EAA Bounty Hunter Question

[Harley Starr]

Are these revolvers good for the money? Can you safely load six rounds, as well?

[Trailrider]

Howdy, Pard,

I haven't seen one lately, but a few years back they were a good piece of machinery, costing less than a Ruger Blackhawk or Old Model Vaquero.  IIRC, the transfer bar setup was licensed from Ruger, and should function the same.  One way to tell, is to see what happens to the transfer bar when you slowly lower the hammer from full cock and release the trigger just before the hammer is lowered fully.  The transfer bar should retract so the hammer can't contact the firing pin.  Conversely, with the trigger depressed as the hammer is lowered, the hammer should contact the firing pin.  But, as I said, it's been a few years since I looked one...  Personally, unless I were going into a situation where I knew I needed the sixth round, I'd still carry "only five beans in the wheel."  Same with Rugers that have transfer bars.

[Trooper Zeke]

I've recentely purchased 2 of these in .357. The first one upon closer inspection once I got it home had a front sight post that was cocked about 5-10 degrees off center. I thought this was unacceptable and returned the weapon to EAA for repair. That was in early December of 2009. While waiting for that one to be returnerd I found a sweet deal on one on Gun Broker. Took that one to the range and on the second trip the hand spring came out of the hand and the spring broke when I tried to reinstall it. Another call to EAA and they said send it back. It is now mid march and I mentioned that they still had the gun I had sent them in December for repair. A few minutes later I spoke to one of the gun smiths who informed me that the original weapon I sent them was unrepairable and they had just gotten the replacement in. I asked him to send me a hand spring and he said they wouldn't do that as they have no idea if I am qualified to install it. I mentined to the gun smith that they sell the parts individually on their web site and how do they determine the qualifications of the people that purchase them online. I decieded to just buy the part because  1. I had no reason to expect a timely turn around from the EAA warranty department  2. It was cheaper to order the parts than it would have been to ship my weapon back to them. The hand spring came in I installed it and it works fine. The new replacement came in and while dry firing it with snap caps the lever that is attached to the trigger that operates the hammer safety broke. I didin't even call the EAA warranty departyment this time I just ordered a new tigger. The repaired wepons did funtion very well at my first shoot this past weekend. Based on my experience if you can find one for less than 300.00 buy it. The warranty is lifetime which is comforting if someting major breaks. The small parts are readilly available if you need them. They have serious reliability issues and QC problems at the factory you determine if a budget price is worth the hassel.

[RRio]

I have had far less than satisfactory service (?) from EAA ... my advice about them; fuggetaboutit!

They sent my 'smith the wrong seers  .... three times in a row!

You might have better success dealing directly with Baikal Canada ... here is their contact numbers:

http://www.baikalcanada.com/contact.htm

I tried to talk to EAA about the hammers on my BH II at the NRA convention last year. The impression they gave me was, they were punks just wanting to sell their side-ways cap shooters. Because of them, I won't ever spend money on an EAA again.

[Harley Starr]

I tried to talk to EAA about the hammers on my BH II at the NRA convention last year. The impression they gave me was, they were punks just wanting to sell their side-ways cap shooters. Because of them, I won't ever spend money on an EAA again.

Sorry to hear about that Rawhide. If they're giving everybody this much grief I think I'll shop elsewhere.