Practical Upgrades To Improve Hunting Revolver Accuracy
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2024
- Bobby Tyler is back in studio with Steve and Caleb to talk about practical, real-world ways to improve the accuracy of a hunting revolver. Bobby is the owner of Tyler Gun Works in Friona, Texas, and if you've watched our earlier videos with him, you know he's an endless fount of knowledge about single and double action revolvers. Big-bore wheelguns are increasingly popular for hunting deer, antelope, elk, and other large four-legged critters. You just need to be sure your hunting revolver is ACCURATE.
Out of the box from the factory, most revolvers are pretty accurate, but they aren't necessarily ready for primetime in the field. A gritty trigger, rudimentary sights, slippery grips, a draggy cylinder, and other problems can prevent them from achieving their full accuracy potential. Bobby says, "Take all the variables out." Upgrade the gun so when you miss, you know it's your fault, not the gun's. STACK the deck in your favor.
When Bobby specs out a revolver for hunting, he starts by selecting sights that fit the shooter, the barrel length, and the type of game the gun will be used on. Next comes an Accuracy Package: barrel crown, forcing cone cut to 11 degrees, and chamfering the barrel throat. An Action Job ensures a perfectly smooth trigger pull, no hiccups in the cylinder rotation, and a crisp, clean break. A "crisp" trigger break should sound and feel like a little glass rod snapping. A bad trigger pull causes you to move the gun, which causes a BIG accuracy problem when the animal is a long ways away. Our most important goal is to take that animal in the most honorable way possible - cleanly, quickly, and humanely. We don't want to get our dinner at the expense of making another creature suffer.
You don't necessarily need a custom barrel, says Bobby. Factory barrels are usually more than up to the job. Once the rest of the revolver is tuned, a factory barrel will do its job just fine.
How much of a difference in group sizes will all these upgrades make? When you buy an "off the shelf" custom revolver from Bobby's shop, it comes with a two-part target that shows a group shot with it BEFORE any work was done, and a much smaller one shot AFTER the upgrades. The targets are shot offhand at 25 yards, with the exact same load.
What about the grips? Bobby closes with some sage advice on upgrading your hunting revolver's grips. 
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So there wasn't much actually said outside of him just promoting his company, like it was a 7 minute ad as opposed to actually going into details of how to actually improve accuracy.
But if this video brings a few more visits to his website, there will be many who can glean his upgrade services.
And envy some awesome examples of his work.
I didn't learn much from this video, unlike the rest of Brownell's videos. This is more of an advertisement for Tyler Gun Works.
Bobby Tyler makes revolvers more accurate. His company accuracy package and action package for my Ruger GP100 22 S,L, LR 10 round revolver. And as a bonus reasonably engraved it very tastefully. Tyler Gun Works makes good revolvers great. I am a satisfied customer.
Beautiful revolvers.
Great information, guys. Thanks for the video. That target was impressive, fired offhand at 25 yards, out of a 4-5” barrel Ruger Super Blackhawk? Baquero? Bullseye match grade accuracy. Like the looks of that octagonal custom barreled model.
Love your guys videos!
Great video, THANK YOU.
TGW does great work. Can't wait to get my next custom revolver from their shop! Need more of those octagon barrels!!!
My local gun store has an xp 100. I may buy the unicorn. I aint never seen a left handed bolt action in the wild. I and 3 of my daughters and step son are left handed. The bolt is on right side so perfect for my left handed ask. I found my 1851 is better than my old cva for deer hunting. I like the case hardened look myself. This year I got 2 kids going to take hunter safety. Been waiting over 19 years for one of my kids to hopefully ask about going hunting. And the youngest wants to go trapping. Need to do some upkeep on my wife's single shot youth 410. Give it some protection for the kids to use. With led lights so cheap should take kids bow fishing. No more lugging heavy generator on the boat.
Used to handgun hunt back in 90s. I have taken AZ muley and javelina with a bone stock ruger Blackhawk in .41mag ...and... a tuned Colt Trooper Mk III in .357 mag.
Most recently I've called coyote in to zap them with Taurus Raging Bull.22mag and Taurus 66 .357 mag. Nothing fancy. You just have to have good sight picture and shot placement.
What helped most was previous silhouette competition with my Dan Wesson 15VH Pistol Pac which I never should have gotten rid of. Used the proceeds to purchase a home back in 80s.
Good luck to the noobs.
judging by your examples on the table, would you say grips made of antler are a good upgrade for a non slippery comfortable grip on that damp morning in the woods you were talking about, vs something like the stock wood grips that come on a blackhawk?
I've done much more hunting with a handgun than rifle. 1911, Glock 20, Smith 1006 in 10mm. Super Redhawk or Blackhawk in 44 mag.
Would you buy a Ruger and send to a custom gunsmith, or buy something like a Freedom Arms? Pricewise they are probably pretty similar, and both out of my range sadly.
Freedom Arms only makes single action revolvers. If you want a super accurate double action revolver they won’t be able to help you.
I got revolvers for one thing, blowing shit up.
RAD
Not a fan of the New Model Ruger Blackhawk. More of a traditional sort. Shot my first Colt SAA in 45Colt, in 1958 with BP loads. It was an 1884 model. Been shooting and maintaining them ever since. Rugers just ain't natural.😏
modern revolvers deserve so much better better than iron sights. I wish that more companies offered red dot ready guns.
With old eyes optics are one of the first things to put on any gun if precision accuracy is a goal.
You´re sure not going to convince me that this guy is preparing those revolvers in front of your hunting game in Africa! I know people who hunted SA, Namibia and Kenia but handguns were nowhere allowed except for killing small to medium antilope at close range after a non-deadly shot.
Handguns are inherently less accurate and less powerful than rifles. If I really am concerned about making a humane kill on an animal I will use a rifle.
More like Tyler's Guns DON'T Work, AMIRITE LMAO!
Nah, I'm just kidding, I'm sure they're great.
Stupid commercial