The RUGER OLD ARMY Club

ROA Club Members:

01. ClemBert 02. Eights 03. kanook 04. [email protected] 05. mykeal
06. adaptandovercome 07. 461 08. junkman_01 09. lonewolf5347 10. rcflint
11. MCgunner 12.madcratebuilder 13. AbitNutz 14. eastbank 15. robert garner
16. philuk44 17. HUnter58 18. arcticap 19. BullRunBear 20. theotherwaldo
21. SC Slowhand 22. Prairie Dawg 23. wittzo 24. Tallbald 25. Smokin_Gun
26. OB One 27. jungle 28. plumbernater 29. daveinvegas 30. JanZ
31. George Mabry 32. Benmathes 33. Loosenock 34. higene 35. Rock Island
36. Erich 37. robhof 38. J-Bar 39. Nomad, 2nd 40. TAURUSBOB
41. martindl99 42. Vermonter 43. wasatch 44. fogg64 45. BConklin
46. Howdy Doody 47. bushrod2 48. rdstrain49 49. FirinFlatTop 50. rem1858
51. straight-shooter 52. edorfox 53. KevininPa 54. Ringo1234 55. pohill
56. The Don 57. jeepcoma 58. Dave Markowitz 59. Chazz 60. andrewstorm
61. Steel Wheels 62. Legionnaire 63. NineMilePete 64. 94RUGER 65. Acorn Mush
66. R.Ganister 67. Boom-stick 68. Buddy 69. Ghost Dog 70. BML
71. Cult of 1858 72. Jaymo 73. bigbore442001 74. Engineer Bill 75. azyogi
76. Dr. Leaky 77. Clermont 78. Indy4570 79. ozarkguy 80. Plastikosmd
81. mrdo1 82. bax504 83. Constrictor 84. BC Mosaic 85. clepidus
86. did 87. gunboat57 88. Malachi Leviticus Blue 89. Blue Hill 90. Power Keg
91. SUMIKITO 92. ChasMack 93. Larry Flett 94. RugerShawn 95. tdperry
96. Rettech 97. renoman 98. tk1971 99. Curator 100. Dan Carey
101. Old No7 102. Muddydogs 103. Oldnamvet 104. 6.5x55swedish 105. crazysccrmd
106. Jim, West PA 107. rodwha 108. Varmiter 109. Indian Outlaw 110. Patocazador
111. Jack Ryan 112. h0use 113. Huntingsaddles 114. GregP42 115. esims
116. Doak 117. BubbaGoose 118. FreddyKruger 119. Calvados 120. ruger357
121. wap41 122. DurangoKid 123. Yamavira 124. Onty 125. 4speed
126. legend 550 127. bri1462 128. regniflow 129. CageDodger 130. HPBroker
131. mattusmc45 132. 303 133. Jersey Joe 134. Psycho 135. Cast of One
136. sammass 137. jgray 138. bothenook 139. keybuck 140. davepool
141. whitetailbob 142. eddie56 143. wklaus 144. cane 145. dickydalton
146. Sumika 147. woodnbow 148. DMZ 149. white smoke 150. karlthev
151. The-Reaver 152. Beetle-Bailey 153. cwo2lt 154. snakeman 155. BHP FAN
156. grter 157. aHFo3 158. Joe Meyer 159. Wild Tom Hipshot 160. mntns2oceans
161. Btc624 162. kendak 163. pardiniman 164. d-a 165. toolslinger
166. imforguns 167. EmGeeGeorge 168. MRRAGPICKER 169. ALJS 170. Nelg_Kir
171. Head Space 172. mbpennin 173. blfuller 174. gifford 175. BullSlinger
176. jannas1258 177. wkfg 178. rockdc 179. Nite Ryder 180. AmateurSharpshooter
181. fossil 182. rclark 183. Arganoc 184. sword14 185. Chili_pepper917
186. Rodman579 187. avatarshots 188. BowerR64 189. raa-7 190. Aaron871
191. F171 192. adkmountainken 193. The long rider 194. 45 Dragoon 195. lentuk
196. gmaster805 197. T.Horn 198. Flatbush Harry 199. IansROA 200. Shoknaw
201. Halger280HVMag 202. Florida Cherokee 203. conder0289 204. Doc Pecos 205. cowboyyyy
206. ghfljf 207. Scubadale 208. Crisisbill 209. Offthehook 210. xxmaa
211. CabofDoom 212. whughett 213. NoWin 214. felixmophandle 215. wf4933
216. WillaminaOR 217. Two Gun Pete 218. ambrotype 219. blee0360 220. OzRed
221. yugorpk 222. Stukadriver 223. Texas Moon 224. Kulot 225.cyberrman
226. Erwan 227. dsiddens 228. Timtoolman 229. Sunbird 230. 1861Navy
231. baronwolff 232. S.B. 233. moparclan 234. stewbud 235. The_one
236. Noz 237. bushpilotmexico 238. RogueSniper 239. A Regular Joe 240. Dog Soldier
241. Red Prevatt 242. DD4lifeusmc 243. Bishop Creek 244. Michigan Mike 245. wmgeorge
246. Roady 247. IronHand 248. Shawn Holland 249. old shooter45 250. Left Hand Roller
251. Stellan 252. Drick 253. Lstj 254. charliehorse300 255. Hoppo7
256. glassteel 257. tcass 258. Englishmn 259. Jackrabbit1957 260. Grousebuck
261. leadhound 262. bannockburn 263. TAMU1980 264. Justintime 265. DeadEyeDave44
266. USMC - Mott 267. Mustang51 268. Lerk 269. gunsmither 270. flintlock
271. D. Buck Stopshere 272. Henry Anvil 273. RugerOldArmy 274. jim4945 275. cowboydave
276. cjensen 277. kdmmcc 278. Art Van Hecke 279. scuubbs 280. Michiganmuzzy
281. noelf2 282. ApexPredator 283. FLTRXS 284. sspierce8 285. NoahBP



