The RUGER OLD ARMY Club

[bothenook]

Seems as though all I have so far is questions...maybe I'm learning though and will have answers in the future. I ordered two pins from Belt Mt about 2 weeks ago and haven't heard from them. I see that my check wasn't cashed so I'm at a loss as to what may have happened...lost mail? Belt Mt doesn't take phone orders nor even answer their phone. Are they still in business?


Karl

they seem to still be in bidnezzzz. took forever for mine to show up a couple of months ago. it almost seems like the shop is run by cross country truckers, and they answer emails and send out parts when they get back home. don't know if that's the case, but it seems that way....
short reply....hang in there, you'll get it. and you WILL like what you get.

 

[snakeman]

pg 61 not working

 

[Jaymo]

I have some loads for my .44 mag that clear out the gangster wannabes at the range.
27.5 grains VV N110, 180 grain Hornady XTP. Over 1850 FPS. Sounds like a .444 Marlin.

 

[ClemBert]

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. Fingers McGee 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

Welcome The-Reaver, Beetle-Bailey, cwo2lt, snakeman!

 

[ClemBert]

BHP FAN's pic submitted for membership

May 4, 2013, 07:56 PM

ROA problem...
I just bought a Ruger Old Army...unturned, LNIB, never fired, still in the original orange and black cardboard box....for $500.00.Now, the problem....shoot it or don't?

 

[grter]

I noticed the Belt Mountain quick change

Reloading cap and ball cylinders when removed sounds good.


Anybody who bought one these can you fill me/us ? in.

 

[BHP FAN]

Looks like I'll be #155, thanks for the assist, Clembert!

 

[grter]

Birds are meant to fly not sit in cages.

Your gun is made for shootin not sittin in a safe. Safe queenin is blasphemy it is calling out for you to shoot it.

Without a doubt shoot it and shoot it often.

 

[grter]

Some of pictures of this great cap and ball revolver in unloaded condition. I am number 156

 

[Patocazador]

Some of pictures of this great cap and ball revolver in unloaded condition (no ammo, powder, or caps allowed in my area anyway, unless you happen to be wealthy and/or of priviliged class) Not quite sure what number I am. 156 ?

Where are you located where it is that restricted?

 

[snakeman]

thanks for the welcome clembert

 

[ClemBert]

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. Fingers McGee 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

Welcome BHP FAN and grter!

Welcome

 

[snakeman]

clembert...do you sell those base bin retaining pins

 

[ClemBert]

clembert...do you sell those base bin retaining pins

Nope.

 

[snakeman]

darn guess I'll have to come up with my own

 

[BHP FAN]

155! I love it, I turn 55 in a couple months!

 

[bothenook]

I noticed the Belt Mountain quick change conversion.

It looks like a great product but what is not clear to me is what is included in the package.

Is this a full kit with the cylinder pin and that rotating knurled knob that is installed where the rammer normally goes or is the purchase of a separate cylinder pin required.

The website does not specifically address this.

I would also like to see installation instructions and a parts inventory posted somewhere ????

I would prefere to reload cap and ball cylinders outside of revolvers when practicing within the borders of free states and/or santuary of protected shooting ranges.


Anybody who bought one these can you fill me/us ? in.

easy peasy. pull your old base pin, lever, and pluger off, and remove cylinder.
the knurled knob part is two pieces. put knurled knob in plunger hole from the outside, and thread the spring and cap screw in from the cylinder side. the cap screw is an allen head, and they send the correct wrench with the kit. rotate the knurled knob so the pin is out of the way, and install the belt mt. base pin. this only works if the base pin is milled to accept the knob pin. pull out on the knob, rotate until the pin engages the base pin, cock, fire. two cautions: 1 the cap screw backs out and will eventually stop you from being able to rotate the cylinder. pull the base pin out, drop the cylinder, and tighten. reassemble, shoot... 2 the retaining pin installed in the knurled knob fell out of mine. I don't know if that is a design feature or not, but I've taken a small cold chisel and dinged the retaining pin a few times to "stake" it. then I drove it back in the knob hole. seems to be staying in for now. i've only fired about 360 rounds using the assembly, with the last 90 after "fixing" the retaining pin. works so far.

