What is it about the freedom arms revolvers that give them such a high price?

I never owned one but I shot against them back when I shot silhouette. Those things are so accurate! They have to be super well made and I am sure that is what you are paying for. I almost bought a .22 FA this year. I did pass on it but I will have one someday.
 
Line bored, tighter tolerances, higher quality materials, and hand fit. It's kind of like the difference between cars built on an assembly line and ones made one by one by hand. There's good and then there's good enough. Good always costs more than good enough.
 
Fit, finish, machine work. A lot of hand labor. They really are nice guns. Do you need a gun that nice for day to day shooting, not really. Do you get the pride of ownership? Probably.

Really, I have a nice old Tag Huer quartz watch. It does everything just as well as my older Rolex date just. Except for the fact that its not a Rolex.
 
like others have said, high end wheelguns tend to be works of fine honed craftmanship, you tend to get what you pay for, but they aren't for everyone though.
 
What makes them worth it ....quality of materials and craftsmanship.

I ordered a Freedom Arms for my 60th birthday a few yrs ago ... 4 3/4" octagonal barrel, premier grade, large frame, 5 shot, with a full action job and trigger set at 3.25 lbs ...in .357 Mag. In my opinion, that gun is worth every penny I paid for it ( a shade over $ 3K - but that's not the point ...) ....its accurate, its very well made, it's a piece of craftsmanship. It is exactly what I wanted ! It has value to me at that price - because every time I shoot it / or touch it - I love it and I'm very happy to own and shoot it ! Mine is a couple of yrs old now ...and I've put close to 10,000 rds thru it ....and for what its worth, I'd buy it again / and I'm considering ordering a matching gun, same spec, in .44 mag or .45 Colt ...when my birthday rolls around again.../ not to show off or as an investment or anything, but because I really love their guns - and think I want another one !

Freedom Arms also excels in some calibers that are really suited for large single action revolvers....like the .454 Casull, 475 Linebaugh and 500 Wyoming Express...

You can spend way less on other guns ..in fact you can spend way less on a premium double action revolver in maybe the same caliber ( like a S&W model 27 in .357 mag - same as my Freedom Arms ) - and while I have some of them as well..../ the Freedom Arms is just something special to me.

Sure they are 3 or 4 times the cost of a Ruger, or Colt, etc single action ...but that's really not the issue. Value is relative ...most any of the single action revolvers are decent guns ...and while all of us may have our preferences ...they're all just bullet delivery systems...if the Ruger, Colt, etc meet your needs..... then maybe you don't want a Freedom Arms.

They're a gun built to a different standard - different level of craftsmanship. Its not about the price - its whether you think that level of craftsmanship is something you'd like to have in a gun. I'm at a point in my life... where a few very well made guns, are what I choose to shoot...but they aren't for everyone / but I hope in your life, you're as lucky as I am, to be able to buy special guns, if you want them.

There are lots of guns out there at or above $ 3,000 .... a number of 1911's from Wilson Combat, Nighthawk, Cabot, etc....the Sig Sauer X-Five L-1 model ( a single action only all stainless with an adjustable trigger in it)....and some of the other custom mfg's of single action revolvers of which Freedom Arms is just one ..... are they a good value, yes, I think most of them are. But you'll have to decide if any of them are right for you or not.
 
BigJimP, I was going to answer this post but it'd be a waste of time. I couldn't have said it any better myself. I've got a lot fewer guns myself now days but they're really good ones and my Freedom Arms is one of them. I didn't buy them to brag about them, I just enjoy them a lot. Great comments.
 
My S&W N frame model 27-2 4" Nickel finish ...is certainly a great gun as a DA revolver...and it is one of the best S&W revolvers I own in .357 mag ( and maybe # 2 in my safe when it comes to my revolvers - only compared to my Freedom Arms )....although my model 19's, 66's and 686's and 28's in .357 mag are certainly nice guns as well....there is something special about the S&W model 27's as well....for any double action revolver fans out there....

I really like the .357 mag caliber in revolvers...( and I shoot my model 27-2 4" Nickel almost every week as well ....).../ I need to get some more ammo loaded in .357 mag...I'm almost out .../ but I have a case of 158gr Montana Gold bullets - so it'll be easy to crank out 40 boxes or so...
 
I paid $1,325 for mine roughly 10 years ago, about 3 times the price of a Blackhawk at the time. It was my frustrations with a .357 Blackhawk that led me to cough up that much money for a model 97 F/A. I was looking at how much it would cost to upgrade my Blackhawk to where I wanted it to be, and realized I could buy an F/A for the same money.
Nothing against Ruger, in fact Freedom Arms revolvers start out in the same factory as Rugers do, Pine Tree Castings, a company started by Bill Ruger.

Besides the superb accuracy, bank vault lock work and immaculate fitting, no other gun has such a cool roll mark.

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I've always heard nothing but great things about there guns. I wish they made a double action model(s). The world is missing those hand-crafted work of art DA revolver of yesteryear (Colt Python etc.) I would have to be in competition to by Freedom Arms versus buying a Ruger Blackhawk etc. The Ruger SA will do 99.99% of everything a Freedom Arms will do when the cards are down. Of course they don't make Rugers in calibers like .500 Wyoming :o
 
Ruger makes very good guns - for the price.
Amazingly so, for some of them.
But it's not fair to compare them to a FA.
Back in my six gun enthusiast days, I preferred JP Sauer sixguns, for handling and accuracy, as well as price.
And their cylinder pins stayed put, too.
But only because there was no way I could afford a FA.
 
They're a gun built to a different standard - different level of craftsmanship. Its not about the price - its whether you think that level of craftsmanship is something you'd like to have in a gun. I'm at a point in my life... where a few very well made guns, are what I choose to shoot...but they aren't for everyone / but I hope in your life, you're as lucky as I am, to be able to buy special guns, if you want them.
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Big Jim, my friend - WELL SAID!

You need to use that same statement in the shotgun section when someone asks why B guns cost what they do (let alone P or K) compared to Stoegers and Baikals! ;)
 
A maniac I knew had one. He told me about fitting, steels, and about pouring powder in a 45 Casull case, carding it off and seating the slug, and about wearing the gloves when I shot it. Which I did. It was all he said it was and more. Made other guns seem, well, different. I believe it is worth what the makers sell it for.
 
Freedom Arms revolvers are pretty close to custom guns and about as close as I am likely to get. I'd like a 5.5" 475 Linebaugh with an extra 480 Ruger cylinder. That is something I never understood, why the extra cylinder? I suspect it is about precision manufacturing and tolerances.

They make their own frames. The previous comment on frames apply to Magnum Research and BFR's, not Freedom Arms.
 
Ruger does make a great gun given their price point.

Take a stock Ruger, have a top smith work it over to make it as good as it can be and it will cost you about the same or probably more than the price of a Freedom Arms.

Honestly, given the quality of the F/A's... they're a good value for the price IMO.
 
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