Ruger Old Army

[gunman42782]

Scored this Old Army today with a holster to boot!

 

[frager]

Very nice

 

[arcticruger]

Thats a beauty, and the box too. Congrats!

 

[Hvymax]

Looks like you're a few inches short of filling that holster?

 

[gunman42782]

Looks like you're a few inches short of filling that holster?

Fits perfect. 7 1/2 inch barrell.

 

[gramps]

Nice snag, enjoy it!!!
gramps

 

[Hvymax]

I've always kinda wanted one to go with my Remington's.

 

[freakindawgen]

I have that same holster! Came with an 1860 fluted Army.

 

[Skeet 028]

Not knowing much about them I declined buying a SS Old Army last week. Never fired.. It didn't have adj sights. If it had I probably would have bought it

 

[Prescut]

I believe Bill Ruger Sr. said that he wanted to build the best black powder revolver ever made. I think he succeeded. The Old Army is built tough, like a tank. It can stand with most any modern revolver made today.

I occasionally swap out the cylinder and shoot some 45 colt medium warmish cartridge loads as well.

The Old Army just scratches my itch for the history of black powder a little better than the replicas, which are nice for the price. The Old Army just seems to keep getting more expensive with each passing day. Hard to go wrong.

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[Wyandot Jim]

Not knowing much about them I declined buying a SS Old Army last week. Never fired.. It didn't have adj sights. If it had I probably would have bought it

The fixed sight one is the most desirable especially the 5 1/2" barrel. They are used in SASS and were made for very few years compared to the adj. sight model.
I have a couple.

 

[contender]

Skeet 028,, you missed a golden opportunity to get a hard to find version of the Old Army.

 

[gramps]

I have a blued ROA with fixed sight. They aren’t very robust IMO. I bent the charging handle using it to load. So now I load the cylinder out of the gun.
gramps

 

[gunman42782]

I have a blued ROA with fixed sight. They aren’t very robust IMO. I bent the charging handle using it to load. So now I load the cylinder out of the gun.
gramps

I have never in all my years ever heard of anyone bending a Old Army handle! The Old Army charging handle is way more robust than any of the replica guns.

 

[daveag.]

These are very strong. Bill Ruger and another man, tested these with Bullseye powder. It’s in Wilson’s book. Opened the nipples, filled cylinder with 40? 45 grains of powder. Held up! Same barrel as a .45 BH.

 

[Hvymax]

I have a blued ROA with fixed sight. They aren’t very robust IMO. I bent the charging handle using it to load. So now I load the cylinder out of the gun.
gramps

WTF were you trying to cram in there??? A jacketed 45-70 bullet over 45gr of powder???

 

[moparclan]

I have heard of the base pin being bent by not having the base pin retaining pin locked down.

 

[gramps]

WTF were you trying to cram in there??? A jacketed 45-70 bullet over 45gr of powder???

A round ball .454 over 30 grs fffg
gramps

 

[Hvymax]

A round ball .454 over 30 grs fffg
gramps

Did you mistake a Ball Bearing for a lead ball??? I've rammed thousands of lead projectiles into the cylinders of various cheap knockoff Colts and Remington's and never bent the load lever. I would imagine the Ruger Variation would be far stronger.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Gramps,
Sorry to here that. Ruger recommends .457 pure lead balls, but I found those a little hard to load and I use a press with the cyl. out of the frame. I started using .454 balls with no problem and much easier to load.
This makes life much more livable and makes shooting the OAs a lot more fun. Load and cap out of the frame.

 

[dobegrant.45]

Congratulations very nice, I like my ROA’s

 

[moparclan]

Great find! Enjoy
I have a few and a couple of consecutive numbered Talo Horse Pistols. I really like the looks of the fixed sight Old Armies.

 

[Ride1949]

Nice collection!

 

[arcticruger]

Great find! Enjoy
I have a few and a couple of consecutive numbered Talo Horse Pistols. I really like the looks of the fixed sight Old Armies.
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Wowzaaa! …very Nice!