Bisley vs Cowboy grip

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Many years ago (1970's)I fired a ruger blackhawk in 44mag with 240gn factory loads. I thought I was holding it securely but it rolled back in my hand and the hammer took a chunk of skin out of me. Not pleasant. Since then I've only bought double actions and I must say my Dan Wesson 44 is a pleasure to shoot with factory and handloads. I've always thought I would like a 45colt or a even 454 Casull. A question for those who have shot both - does the Bisley grip resist rolling better than the cowboy grip on the regular blackhawks? :confused:

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The "cowboy" grip design is meant to roll in the hand. The Bisley grip was designed as a target grip, and to not roll, but the grip frame itself is different. As "colt45cz75" wrote, the Hogue grips also work well to protect your hand. There are others, but they may cost a lot more than Hogue.
 
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The "cowboy" grip design is meant to roll in the hand. The Bisley grip was designed as a target grip, and to not roll, but the grip frame itself is different. As "colt45cz75" wrote, the Hogue grips also work well to protect your hand. There are others, but they may cost a lot more than Hogue.
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X2. Two of the harder kicking SA's I have are a Ruger Vaquero in 45LC and an old Ruger 'Flat Top' in 44 Mag. With heavy loads, they definately 'move';) but as MTF has stated, that's the beauty of the design. Something I do that seems to help slightly minimize that movement is I hold my pinky finger under the bottem of the grip. Years ago an old timer put me onto that trick and I've found it helps.

With the cowboy grip some of the effects of recoil are taken up by the grip rolling up in your hand. With the Bisley grip, the roll up is less but more recoil is felt as it then more or less kicks straight back. In addition, to my eye, the Bisley grip is 'fugly':p.

With the traditional grip style on double actions, the roll up is even less and the recoil felt even harsher. The most punishing I have is my 500 S&W and on that, even the Hogue grips don't help much. A custom set of Herritt's has made the recoil more, 'bearable':).
 
On my black powder C&B revolvers I started out wearing a thin snug leather glove to provide some measure of protection in case of a chainfire. Once I got to where I trusted my preping of the guns I tried it a couple of times without the glove. I then went back to shooting with the glove as it really aids in holding a grip on the gun and limits the amount of roll in the hand without taking it all away. As a bonus it takes the sting out of the lever rifle on the backs of my fingers when working it during the CAS matches.
 
Me no likey Bisley grip on SAA's.... :p

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Thanks guys. Bisley it is. I'm heading down to Edmonton in november for a week of shopping with my wife and for the pain I'm going to endure I intend to come home with a new revolver. I wonder if they still have that BFR in 45-70 at WSS :rockOn:
 
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Some single action shooters use the "back roll" to a limited extent to allow their thumb to find the hammer to #### it when they are shooting single-handed.
 
I did fall in love with the 5" Bisley when actor Richard Farnsworth playing Bill Miner's character in the movie "The Grey Fox" pulls out his Bisley .45 and putts the barrel just under the nose of the knife threatening bum in the saloon... The bum learned that it is not a good idea to bring a knife in a gunfight... Awesome all Canadian movie BTW.

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Richard Farnsworth interview - w ww.youtube.com/watch?v=LlaRqbwamIE&feature=channel
Another one - w ww.youtube.com/watch?v=0jd_PCYk4X8&feature=related
 
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