Bisley picture with CLC grips.

[KENTDEP]

and



Black Micarta. These are slick and when you're shooting the heavy loads they roll nice in the hand.


Just thought you SA lovers might want to see it.

Jay

[Lloyd Smale]

grips look nice but what i want to know is who did that beautiful front sight for you?

[KENTDEP]

Lloyd,

That sight is a hybrid. Jim Stroh type base and David Clements blade. David made it. I sent him pictures of the sight that Stroh makes and asked him to make the base like Stroh's and I told David that I wanted his type of blade. So you have a Stroh/Clements sight.

I wanted it that way because I thought that would look good with the Bisley hammer. The hammer is has those curves and I though there should be something else that was curvatious on the gun. Clements sight bases are normally pretty plain. I didn't want that for this gun. So there you go, the rest of the story.

Jay

[Lloyd Smale]

you sure accomplished what you wanted. Thats one of the nicest sight setups ive seen on an accusport!

[KENTDEP]

Lloyd,

Thanks but that isn't an Acusport. That above was that trashed SBH that I bought. Clements did the conversion for me. He did a heck of a job on that gun as far as I am concerned.

I am thinking about sending David my genuine Acusport. That gun is one of the convertables. I would have the same sights made up for it and two blades made. One for the acp cylinder and one for the lc cylinder.

Jay

[Ned]

Jay:

Very nice gun.

Are you satisfied with the accuracy of the Bisley? I'm thinking of getting one for semi-serious target shooting (i.e. NRA Marksmanship Qualification program).

Do you think it better than the regular Blackhawk series?

Thank you.

Ned

[KENTDEP]

Ned,

I am satisfied with THIS Bisley. But I have to admit that David Clements did some things to improve on it. I never fired a round through it before it went to him because I bought it as a poor beaten up gun. It had no rear sight and a cobbled up front sight when I bought it. I knew when I bought it what I would be doing to it so it did not matter. In fact it could have been a heck of a shooter for all I know. I shot a couple of 1 inch groups with this gun a couple of weeks ago at 25 yards. Yesterday I shot some 2 inchers at the same distance trying some different loads. Good enough for hunting yes, target shooting... probally not.

As far as Bisleys go they are nothing more than a Blackhawk or Vaquero with a different grip frame, hammer, trigger, grips and a couple of different screws. The real benefit the Bisley, over a Blackhawk or Vaquero, is the grip frame and the hammer. The grip frame is bigger which helps if you have bigger hands (I do) and if you are shooting hotter loads it disapates recoil better. The hammer spur is lower and if you shoot off hand it can help in cocking the gun. A lot of people like the Bisley hammer on their plow handle guns because it is easier to reach.

If it were me and I wanted a super accurate revolver, I would look at a Freedom Arms. The are line bored and have a reputation as being some of the most accurate guns available. The cylinders are line bored and because of that the cylinder lines up with the bore of the barrel better. You can get a Ruger built that way but it costs big bucks and the wait is longer. Most of the big name smiths take 8 months to nearly two years at this time. Many charge $1000+ and you have the cost of the gun on top of that. You can get a Freedom Arms revolver for that kind of money.

I like my Rugers because they are tough. No they are not built like a Freedom Arms but I currently have 13 of them in my safe. For what I have into them, I could only afford about 3-4 Freedom Arms (not that I don't want one).

FWIW,

Jay

[blackwolfe]

Real sharp looking Bisley.  Is the rear sight standard or aftermarket?

[KENTDEP]

Thanks for the kind words.

The rear sight is a Bowen Target Sight.

Jay

[totallycustom]

That is a very  nice lookin' piece. 

I really like bisleys and the grip size and feel, but... they always look visually unbalanced to me.  With all the mass in the grip, action area the skinny barrels dont carry as much visual weight and thats always bothered me.  I think that the banded front sights add a little better looks to the balance.  I do think that shooting well is more important than looking good but looks have their place.

What do you guys think?

-TC-

[jd45]

totallycustom, the mistake we make is to attach way too much importance to the visual. You've heard of the old adage, "don't judge a  book by its cover", & "appearances are deceiving"..........I would think it'd apply to this revolver as well. If it puts em where you're pointin, that's the MORE important thing, don't you think? Just my 2 cents, jd45

[KENTDEP]

When you first started to see Glocks being imported here I didn't care for them at all because of the looks. Well, then I started shooting them. That changed my mind. When Ruger came out with the Bisley I felt the same way. Didn't like the looks. Then I shot one. Now I own 7. There is a good chance that I will switch all my other Rugers over to Bisleys.

They work for me.

Jay

[Lloyd Smale]

got to admit the first time i saw a bisley i thought it was an ugly gun. I still dont like the looks of a 7.5 inch bisley. Cut to 5.5 or even better yet a 4 5/8s i think there better looking then a blackhawk. What i really like is a 4 or 4 5/8s bisley vaquero with the grips roundbutted. But i dont like the looks of a roundbutted grip on anything longer. But the real advantage is in the way they feel. Some hate them some love them. Me i think there the best feeling grip frame on any gun.