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Ruger Bisley Range Report

buddybbuddyb Member Posts: 5,393 ✭✭✭✭
edited October 2019 in General Discussion
I bought an early production Ruger Bisley,5.5 barrel,44 mag a while back and put it in the safe.With the short barrel and excuse for rear sights I didn't have much hope for a tack driver,but I was wrong.With 250 grain cast gas check bullets loaded a little warm but not hot,we kept moving targets until I could make 2 liter soda bottles filled with water explode out to 50 yards.That may not be a great feat for some,but as bad of a pistol shot as I am I think most of the credit goes to using a great gun. Do all these Bisleys shoot that well or did I get the exception?
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  • buschmasterbuschmaster Member Posts: 14,229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    soda bottle at 50 yards with a .44 magnum... can you say f-l-i-n-c-h my nerves would be frazzled after a few shots of that
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,529 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My 4 5/8 one was purely inaccurate. Eventually found a new home.
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have had some that really shoot good and some that were OK.

    I find Ruger 41 mags are really good shooters.

    I have a 4 5/8" gun that is very accurate.
    RLTW

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  • ruger41ruger41 Member Posts: 14,665 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My Bisley 4 5/8? in .44 Special is accurate.
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  • Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,497 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's unusual to find a Blackhawk of any flavor that won't shoot well - but there are some. IIRC, it can sometimes be traced to the bore being "pinched" by a too-tight receiver right at the forcing come. That short "squozed down" section ruins bullet fit down the rest of the bore. I think it was Dave Clements, the master Ruger 'smith who told me that.

    I never found the Bisley grip to suit me, perhaps because I have small hands. Dunno, but the original small frame Blackhawk always fit me best.
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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