Ruger 5.5" Bisley .45 Colt What Mods?

[FishHunt]

I have a new Ruger .45 Colt Bisley. I am planning to use it in the upcoming deer season here in N.C. I am just wondering what mods most of you that hunt would do to a new pistol before hunting with it. I guess I am just looking for some general advice and info on what makes these guns shoot better.

I have already put a 'One Ragged Hole' peep sight on and I plan to use it for hunting this fall. It helped tighten up my groups a lot.

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[Prof. Fuller Bullspit]

1. Slug the barrel and chamber throats. If needed, have chamber throats reamed so that they are .001 to .002 larger than the bore.

2. Since it is a Bisley I might also put in a Power Custom hammer and trigger along with a spring kit (the springs are a must)  this will give a great trigger pull.

3. Work up a load for the hunt.

4. Practice.

[Lloyd Smale]

I  usually throat all my 45s put belt mountain pins on them bowen rear sights and have an action job done.

[Boxhead]

Here's mine. I did an action job, drilled the factory base pin for a locking screw that enters a dimple in the barrel, installed a Bowen rear sight and Clements front sight blade, throated the cylinder, shimmed the cylinder bolt using range rods to tighten it up and improve cylinder to bore alignment and removed the barrel legalese and cylinder roll mark. Certainly more than what one needs for a good functional gun but, as a minimum, I would see that the cylinder throats are right and have a good action job done. I built mine to be my go to hunting 45 Colt and that it is.