Welcome NoahBP! :D
 
I finished wet forming this holster and I gave it a hot beeswax finish inside and out. Holster is thick and stiff yet it feels and looks great. Pistol fits better than OJ's bloody glove... lol.. Beeswax is awesome because it sheds water, conditions the leather but doesn't break it down like oils do and make it too pliable. Its the armor all of leather... I learned its best to use as wide a belt loop as possible and to flat stitch it on to holster instead of folding leather over and stitching. I had the belt loop folded the first time and went back and cut off the top and flat stitched it straight taking out the cross draw angle which I did not like along with loop.. If you like your weapon to not flop around in holster or on belt. Holster needs to fit belt as well as weapon especially for heavy revolvers.. I molded in a channel for the large blade front sight so it doesn't dig in and drag on the holster when you pull the weapon. Not to brag but its the best holster I have ever used...lol

Very impressed with the first five shots out of my latest barrel chop to 4".... The chambers had been loaded for better than a month, it was fired using the hood of the truck as a rest, a full 50', 30G of pyrodex under a ball, #10 remington primers... I think the 3 shot cluster is going to be more representative of what the gun will do.. I will put several cylinders through it soon and see... And yes I was aiming at the bottom of bottom circle..lol.. If I could shave off another half pound it would be the perfect BP revolver...lol
 

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This is my first COVID-era gun-related purchase in over 8 weeks...
That's the longest "dry spell" of not buying any gun accessories or ammo since I was a teenager...
And that was a loooooooooong time ago...


But I think I made up for the wait in style.

Anyway, I do like Elk Stag grips, and this set called out to me:

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I think they look really sharp on my Ruger Old Army. Now I can't wait to get it over to the range and have other shooters oogle over them -- from 6 feet away, of course.

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This Old Army was heavily modified many years ago with:
* A handmade partridge front sight
* A Millet full-blade rear sight
* A smooth trigger blade (filed away the grooves)
* A trigger stop added (between trigger plunger & spring)
* A 5/16" rammer extension (for target loads)
* Treso Ampco Bronze nipples
* An action job with 3# trigger pull

The grips are the latest addition, and the only change I can think of now is to shoot it MORE!

Tight groups.

