OT - The birdshead grip - how do you like it?
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OT - The birdshead grip - how do you like it?
This is kind of a continuation from my other thread,
viewtopic.php?t=1813
but I feel it should be a separate topic.
This grip intrigues me as being perfect for a concealed carry revolver, but I'd like to know how it shoots - comes to the hand, points, handles recoil, etc.
viewtopic.php?t=1813
but I feel it should be a separate topic.
This grip intrigues me as being perfect for a concealed carry revolver, but I'd like to know how it shoots - comes to the hand, points, handles recoil, etc.
...I've owned only one revolver with the birdshead grip. I didn't like it at all. Got rid of it at the first opportunity. It was a Ruger. That type of grip just doesn't feel or handle the way the regular grips do for me. Carried and handled too many of the regular gripped guns, and too old to change now.
...The only way for you to really know how they would work for you, is to buy one and use it for a while. There is room for different opinions about this subject.
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I had a Ruger 45 with a 5.5 inch barrel and liked it a lot. I do prefer the Uberti style a little more though.
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Re: OT - The birdshead grip - how do you like it?
Miles Fortis let me play with his a bit back in '01 or '04. He wasn't there to ask so I didn't run anything through it but relatively mild loads. What I REALLY would like to know is if they handle stout loads well. I've got a Birdshead gripframe for my Ruger Vaquero, but haven't had a chance to install it yet. Anyway, shooting regular 45 colt ammo with Miles' sixgun I really liked the way it handled.homefront wrote:This is kind of a continuation from my other thread,
viewtopic.php?t=1813
but I feel it should be a separate topic.
This grip intrigues me as being perfect for a concealed carry revolver, but I'd like to know how it shoots - comes to the hand, points, handles recoil, etc.
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For me personally I don't like them. I've handled both the Ruger type and the Uberti Cimmaron types with the hump and they just feel wrong to me. Nothing for my hands to hold on to. Could be I'm just an old fuddy duddy when it comes to the SA grip design, but that's just the way I see them.
Now having said that, there is a member of Handloads.com forum by the name of Bentbarrel who posted a year or so ago IIRC that he was shooting full house Ruger T/C loads through his and it was great. I'll take his word for it as I've no experience with them.
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For me personally I don't like them. I've handled both the Ruger type and the Uberti Cimmaron types with the hump and they just feel wrong to me. Nothing for my hands to hold on to. Could be I'm just an old fuddy duddy when it comes to the SA grip design, but that's just the way I see them.
Now having said that, there is a member of Handloads.com forum by the name of Bentbarrel who posted a year or so ago IIRC that he was shooting full house Ruger T/C loads through his and it was great. I'll take his word for it as I've no experience with them.
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Awhile back, right before Ruger discontinued them, I was going to order a pair of consecutively serial numbered Birds Heads in .45 and use them for carry.......They really felt good in my hand, but I forget what happened; I suspect it was a matter of priority of some kind.
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I didnt like the way it rotated with the short barrel and heavy loads, thats why I went with a birdhead grip and 5.5 inch barrel. That did a way with the rotating. Plus, as far as I knew, I was the only person with a Ruger birdhead and 5.5 inch barrel.
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Birdshead grip.
Instead of getting a Birdshead grip frame for my New Vaquero ,I thought about doing some rounding of the front and back corners of the grip frame.
There's a picture of one on rugerforum.com under Ruger revolvers - Sheriffs Model range report. The bottom edges have been rounded to the point where they look like they wouldn't print as bad.
If I could have figured out how to include the picture here I would have.
There's a picture of one on rugerforum.com under Ruger revolvers - Sheriffs Model range report. The bottom edges have been rounded to the point where they look like they wouldn't print as bad.
If I could have figured out how to include the picture here I would have.
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I had the same thought. Now you have me wondering where I left the belt sander.Instead of getting a Birdshead grip frame for my New Vaquero ,I thought about doing some rounding of the front and back corners of the grip frame.
A while back I worked down these .41 Blackhawk stocks to make 'em fit my hand better. I used a wood rasp and sandpaper.
I'm very happy with the result, and since the rear heel of the grip doesn't contribute in any way (that I can tell), I'm going to grind that down too, maybe 1/4" or so. The aluminum shouldn't be difficult to work, and I'll keep the stocks on and work them to shape at the same time. I think I'll leave the front corner alone, since my ring finger hooks it there. I'll post pics when I'm done.
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My one bird's head experience was an Uberti .44-40 Regulator. I never could get comfortable with the grip so I swapped it for an 1860 Army grip. I wonder if it would "feel" better in a smaller caliber?
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