm basing this on recoil at 40 ft-lbs in the FA 83, and 55-82 ft-lbs in the Ruger Maximum, with Bisley grip.
I can't load anything in an FA that comes close to that recoil level, so, at that level and or greater, perhaps I would find the FA 83 doesn't work, either.
The Bisley was originally designed, IIRC, as a target grip, maybe for 22lr?
The design is supposed to send the recoil back a bit straighter into your hand then a standard grip. This seems to be fine with most loads, but, with REALLY heavy loads the hump in the Bisley is slammed into your hand, and feels first like it's going to split your hand into two pieces, by tearing the flesh apart, and, the impact is what I would think a baseball bat being swung into your hand, metal one, would feel like.
With most heavy loads, the FA 83 seems to distribute the force of recoil over the entire grip, and, not so much straight back into one part of your hand.
Now, the loads I'm basing this on recoil at 40 ft-lbs in the FA 83, and 55-82 ft-lbs in the Ruger Maximum, with Bisley grip.
I can't load anything in an FA that comes close to that recoil level, so, at that level and or greater, perhaps I would find the FA 83 doesn't work, either.
The heaviest loads I am comfortable with are hot .44 magnum loads. 320 grain bullets loaded to the max for example.
The Bisley works fine for these, for my hands.
Anything that recoils more than this to me is unpleasant regardless of the grip.
The very hot .454 Casull and more powerful loads are no fun with any grip, IMO.
ArchAngelCD
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I'm a Bisley fan too but not the Colt Bisley, the Ruger Bisley is better IMO.
CraigC
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For me the Colt Bisley style is also comfortable, just different. It's even comfortable with the heavy Keith .44Spl load but I won't put too many of those through an Italian replica.
The Bushmaster
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Voted "other". I much prefer the Colt SAA with plow handle.
theotherwaldo
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Plow handle. It's what I learned with - using black powder.
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