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No need to fear the Grizzly 45/410 derringer.....
- fortyshooter
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No need to fear the Grizzly 45/410 derringer.....
Oh no his fingers will be ripped off....his wrist will be in a sling if Forty fires that thing! Nope... after 70 rounds of mostly .45 Colt including near max 230 gr XTP loads along with .410 target No. 8 loads all my fingers are still attached...wrist and knuckles are fine and just quit after my ammo and time were done .
The hardest part of the session was getting my trigger finger to remember to push and slide the trigger downward when firing the Bond Arms Grizzly 45/410 2 shooter. After a rough start the more I shot it the easier it became and posted some good hits with .45 Colt loads on the targets and steel.
The little Grizz ran fine with only a couple issue with the Federal .410 loads. Had 2 light primer strikes on the bottom barrel and only with the .410 shells. Also the Federal .410 cases would stick a bit and needed a push out with a stick. These were Field Target No. 8 loads which is all I had.
.45 Colt ran fine and shot one of the 230 gr. XTP loads in the gel block. Got a little expansion result in a nice saw tooth edge of the bullet which went full 16 inch in gel block and hit wood block and bounced back.
Was able to hit the steel plates from 11 yds. and even a hit on the bowling pin target.
Just need to remember when going from a pistol or revolver to the derringer to slide finger downward while pulling back the trigger to get it to fire.
Will put two spent cases in and practice dry fire.
The hardest part of the session was getting my trigger finger to remember to push and slide the trigger downward when firing the Bond Arms Grizzly 45/410 2 shooter. After a rough start the more I shot it the easier it became and posted some good hits with .45 Colt loads on the targets and steel.
The little Grizz ran fine with only a couple issue with the Federal .410 loads. Had 2 light primer strikes on the bottom barrel and only with the .410 shells. Also the Federal .410 cases would stick a bit and needed a push out with a stick. These were Field Target No. 8 loads which is all I had.
.45 Colt ran fine and shot one of the 230 gr. XTP loads in the gel block. Got a little expansion result in a nice saw tooth edge of the bullet which went full 16 inch in gel block and hit wood block and bounced back.
Was able to hit the steel plates from 11 yds. and even a hit on the bowling pin target.
Just need to remember when going from a pistol or revolver to the derringer to slide finger downward while pulling back the trigger to get it to fire.
Will put two spent cases in and practice dry fire.
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- Rifletom
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Re: No need to fear the Grizzly 45/410 derringer.....
Glad it worked out forty. I thought sure that Grizz would be a bit sporty. Good little walking around gun to have.
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- JEBar
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Re: No need to fear the Grizzly 45/410 derringer.....
well done ... our Bond Roughneck is really an unpleasant handful to fire with 357 Mag and 44 Spec.
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Re: No need to fear the Grizzly 45/410 derringer.....
Good deal, glad it shoots well for you. We got the boathouse project done today, so I should start cutting rebar tomorrow for my berm project. Hopefully "I" can start shooting again in a week or two.
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- fortyshooter
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Re: No need to fear the Grizzly 45/410 derringer.....
A quick little mod made my trigger pull much better. The trigger guard is an optional piece and is removed with one screw. Some models come without
the guard. The bottom of the guard was forcing my trigger finger high up on the trigger making me pull straight back. Now without it I can get my finger tip on the bottom edge of the trigger resulting in a much easier trigger action without having to concentrate on how to pull it downward.
Easier to fire with one hand now dry firing with spent cases. Back to the range again this weekend! The hammer pull on this thing is heavy and that is with the latest hammer/spring setup from Bond.
the guard. The bottom of the guard was forcing my trigger finger high up on the trigger making me pull straight back. Now without it I can get my finger tip on the bottom edge of the trigger resulting in a much easier trigger action without having to concentrate on how to pull it downward.
Easier to fire with one hand now dry firing with spent cases. Back to the range again this weekend! The hammer pull on this thing is heavy and that is with the latest hammer/spring setup from Bond.
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Re: No need to fear the Grizzly 45/410 derringer.....
That sounds really great BM and will watch for your first range report!!! Congrats !BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:39 pmGood deal, glad it shoots well for you. We got the boathouse project done today, so I should start cutting rebar tomorrow for my berm project. Hopefully "I" can start shooting again in a week or two.
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Re: No need to fear the Grizzly 45/410 derringer.....
Happy to hear all your digits are in place. Said it before and I’ll say it again, those sure are some good looking grips on that little beast!
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