Gunruner
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Took my ROA to the range for the first time today. Very impressed! I've been shooting .44 Colt Army and Remington .44 copies for years. The Colt copies seem to shoot many more shots before cleaning........but the ROA seems like it could go on forever. I shot 4 cylinders full and it didn't seem to be binding at all and I thought something amiss. Nope, you can go to the range with a can of BP, 100 RB and a tin of caps and not clean. The accuracy was just so-so with light charges of FFF GOEX. I didn't use any filler and only went as low as 34gr as rammer went to full stop with no wad. The best and most accurate groups were with 38 gr of 3F. That left enough room to seat ball at mouth with a wonder wad. The 25 yard groups were 2-3" clusters "at point of aim. I didn't have a rest and shot from resting my wrists on wooden block. I would imagine 1" groups with a nice pistol rest. Trigger is super and breaks like glass. Had to tell you that this is going to be my camp gun. I was surprised at the recoil. It felt like a stiff .38 special +P load from a snub gun feels. FUN GUN!!!
Now to those that do not dismantle their ROA completely. I don't see how you do not get rust if you shoot anywhere close to as much as I do. I had BP residue in every nook and cranny. Even the frame screws had powder on them,inside. If you flush, spray dry with air and WD-40 you still have ALOT of powder inside. I took my gun down to all the parts and it took alot of scrubbing to get it clean.
This gun may not be period or a copy of anything in history but it won me over real fast. Just being able to load cylinder after cylinder and not having to clean was a pleasure. I use genuine BP as it's cheap and I have alot of it but in other revolvers you can get a few as 2 cylinders shot before binding occurs. Just my $.02 on my ROA.................Mike
Now to those that do not dismantle their ROA completely. I don't see how you do not get rust if you shoot anywhere close to as much as I do. I had BP residue in every nook and cranny. Even the frame screws had powder on them,inside. If you flush, spray dry with air and WD-40 you still have ALOT of powder inside. I took my gun down to all the parts and it took alot of scrubbing to get it clean.
This gun may not be period or a copy of anything in history but it won me over real fast. Just being able to load cylinder after cylinder and not having to clean was a pleasure. I use genuine BP as it's cheap and I have alot of it but in other revolvers you can get a few as 2 cylinders shot before binding occurs. Just my $.02 on my ROA.................Mike