Bounty Hunter

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S.E. Arizona

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Looking at purchasing EAA bounty hunter in 44 mag blued 4 5/8 barrel, will be trail hiking gun , any 1 familiar with this pistol, about $150 less than ruger which is good since I just bought 3 other weapons and close to my annual budget for guns. Im guessing not designed for +p mag loads which is ok I have 480 ruger for that. any and all info would be welcome inc opinions :cool:
 
All's I know is that the Bounty Hunters can't be sold in states that have laws against selling guns that have a low(er) melting point for their metal (900 deg?), which are presumably "Sat night special" laws. This fact doesn't inspire confidence (though they may be perfectly adequate and functional). :dunno:
 
First I've ever heard of any restriction on Bounty Hunter sales due to construction materials.
They're all steel, not quite as nicely finished as a Ruger, but still plenty strong enough to handle standard .44 Mag loads. Definitely no Saturday Night Special.
You may need to have the hand worked on, they've been running just a hair long based on my experience with a .45 Colt BH, a buddy's experience with his .44 BH, and some comments I've heard over the last year or so. It's an easy fix, the guns are functional but you have to put some oomph into cocking the hammer to get it to lock into the full-cock notch. Shorten the hand very slightly, and the problem is corrected.
Accurate enough for a trailgun, the only other fault I've heard is an occasional broken transfer bar, but I think that's getting to be fairly rare.
Good luck.
Denis
 
Ok

thx for info guys still hoping for more info on this revolver. I did notice the long pull on the hammer to fully cock it, not sure what you mean by shortening arm. Have hard time believing 900 degrees would melt this steel, i use a cetylene torch in my work i ve cut thru steel , that sounds like a wives tale to me.
 
The hand is the internal part that rotates the cylinder up into position, aligning each chamber with the bore. You can see the hand if you remove the cylinder & look at the top part of it sticking out of the breechface. It engages the ratchet teeth on the rear of the cylinder.
When it's too long, it jams up against the ratchet tooth and requires pulling the hammer harder to the rear at the end of it's travel so the sear can lock into the full-cock notch on the hammer.
Easily corrected.
And, the steel is good, I don't know where the pot metal Saturday Night Special came from.
FF, where did you hear that? What have I missed?
Denis
 
S.E.,
Do your self a favor and waite until you can afford the Ruger. My NIB Bounty Hunter failed after the first shot. One bang and 5 clicks on the first cylinder full isn't a very good confidence builder. I know of two more that failed during the first 50 rounds. One had a broken firing pin and i never found out why the second one failed to fire.

My buddy has two, one's been in the shop twice (it failed to go bang) and the ejector rod on the other one broke. The gun was less than a six months old and didn't have alot of rounds through it.

Don't waste your money.
 
Remember the old Hawes Western Marshal revolvers? Arminius? These EAA Bounty Hunters are the modernized Sauer and Sohn revolvers made in Germany. They are built oversized just like Rugers. The transfer bar technology is licensed from Ruger. Rugers and BHs had trouble with transfer bars breaking. Ruger did a redesign to fix a flaw. BHs and Rugers are built better and stronger than most revolvers. EAA fixed the ejector housing/button breakage problems too. The EAA Bounty Hunter is a quality revolver. Shorten the hand and they will last for years and years. Decide what finish that you prefer and buy with confidence.
 
Yes, the Bounty Hunter is a superb gun. I bought one in Huachuca City, AZ and have had no problems with the .45 LC. It's well finished and has close sights that I prefer. Be wary of it in .22 as you may experience some creep and the screws tend to losen, which if not attended to can cause the trigger housing to disengage and internal parts to break. The .22 is highly accurate however. It is well known that the Bounty Hunter is a good buy.
 
I was looking at the .38 Windicator but notice the alloy reference and so would not buy it. The gun generally gets good reviews. Back to the Bounty Hunter, this was the SA sold also in Tombstone where regular cowboy action shoots are performed. And the .22 was on EAA's webpage recently.
 
Thx for all the help

I do appreciate all the info forum friends. I went to All custom Firearms in S.V AZ. and purchased a blued 44 mag Bounty Hunter. Fired factory loads and some handloads thru it. The hand is long and will need corrected,also shoots a little to the right of aim but that was standing I will try to shoot off sandbag (supported) next time out , has a nice finish on it the trigger is a little uncomfortable when firing full power loads not sure why yet , no rough edges on it , will investigate this more next range trip.Is made from 4140 steel per Eaa.
Oh it was a 4.5 inch barrel version I purchased will make nice trail and hiking pistol. any preferences on a decent a shoulder rig for this heavy metal plinker. thx again all
 
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