Old No7
 
Are those real stag? There nice but they don't look real to me.. Too much shine, colors look too uniform and consistent.. Shave a piece from inside grip and see if it melts... I had a guy selling authentic bone grips that melted to a liquid when tested..... Not trying to be negative I just hate plastic...lol..
 
I’ve got stag grips on my NAA Mini Magnum and they are shiny




Are those real stag? There nice but they don't look real to me.. Too much shine, colors look too uniform and consistent.. Shave a piece from inside grip and see if it melts... I had a guy selling authentic bone grips that melted to a liquid when tested..... Not trying to be negative I just hate plastic...lol..
 
ROA Club Members:

01. ClemBert 02. Eights 03. kanook 04. [email protected] 05. mykeal
06. adaptandovercome 07. 461 08. junkman_01 09. lonewolf5347 10. rcflint
11. MCgunner 12.madcratebuilder 13. AbitNutz 14. eastbank 15. robert garner
16. philuk44 17. HUnter58 18. arcticap 19. BullRunBear 20. theotherwaldo
21. SC Slowhand 22. Prairie Dawg 23. wittzo 24. Tallbald 25. Smokin_Gun
26. OB One 27. jungle 28. plumbernater 29. daveinvegas 30. JanZ
31. George Mabry 32. Benmathes 33. Loosenock 34. higene 35. Rock Island
36. Erich 37. robhof 38. J-Bar 39. Nomad, 2nd 40. TAURUSBOB
41. martindl99 42. Vermonter 43. wasatch 44. fogg64 45. BConklin
46. Howdy Doody 47. bushrod2 48. rdstrain49 49. FirinFlatTop 50. rem1858
51. straight-shooter 52. edorfox 53. KevininPa 54. Ringo1234 55. pohill
56. The Don 57. jeepcoma 58. Dave Markowitz 59. Chazz 60. andrewstorm
61. Steel Wheels 62. Legionnaire 63. NineMilePete 64. 94RUGER 65. Acorn Mush
66. R.Ganister 67. Boom-stick 68. Buddy 69. Ghost Dog 70. BML
71. Cult of 1858 72. Jaymo 73. bigbore442001 74. Engineer Bill 75. azyogi
76. Dr. Leaky 77. Clermont 78. Indy4570 79. ozarkguy 80. Plastikosmd
81. mrdo1 82. bax504 83. Constrictor 84. BC Mosaic 85. clepidus
86. did 87. gunboat57 88. Malachi Leviticus Blue 89. Blue Hill 90. Power Keg
91. SUMIKITO 92. ChasMack 93. Larry Flett 94. RugerShawn 95. tdperry
96. Rettech 97. renoman 98. tk1971 99. Curator 100. Dan Carey
101. Old No7 102. Muddydogs 103. Oldnamvet 104. 6.5x55swedish 105. crazysccrmd
106. Jim, West PA 107. rodwha 108. Varmiter 109. Indian Outlaw 110. Patocazador
111. Jack Ryan 112. h0use 113. Huntingsaddles 114. GregP42 115. esims
116. Doak 117. BubbaGoose 118. FreddyKruger 119. Calvados 120. ruger357
