Author Topic: 44 super blackhawk (Read 2701 times)

kciH · « **Reply #30 on:** September 19, 2003, 07:29:11 PM »

The reason the Hogue grips feel funny to you guys is just what I stated. Normally with a set of factory grips, your finger is behind the trigger guard, the Hogue fills that area in. Your hand is then holding the gun lower on the frame, which puts the bore at a higher center above your hand, resulting in more pronounced recoil. That effect is, of course, the exact opposite of why you put them there in the first place in most circumstances. The other issue I have with them is that they look "funky", for lack of a better term with any more meaning than that one, because it makes the trim and packable single action look like it has frying pan handle hanging off of it.

On a S&W N frame you'd have to pry them away from me, wood or rubber, but on the Rugers it's different.

myronman3 · « **Reply #31 on:** September 20, 2003, 05:13:48 PM »

i would agree wholeheartedly.

Blackhawk44 · « **Reply #32 on:** September 22, 2003, 10:05:54 AM »

Spring kits by Power Custom and others are available from Nachez Shooters Supply, Brownells, Midway and most mailorder houses. Install yourself and dry fire to smooth up the burrs. Then can reevaluate the trigger job. Try to find examples of the other type grips on other guns at the range or shop. It would really be great to shoot them first. Some truly don't react the way you think they would in the shop. For me, I got used to curlying my small finger under the butt when I was small an prefer smooth wood or polymer. Checkered grips(especially rubber) on a magnum make me feel like having just hit a homer with cracked bat, but we are all very different. That's why I say try some first.

les hemby · « **Reply #33 on:** September 22, 2003, 12:58:32 PM »

going to definately get a spring kit taking off the leg does not work for me feels to rough. i also hook my little finger under grip. i shot again yesterday awhile. i love this gun. i think i may get a stag grip and a shooting glove. it is amazing just how accurate this gun really is

Toolpush · « **Reply #34 on:** September 23, 2003, 08:13:54 PM »

I got my first Super Blackhawk almost 30 years ago and I still have it. There isn't a screw that hasn't got Loc-tite on it (a lot of it red. That was before I knew the difference). It was the gun that got me into reloading.

I shoot two loads, 8 grs of Unique or 231 under a 240 gr cast bullet. And 23.5 gr H110 under a 240gr Hornady XTP.

A little story that some will get a chuckle out of. When using a truck or a car for a rest do not get your little finger between the butt of the gun and the truck hood. My Father gave me a dent in the hood of a brand new pickup in 78! I was laughing at him and he told me "Boy it ain't funny!" He had to chuckle when I told him "At least I had a velor top on the Toranado when I did it." I have not needed to test it but I am sure that this would apply to fence post, shooting benches, logs and other hard surfaces. If your not wise enough to heed this warning I have not met the man that needed seconds to learn better.

I solved this problem with making some oversize Ivory grips. Mine protrude about an inch below the frame. I also left them thicker than factory grips. This helps spread the recoil out to a larger area thus taking some more of the bite out. I have a large hand and yes they resemble a plow handle. The factory grip is far too small for me. I had one split on me a year or so back. I need to get some wood and make another pair as I can no longer bring Ivory back.

After shooting the first one for over 25 years. The wife even noticed the gun rattled. She suggested that I get another one so that the old one would still be shooting when I was gone and it was passed on to the kids. I had no trouble picking out a stainless steel one with another 7.5" barrel. I think that it would had lasted that long unless I beat another transfer bar flat! But her telling me to buy a gun. That has happened just that one time and I have had her just almost a year longer than the Super Blackhawk. I wasn't going to tell her the difference!

Just a few of my thoughts on an old and dear friend.
Toolpush

gregdemars · « **Reply #35 on:** September 24, 2003, 07:28:29 AM »

got a 10 1/2 stnls SBH. Sent it to Mag-na-port. for about $600.00 they tune the action, time it, 2X luepold silver scope, sling w/ swivels, deepen forcing cone, took out trigger creep, hone sear for crisp 2.5 # pull. beautiful piece of work and accurate as all hell