Ruger Old Army

I bought one of those back when they first came on the market. Blued. What a nice gun that was. Never had a problem other than the occasional dud caps. Eventually I bought a cartridge cylinder for it and that worked fine if a little slow to load. The cylinder was loaded off the frame and then installed. You cannot go far wrong with one of these. I used to clean mine by placing frame and cylinder in a pot of hot soapy water, simmering, cleaning, wipe dry and oil. Never a problem with rust.

I am sure you will have years of shooting enjoyment with yours.

Now you have to post a picture to join the club, and read all 107 pages :

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/the-ruger-old-army-club.538088/

Very nice revolver!

The ROA is the best of the last. These handguns are of the most modern handgun technology. They are not simply reproductions of the early percussion revolvers.
They can handle very heavy loads of T7 and 260 grs .45 cailber bullets. Ruger incorporated a more positive cylinder boss that allows shooting without the binding in reproductions. My history with the ROA began in 1972. I own a few of the ROA revlovers.

Ruger Blackhawk grips will fit the ROA. Our buddy Noz has some nice checkered wooden grips from Altamont that were not expensive. I was lucky to find some Sambar Stag grips that were expensive, before they became outrageously expensive!

The SS ROA at eight o'clock has Sandbar Stag grips. It has the Ballistic F-85 cylinder and a R&D .45 Colt Conversion cylinder. The front sight blade was replaced with a taller blade. This allows the heavy bulleted loads to be zero'ed.

Send it in for that .50 cal conversion you won't regret it at all . I love mine

Dog Soldier, that's a fine looking group of ROAs!!


Mike

DD4lifeusmc said:

This link was on another forum.
I held off posting it here till I confirmed it was legitimate and I was able to complete the transaction for the one I wanted.
I bought the $395 one yesterday.
Didn't need it but I have been wanting one just giggles.


http://www.simpsonltd.com/product_info.php?cPath=156_173&products_id=48358

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On the matter of shipping, did they require a FFL transfer. The web site seems to indicate they did.

45 Dragoon said:

Dog Soldier, that's a fine looking group of ROAs!!


Mike

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Mike, How have you been? The Walker you worked over is a perfect shooter also. I highly recommend your work to anyone who wants a great shooting Reproduction.

I asked for the Super Black Hawk grips and they fit perfectly.

congrats on that fine pistol and I wished I had one of those as its a shame ruger stopped making them!

The ROA 1972-2008. The last ones were the 5.5" ROA revolvers. Sales numbers were never that great. Now that they are gone the demand is up. These were made for BP hunting. They were not that popular with the Cowboy and Reinactors.

http://www.ruger.com/service/productHistory/RE-OABP.html

I carry one of mine as a backup gun during muzzleloading deer season. It came in handy 4 or 5 years ago when a round ball through the lungs put down a slightly wounded buck from 40 yards. I used 30 gr. of 3F.