Gunfighter grips
Nate H
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Monday, December 24, 2018, 17:38 (2811 days ago)
Does anyone have a side by side picture of the gunfighter grip compared to a standard Super Blackhawk grip?
From what I have seen the gunfighter is just
Leadhound
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Monday, December 24, 2018, 23:08 (2811 days ago) @ Nate H
any of the grip frames eg. Bisley, Blackhawk, Super Blackhawk, then roundbutted for comfort.
we change the angle just a bit so it fits the hand better
Gary Reeder
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Tuesday, December 25, 2018, 13:39 (2811 days ago) @ Leadhound
and we take all the sharp edges out so nothing digs into the palm of your hand during recoil. Several gun magazines wrote it up a few years back saying "the Gunfighter Grip seems to take about 30% of the felt recoil out". The Gunfighter Grip is slightly smaller in the grip so you have more of your hand on it and have more control over recoil. Even Freedom Arms is using our Gunfighter Grip on their heavy recoiling guns. The Gunfighter Grip is a design and is available in the Blackhawk, Vaquero, Super Blackhawk, Bisley and Single Six. All are much more comfortable than the standard factory shape (in my humble opinion).
The Reeder stocks are different too, really hand filling
WB
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Tuesday, December 25, 2018, 19:19 (2810 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
It is much more difficult to describe than to actually feel it. Gary has been cutting 7.5" RH to 6" for a good while, the difference is amazing. Completely different from a 5.5 or 7.5".
I've shot a Reeder Gunfightered grip RH in .500 LB and a Bowen stock grip in .500 LB. I'd not really care to try the latter again, been there done that, once. Actually a 5-shot cylinder full. That was plenty.
The more rounded and hand filling Reeder grips look stock from the side profile but a few millimeters on each side, and a change in shape profile is really shocking in feel. Ditto for my old .475 LB with factory stocks, cut my hand several times, how can you shoot like that? Waiting for the gripframe humps to slice into the web of your hand, or the hammer ice-pick behind your thumb? A Gunfighter treatment made it completely tolerable. About everything is downhill from a 400 gr. .475 LB in a stock chassis size gun, it works.
I Agree
Ken M
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Wednesday, December 26, 2018, 08:27 (2810 days ago) @ WB
The Reeder grip panels alone made my Ruger Bisley Vaquero 45 feel much better while shooting strong hunting loads. I still get some finger bumping, but it’s not as severe as with the original Ruger grip panels. I think Reeder Gunfighter Grip would eliminate that finger bumping completely.