EAA Bounty Hunter

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Charlie1947

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Hi Folks,
Does anyone have experience with the EAA Bounty Hunter revolvers?
Are they strong enough to shoot reloads? Thank-you for your replies.
I appreciate your time.:confused:
 
Good guns

Any gun is good enough to shoot reloads. Make sure they are from a reputable source. The bounty hunters are stronger than standard cowboy revolvers and a good value for a well made revolver.
 
Given their low price I'm surprised we don't see more of them showing up at cowboy action shooting matches. They are pretty beefy.

Why would you think that a gun would need to be stronger in order to handle reloaded ammo?
 
You didn't mention what caliber your gun was.

But as best as I remember, the EAA was German made by J.P. Sauer & Sohn at first, later another maker whose name I forget now.

But the EAA Bounty Hunter is one stout made revovler.

Bob Wright
 
I believe Sauer and Sohn made the Hawes, Weihrauch makes the bounty Hunter, or at least does now.
 
When the Bounty Hunter first came on the market, they were made in Russia by Biakal. They were very strong like everything Biakal made. There are a lot of clones that strictly forbid shooting reloads. The Rugers and Biakals were very strong. Since I found out the Bounty Hunters were now German, I had no experience with them. I like to load my .45's to a little hotter than the old
.45 loads.
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Baikal once imported their coach gun (side by side shotgun) as the "Bounty Hunter II".

Bounty Hunter also happens to be the moniker that EAA puts on the Weirauch revolver.

I don't think the revolver was ever made by Baikal.

Almost every manufacturer's instructions "prohibit" the use of reloaded ammunition. Pretty much a CYA move.
 
My Bounty Hunter in 45 colt, has never shot anything but reloads. It is the same frame as the 44 mag Bounty Hunter. While I don't recommend loading to 44mag levels, it is a strong gun. :rolleyes:
 
Every gun company says no reloads in their manuals. its a nice step they have to cover their butts in case, say you reload a 44 special to 454 casull levels and use it in a scandium type snub nose 44 special.

However the only thing that ive seen with these revolvers and ammunition issue is, that if you load with black powder you WILL be doing lots of load work as these dont seem to be very fond of black powder loads.
 
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