Well, I went ahead and purchased a BFR .454 Casull NIB and am really happy with this thing so far. I bought it to shoot really heavy 45 Colt +P loads but had to try out some factory .454 loads (260 gr. at 1800 fps) and can say that, although recoil was sharp, it was not punishing with this particular revolver. The grip frame seems to do a good job of rolling the recoil up and back. As long as you have a good grip (not too tight though) everything works fine. I was really worried about my wrists (small wrists) getting beat up but they feel fine. Of course, I will reserve commentary on heavier bullets (300 gr. plus) for some other time (if ever).
The fit and finish of this revolver is top notch as far as I can tell (I'm pretty picky). The cylinder has recessed chambers so the case heads are sitting inside the cylinder (cool). The clearance for barrel/cylinder gap is .003 inch. The cylinder fills nearly every bit of space in the frame window. The barrel is, like all BFR barrels, heavy and and has a nice crown on it. My only complaint is that the front site is black (not orange) and the rear sights could stand to have a white outline around the notch.
Additionally, it came from the factory drilled and tapped for a scope and has a really tough scope mount included (looks similar to a SSK T'SOB scope mount). I can't wait to scope it out.
Other than that, all I need to do now is test its accuracy and grouping. My .45 LC BFR grouped 300 br. Hornady XTPs over 22 gr. W296 into a 5/8" group at 25 yds. so this one will have some big shoes to fill.
I'll let you know how it does.
I'll get some pictures later.
g_gunter
The fit and finish of this revolver is top notch as far as I can tell (I'm pretty picky). The cylinder has recessed chambers so the case heads are sitting inside the cylinder (cool). The clearance for barrel/cylinder gap is .003 inch. The cylinder fills nearly every bit of space in the frame window. The barrel is, like all BFR barrels, heavy and and has a nice crown on it. My only complaint is that the front site is black (not orange) and the rear sights could stand to have a white outline around the notch.
Additionally, it came from the factory drilled and tapped for a scope and has a really tough scope mount included (looks similar to a SSK T'SOB scope mount). I can't wait to scope it out.
Other than that, all I need to do now is test its accuracy and grouping. My .45 LC BFR grouped 300 br. Hornady XTPs over 22 gr. W296 into a 5/8" group at 25 yds. so this one will have some big shoes to fill.
I'll let you know how it does.
I'll get some pictures later.
g_gunter