stinkeypete
New member
I’ve fooled with grips quite a bit and my opinion is that rubber grips make little or no difference unless they are simply a better fit to your hand.
My hand wears size M gloves and the rubber grips have all been too big for my hand and so I had a harder time with recoil. On the other hand, I seem to really like the Bisley grips- and this seems to depend on hand size or personal preference because some folks hate them.
The biggest thing about reducing the kick is to slow down the bullet. Now as for 200 grains of lead going 550 FPS... ain’t nobody going to volunteer to squat behind home plate and try to catch that pill. It’s more energy than the black powder revolver loads of the day.
I took out my Bisley Blackhawk .44 magnum a few days ago. It’s been about 15 years since I lit it off. I knew I wanted to make some softer loads for it so I lit off some stout factory hunting loads first just to remember why. HOLY CRAP! The mind remembered what I used to do, the body was shouting “cut that out or I’m gonna punish you with a serious flinch or push!” Four was enough, I didn’t want to do six.
Working with Unique, I’m on my way to a fun to shoot load. I may pick up some Trail Boss powder as all the boys are talking about it.
Now I remember what was fun about those big boomer loads- controlling the fear and anticipations that resulted in pulled or pushed shots, working out with rubber balls to increase hand strength... now that I’m of a certain age all that has lost it’s interest for me. Fun to shoot is where I am at, too. No need to beat up paper targets so hard.
As has been said, .44 Special is one of the easiest cartridges to learn to reload on. I suspect you could buy all the gear and supplies you need to make a lot a lot of custom soft shooting loads for about the cost of 5 boxes of ammunition.
My hand wears size M gloves and the rubber grips have all been too big for my hand and so I had a harder time with recoil. On the other hand, I seem to really like the Bisley grips- and this seems to depend on hand size or personal preference because some folks hate them.
The biggest thing about reducing the kick is to slow down the bullet. Now as for 200 grains of lead going 550 FPS... ain’t nobody going to volunteer to squat behind home plate and try to catch that pill. It’s more energy than the black powder revolver loads of the day.
I took out my Bisley Blackhawk .44 magnum a few days ago. It’s been about 15 years since I lit it off. I knew I wanted to make some softer loads for it so I lit off some stout factory hunting loads first just to remember why. HOLY CRAP! The mind remembered what I used to do, the body was shouting “cut that out or I’m gonna punish you with a serious flinch or push!” Four was enough, I didn’t want to do six.
Working with Unique, I’m on my way to a fun to shoot load. I may pick up some Trail Boss powder as all the boys are talking about it.
Now I remember what was fun about those big boomer loads- controlling the fear and anticipations that resulted in pulled or pushed shots, working out with rubber balls to increase hand strength... now that I’m of a certain age all that has lost it’s interest for me. Fun to shoot is where I am at, too. No need to beat up paper targets so hard.
As has been said, .44 Special is one of the easiest cartridges to learn to reload on. I suspect you could buy all the gear and supplies you need to make a lot a lot of custom soft shooting loads for about the cost of 5 boxes of ammunition.