121. wap41 122. DurangoKid 123. Yamavira 124. Onty 125. 4speed
126. legend 550 127. bri1462 128. regniflow 129. CageDodger 130. HPBroker
131. mattusmc45 132. 303 133. Jersey Joe 134. Psycho 135. Cast of One
136. sammass 137. jgray 138. bothenook 139. keybuck 140. davepool
141. whitetailbob 142. eddie56 143. wklaus 144. cane 145. dickydalton
146. Sumika 147. woodnbow 148. DMZ 149. white smoke 150. karlthev
151. The-Reaver 152. Beetle-Bailey 153. cwo2lt 154. snakeman 155. BHP FAN
156. grter 157. aHFo3 158. Joe Meyer 159. Wild Tom Hipshot 160. mntns2oceans
161. Btc624 162. kendak 163. pardiniman 164. d-a 165. toolslinger
166. imforguns 167. EmGeeGeorge 168. MRRAGPICKER 169. ALJS 170. Nelg_Kir
171. Head Space 172. mbpennin 173. blfuller 174. gifford 175. BullSlinger
176. jannas1258 177. wkfg 178. rockdc 179. Nite Ryder 180. AmateurSharpshooter
181. fossil 182. rclark 183. Arganoc 184. sword14 185. Chili_pepper917
186. Rodman579 187. avatarshots 188. BowerR64 189. raa-7 190. Aaron871
191. F171 192. adkmountainken 193. The long rider 194. 45 Dragoon 195. lentuk
196. gmaster805 197. T.Horn 198. Flatbush Harry 199. IansROA 200. Shoknaw
201. Halger280HVMag 202. Florida Cherokee 203. conder0289 204. Doc Pecos 205. cowboyyyy
206. ghfljf 207. Scubadale 208. Crisisbill 209. Offthehook 210. xxmaa
211. CabofDoom 212. whughett 213. NoWin 214. felixmophandle 215. wf4933
216. WillaminaOR 217. Two Gun Pete 218. ambrotype 219. blee0360 220. OzRed
221. yugorpk 222. Stukadriver 223. Texas Moon 224. Kulot 225.cyberrman
226. Erwan 227. dsiddens 228. Timtoolman 229. Sunbird 230. 1861Navy
231. baronwolff 232. S.B. 233. moparclan 234. stewbud 235. The_one
236. Noz 237. bushpilotmexico 238. RogueSniper 239. A Regular Joe 240. Dog Soldier
241. Red Prevatt 242. DD4lifeusmc 243. Bishop Creek 244. Michigan Mike 245. wmgeorge
246. Roady 247. IronHand 248. Shawn Holland 249. old shooter45 250. Left Hand Roller
251. Stellan 252. Drick 253. Lstj 254. charliehorse300 255. Hoppo7
256. glassteel 257. tcass 258. Englishmn 259. Jackrabbit1957 260. Grousebuck
261. leadhound 262. bannockburn 263. TAMU1980 264. Justintime 265. DeadEyeDave44
266. USMC - Mott 267. Mustang51 268. Lerk 269. gunsmither 270. flintlock
271. D. Buck Stopshere 272. Henry Anvil 273. RugerOldArmy 274. jim4945 275. cowboydave
276. cjensen 277. kdmmcc 278. Art Van Hecke 279. scuubbs 280. Michiganmuzzy
281. noelf2 282. ApexPredator 283. FLTRXS 284. sspierce8 285. NoahBP
286. P61guy


