In regards to the videos above, no they dont recoil like that if shot properly. I dont get that recoil with full bore 454's. My son has a very nice ruger bisley in 480 and i have had the 475 bfr. We have the 500jrh and 454 bfr as well as a 460 bfr on top of a plethora of 454's and other from ruger to fa's and sw guns. His ruger bisley is nice but id put the bfr at the top just below the freedom arms but they do have some distinct advantages like having all 5 cylinders able to be loaded and a free wheeling cylinder. Accurate as hell as well. The big thing is the ruger is a dedicated 480 ruger. The bfr is a 475 that can shoot 480 ruger as well. This can be an advantage or not depending on your view. I personally only sold the bfr 475 bc i pretty much just use 454's now. Like em better. I love my srh 480. The load you speak of is mild recoiling and significantly less stingy than a 629 with full bore 44's but more than a bisley or bfr with full bore 44's. If u handle the 44 629 These guns in 480 will be a pleasure. If ur loading your own then the 475 to me is preferrable and i would call jim tertin at mri and order the bfr direct with the bisley grip and and ad a dedicated 480 cylinder. The bfr is beefy and the strongest gun going and comes with a scope mount if ya want one. Thats what id do

In regards to the videos above, no they dont recoil like that if shot properly. I dont get that recoil with full bore 454's. My son has a very nice ruger bisley in 480 and i have had the 475 bfr. We have the 500jrh and 454 bfr as well as a 460 bfr on top of a plethora of 454's and other from ruger to fa's and sw guns. His ruger bisley is nice but id put the bfr at the top just below the freedom arms but they do have some distinct advantages like having all 5 cylinders able to be loaded and a free wheeling cylinder. Accurate as hell as well. The big thing is the ruger is a dedicated 480 ruger. The bfr is a 475 that can shoot 480 ruger as well. This can be an advantage or not depending on your view. I personally only sold the bfr 475 bc i pretty much just use 454's now. Like em better. I love my srh 480. The load you speak of is mild recoiling and significantly less stingy than a 629 with full bore 44's but more than a bisley or bfr with full bore 44's. If u handle the 44 629 These guns in 480 will be a pleasure. If ur loading your own then the 475 to me is preferrable and i would call jim tertin at mri and order the bfr direct with the bisley grip and and ad a dedicated 480 cylinder. The bfr is beefy and the strongest gun going and comes with a scope mount if ya want one. Thats what id do

no [censored] sherlock, i'm in a hospital working typing on a phone, not in an english class with a snarky lil turd of a TA trying to make me use correct english and punctuation. it's a forum not an english class. hang yourself.

no [censored] sherlock, i'm in a hospital working typing on a phone, not in an english class with a snarky lil turd of a TA trying to make me use correct english and punctuation. it's a forum not an english class. hang yourself.

nah, just not in the mood for such trivialities. that said, it's easy to tell who still lives in their parents basement and likely still plays nintendo instead of dating girls.

at some point you may look in the mirror and ask yourself why you're such a pent up reject that comments on spelling and sentence grammar on an internet forum about guns. it's about guns not english class.

any chance you go hunting or do ya sit around and wonder why burris choice to spell their name with two r's?

don't back off now. let's hear why you're so petty as to go into grammar. do tell, einstein.

Being from AR I demand only perfect English, HA

It's chose not to, not choice not to. Bad grammar makes me think the user is stupid.

Whitworth, I spel parfectalie gooder than most. You kan even read my naame when I rit it.

nomo -- the regular bisley is a short lil gun and i think you'd like it and should be easier to shoot than the shorty that just came out. i just went and had my daughter shoot my son's 44 mag with him which is a sw44 mag with the standard winchester 24 loads and then the handloaded 425 gr hardcast at 1050 fps out of his 480 bisley. she definitely preferred the push of the 480 and felt it to be more comfortable. you will like that gun.

nomo, Using a 480 handload ,in this 475, I was able to make a 50yd shot on this boar. The load had a 325gr Speer JFP over 27.0grs of 296 which was not bad to shoot... Just trying to show what you may expect from the 480. I like the Ruger Bisley grip and it helps with any of the heavy loads....

I like that you can really step on the gas with the BFR if you so choose. That said, the Bisley is a slick package. They will both serve you well. It would be good if you could handle both before making your decision.

TM -- from now on do you want to be known as Dale or Brennan?

no kiddin you just proved my point. you need to loosener yourself up. i guess if ya think that makes someone stupid lets just compare lives and see who is actually stupider than the uther. when you shoot anything let us know. when you have or have had either of the above guns then enter this thread. otherwise you just make my point and you can just go finish your legend of zelda video game.

yessir, i always thought those videos would run people away from a great cartridge.

The funny part of this, to me, is that tradmark is one of the most educated people on this forum. I guess the fact that he's pecking away on his phone while working at a hospital is lost on some folks, who need to get a life.

On topic, the recoil demonstrated in the Gunblast video is heavily exaggerated. Jeff Quinn's shooting form looks fine until he presses the trigger. His support hand does nothing productive and the sixgun is hitting the friggin' brim of his hat. It's hitting his hate because his elbows are locked in a bent position, they don't give any at the shot. All the recoil is absorbed in his wrists and it's wrenching them back. It's really painful to watch. I've shot everything from heavy .44Mag and .45Colt to .454Casull, .480Ruger and a handful of .500's and they have NEVER knocked my hat off. Because I let my elbows bend to absorb the recoil.

Guess his smartphone is no so smart after all.