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 Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/11/2009 12:44 AM
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Well as expected I was not intimitated by this bad boy. Yes, it does kick like a mule, but with proper technique it is quite easy to control. It started from 15 yards I was in the black bullseye but a few inches high. A few clicks later and at 50 yards, I was right on the money. I thought from all the posts I read about this pistol that it may fly out of my hands. I had no problem. I must say it is the most exhilirating pistol I have ever shot hands down. Friggin damn accurate too.
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Re: Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/11/2009 1:22 AM
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BFRs are great guns! What grips are on yours? I use SBH grip panel on my .454 BFR and it handles much better than the rubber grips. It looks better too!
Experience is the best teacher, hunger good sauce.
Osborne Russell Journal of a Trapper
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Re: Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/11/2009 1:36 AM
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Hey Pab:
I just used the grips that came with the gun. I do have a pair of SBH's and Hogue's. I'll probably just change them around when I get bugs in my butt. The SBH do look good though.
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Re: Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/11/2009 2:24 AM
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I'm glad you like it. BIG BORES ROCK!!!!
What grain bullet and velocity were you shooting?
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Re: Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/11/2009 3:09 AM
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All I can say is to try some of TonyV's .500 heavy loads--then tell me the gun is managable.....  No thank you...I'll keep my braked M500 that kicks like a .44 but plunks the 440 Hard cast semi wadcutter over 38gr H110--slowest is 1675, fasted was 1715---not too shabby and loads of bang-plop for anything I'm hunting. The 350 Horandy goes out even better-- slowest was 1780 and fast was 1790fps for 5 shot--pretty awesome for me! Figure it out, anything this side a small tank is history! I can't wait to shoot something other than an average Pa doe!
PS- those loads are maximum but safe in my gun-use at your own risk. The 440 load is a CorBon load (supposedly)
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Re: Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/11/2009 11:02 AM
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What loads were you shooting out of that big boy? I have a .500 BFR and I love it. I shot it last weekend as a matter of fact. Technique is important that is for sure. It is fun to shoot and accurate to boot!
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Re: Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/11/2009 11:29 AM
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mike...I'm thrilled that you like your gun but memories of a BFR 500 S&W mirror BEH's post....... All I can say is to try some of TonyV's .500 heavy loads--then tell me the gun is managable..... No thank you....
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Re: Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/11/2009 7:04 PM
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All I can say is to try some of TonyV's .500 heavy loads--then tell me the gun is managable..... No thank you...I'll keep my braked M500 that kicks like a .44 but plunks the 440 Hard cast semi wadcutter over 38gr H110--slowest is 1675, fasted was 1715---not too shabby and loads of bang-plop for anything I'm hunting. The 350 Horandy goes out even better-- slowest was 1780 and fast was 1790fps for 5 shot--pretty awesome for me! Figure it out, anything this side a small tank is history! I can't wait to shoot something other than an average Pa doe!
PS- those loads are maximum but safe in my gun-use at your own risk. The 440 load is a CorBon load (supposedly) These were heavy loads 50grs of H110 with a 300 gr bullet. I do not think I would want to shoot or would need to shoot 440 grain bullets. I do think that would really be nasty on my wrists... I would try 440's just to say I did, but I don't think I would go heavier than 350 Grainers.
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Re: Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/11/2009 7:06 PM
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Thanks Tigger. Yes they do rock. I don't even get enjoyment shooting factory 44 mags anymore. I love the hard recoil from the cannons.
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Re: Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/11/2009 7:12 PM
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mike...I'm thrilled that you like your gun but memories of a BFR 500 S&W mirror BEH's post....... All I can say is to try some of TonyV's .500 heavy loads--then tell me the gun is managable..... No thank you.... Thanks Dan. I'm sure there is a point where shooting this revolver would be uncontrolable. I am not planning on going there. I would not let any of my friends shoot this gun the way it kicks now. They probably would get a nasty head wound. I have bben shootind cannons for so long that the recoil is phased out by my concentration on my target. I guess that just came with time. However I would never think of shooting that idiotic 600 nitro. If anyone could handle it I think I could, but I wouldn't do it. Common sense is common sense.
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Re: Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/11/2009 11:31 PM
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Thanks Tigger. Yes they do rock. I don't even get enjoyment shooting factory 44 mags anymore. I love the hard recoil from the cannons. Load up some 440gr pills at full throttle and see if you like that recoil. LOL<LOL  That's was the experience I had and it was unpleasant in the BFR. I don't mind heavy recoil as I have almost every big bore availabe, but that small gun and that load was more than I could enjoy. LOL<LOL
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Re: Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/12/2009 12:44 AM
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Ive shot the BFR in a full throttle 45-70 how much more does the 500 kick over that. Hardest recoiling gun ive shot to date was 375 jdj in a contender i had built by ssk before it became a factory round Ron
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Re: Shot my BFR 500-YIPPEEE- YEHAAA!!!
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02/12/2009 1:54 AM
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Thanks Tigger. Yes they do rock. I don't even get enjoyment shooting factory 44 mags anymore. I love the hard recoil from the cannons. Load up some 440gr pills at full throttle and see if you like that recoil. LOL<LOL That's was the experience I had and it was unpleasant in the BFR. I don't mind heavy recoil as I have almost every big bore availabe, but that small gun and that load was more than I could enjoy. LOL<LOL No thank you. Like Dirty Harry said "Every man needs to know his limitations." No 440's for me.....
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