Ruger Old Army Bisley conversion by Clements.....

[2 dogs]

If you are a fan of the Old Army Ruger Sixguns and wish it was available in the Bisley configuration I strongly suggest you contact Dave Clements immediately. He is considering a small run of the hammers and triggers needed to make this possible!

276-238-8761

 

[Quarterbore]

Any idea of pricing - I really would like a stainless Bisley ROA in 50 Cal. Perhaps I need to look at my credit card statements!

 

[BlkHawk73]

Any idea of pricing - I really would like a stainless Bisley ROA in 50 Cal. Perhaps I need to look at my credit card statements!

If converting to .50, what little extra the new hammer would be wouldn't matter.

 

[Axehandle]

Now THAT is good news! That 50 Conversion in the safe NEEDs a Bisley grip frame... Picture it with a Bisley hammer too... :D

 

[Quarterbore]

Now THAT is good news! That 50 Conversion in the safe NEEDs a Bisley grip frame... Picture it with a Bisley hammer too... :D

Now - you are going to make me spend money I don't have but damn do I really want one! I should haev a nice project bonus coming, perhaps the kids don't need toys for Christmas :lol:

 

[2 dogs]

Guys, David Clements is very reasonable pricewise. I wouldnt fret all that!

 

[Axehandle]

FWIW When I saw this I immediately sent a note to David.. He has already responded.. 8)

 

[Axehandle]

A little back and forth with Dave... For the full conversion we had a snag with stainless grip frames. Ruger doesn't have any. Midway and Brownell's don't have any either. As luck would have it I have two stainless Bisley grip frames for my two ROAs. I'll be sending my deposit for two ROA Bisley hammer trigger sets ASAP...

 

[Axehandle]

Bingo! We are confirmed for two ROA Bisley Conversions! ;D

 

[NorEaster]

Show us pictures.
I have a pair of 5 1/2 fixed sighted ROAs that might look pretty interesting Bisleyed up.
I owned a pair of Bisley Vaqueros prior to them.
It might be the best of both worlds.

 

[Axehandle]

Pictures? Since a Bisley ROA doesn't exist there are no pictures... Yet. Perhaps a few months down the road. All it will take is a ROA, time, and a fist full of dollars... Literally. :D Wait until that time and you will have missed the boat. All the ROA Bisley hammers will be taken. David has a proven history with this kind of stuff.

 

[Quarterbore]

I have a stainless Bisley grip frame at home along with all the other parts too.

I need to just call and see how much the full conversion would cost.

 

[NorEaster]

Pictures? Since a Bisley ROA doesn't exist there are no pictures... Yet. Perhaps a few months down the road. All it will take is a ROA, time, and a fist full of dollars... Literally. :D Wait until that time and you will have missed the boat. All the ROA Bisley hammers will be taken. David has a proven history with this kind of stuff.

I do realize that they do not yet exist. It was merely an early reminder to please post pictures when completed.

I don't have the extra scratch to spend on any conversion at this time.

 

[2 dogs]

You dont need the scratch AT THIS TIME!!! It will be down the road quite a bit, if its something you want you will certainly be able to eat a box lunch till you save up the money to build yourself a FINE custom.

 

[Stoots]

Now THAT is good news! That 50 Conversion in the safe NEEDs a Bisley grip frame... Picture it with a Bisley hammer too... :D

Wow.

That's nice!

:D

 

[NorEaster]

It's going to be a long winter... I'll just go back to lurking :?

 

[Unconverted]

Will someone please photoshop an OA Bisley so I can be a lot less frustrated?

Axe's guns are awesome!

 

[Axehandle]

Photo Shop? Not me! Maybe Mr Photoshop, Robb Barnes, :wink: will show up and do it for us soon. :D

Here is a link to Dave's posting about the parts:
http://www.clementscustomguns.com/itemsforsale.html

Take note that we need 20 to be ordered for it to happen.. I've ordered two and may be prepared to take a few more if necessary to get us to that magic number...

 

[NorEaster]

Here ya go... I did a quick n dirty one

 

[Unconverted]

Here ya go... I did a quick n dirty one

Nice job, NE! JMHO,but I don't think the Bis parts look too hot with the fix-sighted frame. The middle of the gun looks overly long and hogbacked. They might rock on an adjustable-sighted frame, though.

 

[2 dogs]

Well it needs a bisley trigger too.....but thanks for the effort!

 

[NorEaster]

yup didn't want to have to spend an inordinate amount of time... try this one

 

[NorEaster]

Here ya go... I did a quick n dirty one

Nice job, NE! JMHO,but I don't think the Bis parts look too hot with the fix-sighted frame. The middle of the gun looks overly long and hogbacked. They might rock on an adjustable-sighted frame, though.

having a hard time finding a stock photo of an adjustable sighted model when I "google" Ruger Old Army. To do it quick I need something plain on a solid background.

 

[Unconverted]

having a hard time finding a stock photo of an adjustable sighted model when I "google" Ruger Old Army. To do it quick I need something plain on a solid background.

Your new one is great, NE! The colors match perfectly and the longer barrel seems to balance out the frame and grip shapes.

 

[Axehandle]

Email from David late yesterday saying that my parts will be ready to ship next week. I completed my part of the transaction ($$$) today. I'll post pics when the parts arrive.. :)

 

[Muley Gil]

I need to drop in and see David sometime. As the crow flies, he is about 15 miles away from me.

David has done some S&W work for me in the past. He is a real craftsman.

 

[ROAnutz]

This is not a photoshop. This is a Clements Bisley hammer on my ROA with a Power Custom grip frame, Paul Persinger grips and about a million other things.

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[NorEaster]

I LIKE it!! :)

 

[ROAnutz]

As I'm never able to leave anything alone, I did one more thing to my ROA.

There's a company that makes extremely precise shims that fit a variety of guns, including the trigger and hammer shaft screws of the ROA . These shims fit the two screw shafts very, very precisely.

http://www.triggershims.com/rsa_shims.html

I had noticed that the trigger while pretty darn good, had a fair amount of side to side slop to it. The hammer, less so, I would guess because it's Clements Bisley.

It took a bit of fiddling to get them in but the results are to my liking. Very little side to side slop/play on the trigger makes it feel crisper.

My only complaint is that there is more slop in these guns than I would have thought and I would have rather put in one or two shims rather than 4.