Last week, I went to a local dealer I know well and expressed my desire to order a BFR in .475 Linbaugh/480 Ruger. He advised me not to purchase one due to bad workmanship and problems with cylinder timing and alignment. Any adive from owners of BFR's.

Thanks

Confused.

had one in .480 and there was no problem with timing but the fit and finish wasnt up to a $800 standard the trigger pull wasnt nothing to write home about and the thing is hudge Pay a little more and get a field grade Freedom Arms gun youll never regret it!!!!!! Ps there customer service dept was rude to me when I had problems.

Tongo,

Your gun's dealer is a honest guy.
He is right on all things he said about BFR.

Save $500 more and purchase a FA Field grade. This gun is a great gun.

I've never experienced any of the problems that others have mentioned with the BFR. I actually had my .475/.480 out yesterday and cut 1" (or less) groups at 25 yards (.475 Linebaugh with 400 gr bullet). I totally agree that they're no Freedom Arms, but the fit is better than that of Ruger. I have 4 MRIs and none have cylinder gaps in excess of 0.0025". The barrels are also hand-lapped and none of the cylinders have end-shake (unlike the last two Blackhawks I bought).

Lee Martin
www.singleactions.com

I just posted a problem with my BFR 444 prior to reading your post. I have not had any luck at all getting it to shoot anything reasonable. My suggestion is to pass.

I have a BFR in 45-70, other than it being huge and heavy, I love it. It is very accurate. I've shot groups under 2" at 50yds. My bbl cylinder gap won't accept a 1.5thou feeler gauge. My throats were a little tight but I honed they out and I'm having better luck with cast bullets now. I can push 405's to 1750fps without any problems.
I do wish they were aliitle cheaper though.

I've seen alot of Bfr's and not any had the problems you talk about. I have a friend that worked at Magnum for over a year and he said they almost never saw them in for repairs. They are basically a large ruger copy, no, the finish isn't a FA but they are a very solid gun. The new ones seem to be a little prettier than the old ones as far as finish. As for the one that doesn't shoot good, you must have got a 4:00 Friday gun because most I have seen have been very accurate (on par with F.A.).

The screws on my FA always work loose. I wish they were hex heads like the BFR.

recoiljunky,
The screws on my FA always work loose. I wish they were hex heads like the BFR.[/QUOTE]

Just put Loc Tite glue on hte screw and problem is fixed.

Thanks Ber007, I've already taken that step. My last post was kinda two incomplete thoughts: 1) FA shoulda put the loc tite on the screws (I paid enough for the thing), 2) Hex head screws seem to be a much better method of torquing the pistol together (and they look cool too). I bought the gun in January and I've fired around 200 rounds through it. For the life of me, I don't understand why so many of these guns are for sale on gunsamerica.com with "less than 20 rounds fired through it."

recoiljunky,
Thanks Ber007, I've already taken that step. My last post was kinda two incomplete thoughts: 1) FA shoulda put the loc tite on the screws (I paid enough for the thing), 2) Hex head screws seem to be a much better method of torquing the pistol together (and they look cool too). I bought the gun in January and I've fired around 200 rounds through it. For the life of me, I don't understand why so many of these guns are for sale on gunsamerica.com with "less than 20 rounds fired through it." [/QUOTE]

The current screw on FA are great but they can add as option "Loc Tite screws"

Most of "future" owners of FA (mainly in .454 Casull) have a wrong opinion of themselves regarding recoil. They believe what is big is the best and have experience with guns up to .357 mag. So they buy 50 factory rounds and shot only 20; sell it right after their shoot session on auction site. I guess that a great part of these persons even don't reload so they don't know they can download their loads. I don't blame anybody, that's life

First chance to see the BFR this weekend at the shooting range,One man was testing three BFR -475,45-70,450 marlin,on the 45-70 when you cocked the hammer the cylinder spun around multiple times and when it stopped you had to make sure it locked up,He tests gun for a living and said stay away far away