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To Bisley or not to Bisley?

silentmarksmansilentmarksman Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
edited January 2002 in Ask the Experts
I have a free Vaquero coming to me as a belated X-mas present. Any thoughts on whether to get a Bisley-Vaquero or regular Vaquero? I hear that the Bisleys don't ride up in your hand as the regulars have a tendancy to do.
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  • legn4legn4 Member Posts: 481 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Having both I like the fill&point of the Bisley V. better. That my .02$ worth ,(45LC.)
    Work'n like a dog all nite
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  • john carrjohn carr Member Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I received a Ruger Bisley also for Christmas a year ago. I'm amazed at the control the grip gives me even with 250 gr .44 Mag loads.I had one of the first Ruger .44 Magnums and with the conventional grip the muzzle pointed straight up at the end of the shot.
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  • silentmarksmansilentmarksman Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The opinions are greatly appreciated. I believe I will go with the Bisley 45 L.C./45ACP. Thanks again
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    I bought the regular Vaquero in stainless steel, 4 5/8 barrel in .44 magnum. I like it fine but my buddy has the Bisley and his gun is much easier to cock and fire because of the different hammer spur. The Vaquero spur juts upward at a 45 degree angle while the Bisley kind of swoops down and back, then back up. Sort of a swan dive configuration. I don't have huge hands and it's a long stretch with my thumb to catch the top of my spur. With his gun it's right there in a natural position for your thumb.I've been wondering if the hammers interchange between the two guns?
    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • hesnazhesnaz Member Posts: 16 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    About ten years ago I took the grip frame and trigger off of a .32 Bisley and swapped it onto a 5 1/2" .44 Super Blackhawk. It's been my favorite pistol ever since. It took a lot of fitting, but the Bisley hammer and the steel SBH grip frame are now on a Single-Six .22.
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