drastic_quench
Bearcat
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2013
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- would you be interested in a five shot .50 caliber version?
Clements does a conversion that shoots .490 balls @1250fps but it costs $1295. I'm sure that's a perfectly fair price for the amount of work involved, but dang, thats a chunk of change -- especially considering the high prices decent shape ROAs are commanding on gunbroker for those of us that don't already own one.
So I was day dreaming about the Old Army coming back, and I thought wouldn't it be nice if they had a .50 caliber option if they reintroduced it. Between S&Ws 500 and 460 and Magnum Research's 45-70 BFR, I don't think Ruger is ever going to be The King of Big Bore Revolvers, BUT this would be a very unique big bore offering that no other company could touch.
In classic Ruger fashion, I imagine they'd really confuse the market with the name. Just imagine: The Ruger New Old Army.
Clements does a conversion that shoots .490 balls @1250fps but it costs $1295. I'm sure that's a perfectly fair price for the amount of work involved, but dang, thats a chunk of change -- especially considering the high prices decent shape ROAs are commanding on gunbroker for those of us that don't already own one.
So I was day dreaming about the Old Army coming back, and I thought wouldn't it be nice if they had a .50 caliber option if they reintroduced it. Between S&Ws 500 and 460 and Magnum Research's 45-70 BFR, I don't think Ruger is ever going to be The King of Big Bore Revolvers, BUT this would be a very unique big bore offering that no other company could touch.
In classic Ruger fashion, I imagine they'd really confuse the market with the name. Just imagine: The Ruger New Old Army.