Welcome P61guy! :D
 
ROA Club Members:

01. ClemBert 02. Eights 03. kanook 04. [email protected] 05. mykeal
06. adaptandovercome 07. 461 08. junkman_01 09. lonewolf5347 10. rcflint
11. MCgunner 12.madcratebuilder 13. AbitNutz 14. eastbank 15. robert garner
16. philuk44 17. HUnter58 18. arcticap 19. BullRunBear 20. theotherwaldo
21. SC Slowhand 22. Prairie Dawg 23. wittzo 24. Tallbald 25. Smokin_Gun
26. OB One 27. jungle 28. plumbernater 29. daveinvegas 30. JanZ
31. George Mabry 32. Benmathes 33. Loosenock 34. higene 35. Rock Island
36. Erich 37. robhof 38. J-Bar 39. Nomad, 2nd 40. TAURUSBOB
41. martindl99 42. Vermonter 43. wasatch 44. fogg64 45. BConklin
46. Howdy Doody 47. bushrod2 48. rdstrain49 49. FirinFlatTop 50. rem1858
51. straight-shooter 52. edorfox 53. KevininPa 54. Ringo1234 55. pohill
56. The Don 57. jeepcoma 58. Dave Markowitz 59. Chazz 60. andrewstorm
61. Steel Wheels 62. Legionnaire 63. NineMilePete 64. 94RUGER 65. Acorn Mush
66. R.Ganister 67. Boom-stick 68. Buddy 69. Ghost Dog 70. BML
71. Cult of 1858 72. Jaymo 73. bigbore442001 74. Engineer Bill 75. azyogi
76. Dr. Leaky 77. Clermont 78. Indy4570 79. ozarkguy 80. Plastikosmd
81. mrdo1 82. bax504 83. Constrictor 84. BC Mosaic 85. clepidus
86. did 87. gunboat57 88. Malachi Leviticus Blue 89. Blue Hill 90. Power Keg
91. SUMIKITO 92. ChasMack 93. Larry Flett 94. RugerShawn 95. tdperry
96. Rettech 97. renoman 98. tk1971 99. Curator 100. Dan Carey
101. Old No7 102. Muddydogs 103. Oldnamvet 104. 6.5x55swedish 105. crazysccrmd
106. Jim, West PA 107. rodwha 108. Varmiter 109. Indian Outlaw 110. Patocazador
111. Jack Ryan 112. h0use 113. Huntingsaddles 114. GregP42 115. esims
116. Doak 117. BubbaGoose 118. FreddyKruger 119. Calvados 120. ruger357
121. wap41 122. DurangoKid 123. Yamavira 124. Onty 125. 4speed
126. legend 550 127. bri1462 128. regniflow 129. CageDodger 130. HPBroker
131. mattusmc45 132. 303 133. Jersey Joe 134. Psycho 135. Cast of One
136. sammass 137. jgray 138. bothenook 139. keybuck 140. davepool
141. whitetailbob 142. eddie56 143. wklaus 144. cane 145. dickydalton
146. Sumika 147. woodnbow 148. DMZ 149. white smoke 150. karlthev
151. The-Reaver 152. Beetle-Bailey 153. cwo2lt 154. snakeman 155. BHP FAN
156. grter 157. aHFo3 158. Joe Meyer 159. Wild Tom Hipshot 160. mntns2oceans
161. Btc624 162. kendak 163. pardiniman 164. d-a 165. toolslinger
166. imforguns 167. EmGeeGeorge 168. MRRAGPICKER 169. ALJS 170. Nelg_Kir
171. Head Space 172. mbpennin 173. blfuller 174. gifford 175. BullSlinger
176. jannas1258 177. wkfg 178. rockdc 179. Nite Ryder 180. AmateurSharpshooter
181. fossil 182. rclark 183. Arganoc 184. sword14 185. Chili_pepper917
186. Rodman579 187. avatarshots 188. BowerR64 189. raa-7 190. Aaron871
191. F171 192. adkmountainken 193. The long rider 194. 45 Dragoon 195. lentuk
196. gmaster805 197. T.Horn 198. Flatbush Harry 199. IansROA 200. Shoknaw
201. Halger280HVMag 202. Florida Cherokee 203. conder0289 204. Doc Pecos 205. cowboyyyy
206. ghfljf 207. Scubadale 208. Crisisbill 209. Offthehook 210. xxmaa
211. CabofDoom 212. whughett 213. NoWin 214. felixmophandle 215. wf4933
216. WillaminaOR 217. Two Gun Pete 218. ambrotype 219. blee0360 220. OzRed
221. yugorpk 222. Stukadriver 223. Texas Moon 224. Kulot 225.cyberrman
226. Erwan 227. dsiddens 228. Timtoolman 229. Sunbird 230. 1861Navy
231. baronwolff 232. S.B. 233. moparclan 234. stewbud 235. The_one
236. Noz 237. bushpilotmexico 238. RogueSniper 239. A Regular Joe 240. Dog Soldier
241. Red Prevatt 242. DD4lifeusmc 243. Bishop Creek 244. Michigan Mike 245. wmgeorge
246. Roady 247. IronHand 248. Shawn Holland 249. old shooter45 250. Left Hand Roller
251. Stellan 252. Drick 253. Lstj 254. charliehorse300 255. Hoppo7
256. glassteel 257. tcass 258. Englishmn 259. Jackrabbit1957 260. Grousebuck
261. leadhound 262. bannockburn 263. TAMU1980 264. Justintime 265. DeadEyeDave44
266. USMC - Mott 267. Mustang51 268. Lerk 269. gunsmither 270. flintlock
271. D. Buck Stopshere 272. Henry Anvil 273. RugerOldArmy 274. jim4945 275. cowboydave
276. cjensen 277. kdmmcc 278. Art Van Hecke 279. scuubbs 280. Michiganmuzzy
281. noelf2 282. ApexPredator 283. FLTRXS 284. sspierce8 285. NoahBP
286. P61guy


Welcome P61guy! :D
Thank you! I thought I had joined a long time ago but realized I didn’t submit a picture.
 