Regarding ROA base pins... I trashed mine, and before I got the Belt Mt. setup, I found Jack First Gunshop on the web. You have to call, but they've had someone make real deal, original style base pins for the ROA in both blue and stainless. they are NOT cheap, but they exist. I know, because I bought one

 

[bothenook]

age, and passing on the legacy

you know, I've been kind of figuring out based on posts that the vast majority of us here are a bit long of tooth
How many of us have a youngster or two under tow when we go shooting to pass on the love of black smoke? and how many of us have cultivated that love of shooting in someone that will eventually get our guns after we move on to another plane? I've been working on a couple of youngsters, trying to get them involved in black powder as an extension of what they are already doing with that other stuff. So far, 3 of them have gone out an obtained a muzzleloader. Corrupted by an old timer! My son, and my itty bitty grandsons will eventually end up with my collection, and I've been working like hell to make sure they know what I have, how to shoot them, and how to care for them. Most of my BP guns have come from sales by families of shooters that have passed on, with nobody in the family interested in keeping the guns. seems kind of sad to me. but on the other hand, I've gotten GREAT deals!

 

[Onty]

Rather than modify my Lee 255 gr. swc mold, I put the cast bullets in a vice and compress them slightly. This causes them to shorten and give a larger diameter in the process. It seems to work well and does shave some lead when seated.
Someone on this forum said they gave their bullets a rap with a mallet to achieve the same result. I was worried about the grinding of the mold causing irregularities that would allow lead to adhere to the mold and not allow the bullets to separate easily.

Did not see your post before.

The easiest method is to make a bushing with desired ID, and make it shorter than bullet, I would start with .030. Going this way, all your bullets, when squeezed in vice, will have very uniform dia. And length, of course. The only problem is you will have to have some sort of press to drive bullet out from bushing. One of smaller presses should work: http://kbctools.com/usa/Navigation/NavPDF.cfm?PDFPage=954 . Drill press with appropriate punch should also work. The only other thing you will have to have is some sort of stand, small block high enough and with hole tad larger than .750 dia, where you will place bushing while driving bullet out.

Also, instead of making bushing, you can order it from here http://www.carrlane.com/catalog/ind...F0900101B030010543C1C0C16190D172D252A5E4B5D57 . I suggest so called HEAD BUSHINGS listed here. These bushings are accurate and very hard, they will last hundreds of thousands bullets.

When ordering bushing, make sure it has right length. Once you have it, local machine shop could grind it down to get desired length.

To order it (if you want, for example, .453” dia, 5/8” long), ask for H-48-10-.4531, cost is at Carr-Lane $9.78, dirt cheap. BTW, .4531 (29/64”) is a standard size, they should have it on stock. If you want another size, like .455”, ask for H-48-10-.4550. It will cost you bit more, but still way cheaper than asking somebody to make one.

No, I did not try this method, but I know the fellow who did. Works like a charm!

 

[Patocazador]

Onty,
I don't really care if the bullet is full length, it is the diameter that I want to increase. It throws .452 diameter bullets. I want something on the order of .456 so I get a tight fit for compression.
I may have misunderstood your explanation but the bushing would just give a smaller chamber, Right? I need a larger chamber.

 

[aHFo3]

Here's my submission to join the club

It just returned from the factory for some repair. It was an abused, neglected, unloved revolver that needed a new home, and I'm happy to give it one. Thanks for creating this club, ClemBert, I've enjoyed reading the many posts while I was awaiting the return of my first Old Army.

 

[Onty]

Onty,
I don't really care if the bullet is full length, it is the diameter that I want to increase. It throws .452 diameter bullets. I want something on the order of .456 so I get a tight fit for compression.
I may have misunderstood your explanation but the bushing would just give a smaller chamber, Right? I need a larger chamber.

No problem, just ask for H-48-10-.4560. The advantage of this method is extremely uniform dia. FYI, this bushing is 5/8" long. If the bullet is longer than .030", I would go for next size, H-48-12-.4560, this one is 3/4" long.

 

[snakeman]

bothenook...I'm 26 my teeth are still short

 

[AbitNutz]

I'm just a brief custodian of my collections. I just hope the next owner will appreciate them as much as I have.

 

[aHFo3]

Snakeman, you have me by 10 years. I'm 36.