I’ve got stag grips on my NAA Mini Magnum and they are shiny
I can see the surface being shiny from buffing the stag but not shiny down in the crevices.. I wouldn't put any finish of any kind on stag and that's the only way it would be glossy in crevices...
 
I don't get the popularity of conversion cylinders. You end up with an expensive and heavy pistol that requires cylinder removal to reload and a loading ram hanging under the barrel. Just buy a Ruger with a loading gate that comes with a cartridge cylinder and save some money and have a much handier pistol..
 
I don't get the popularity of conversion cylinders. You end up with an expensive and heavy pistol that requires cylinder removal to reload and a loading ram hanging under the barrel. Just buy a Ruger with a loading gate that comes with a cartridge cylinder and save some money and have a much handier pistol..
I've got conversion cylinders for both my ROA's, because sometimes you just want to shoot and not spend a long time reloading, although I do also have 4 B/P cylinders for each of mine so actually I can shoot 24 rounds out of each before reloading.
 
Well, for those that do "get conversion cyls", it's a cheaper way to get a cartridge gun if you already own a cap gun. The problem with the Ruger is there isn't a "gated" conversion for it yet! That would make having the conversion a much easier operation. Some folks can't shoot outdoors where they live but can shoot at an indoor range. Indoor ranges don't (generally) allow black powder shooting because of the fire hazard. A conversion cyl is a more economical way to allow one to shoot a Blackpowder revolver at an indoor range. All of my S.A. revolvers are open top Colt platform types with gated conversions. Pretty soon, I'll have 4 (or 5) ROA's with gated conversions.

Mike
 
Here in Los Angeles County, and Southern California for that matter, most, if not all indoor ranges do not allow black powder firearms and all lead projectiles. They say that the smoke and the hot lead are bad for your health. Jacketed bullets of any kind are fine and ok. That is when conversion cylinders in 45 Colt and .45 acp come in. They tend to save the day when that urge comes in to exercise your Old Army and stretch its legs a bit.I dont have to drive 40 or 50 miles to the boondoks to let her bellow out and fart a little bit.She can fart, and flex her muscles right next to that lady with the pink Charter .38 special on the next lane. Yes she can.
 
Here in Los Angeles County, and Southern California for that matter, most, if not all indoor ranges do not allow black powder firearms and all lead projectiles. They say that the smoke and the hot lead are bad for your health. Jacketed bullets of any kind are fine and ok. That is when conversion cylinders in 45 Colt and .45 acp come in. They tend to save the day when that urge comes in to exercise your Old Army and stretch its legs a bit.I dont have to drive 40 or 50 miles to the boondoks to let her bellow out and fart a little bit.She can fart, and flex her muscles right next to that lady with the pink Charter .38 special on the next lane. Yes she can.
Thanks.. Never been to an indoor range.. I could see the issue...lol.. That makes sense..
 
Hello all,
What is the latest on Classicballistx black ROA powder cylinders. Are they still available? The site looks up and running but email hasn’t been answered.
 
THR member Henry Anvil bought one and posted about it July 15, 2019, on page 127.
And THR member Classicballistix last visited on Jan. 30, 2020.
Making ROA cylinders is not his full time job.
Let's hope that he's okay and will get back to you.
Please keep us posted.
 
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THR member Henry Anvil bought one and posted about it July 15, 2019, on page 127.
And THR member Classicballistix last visited on Jan. 30, 2020.
Making ROA cylinders is not his full time job.
Let's hope that he's okay and will get back to you.
Please keep us posted.
Thank you for the information. I hope they are up and running. I’ll be patient.
 
If they are still working through the Covid19 shut-down, You should hear from them soon.

I bought one a few years ago and the quality was much better than the Ruger OE cylinder.
Thank you. I look forward to getting one soon. I am glad to hear their quality is good and will get one when available.
 
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