The RUGER OLD ARMY Club

Jaymo said:
I would like to have one of their base pins. Do they make one specifically for the ROA, or does the one for the BH fit the ROA?
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The answer to your question was posted on page 23.


http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=7853003&postcount=569

Jaymo said:
I still wonder why the ROA didn't use a spring-loaded detent pin that you push in, to release the cyl pin?
To my mind, that would have made more sense.
Or am I missing something?
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One can't be sure what Bill Ruger was thinking at the time he designed it. But perhaps between being a black powder gun and being built for longevity, the powder fouling and any corrosion could have interfered with a spring-loaded detent functioning properly in the long run.
And maybe the way that it's designed provides more surface bearing area to hold the pin securely.
 
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That's pretty cool. As an emblem a silver dime is available, affordable and date means something. I wish gold didn't cost more than myrrh. Putting a dime sized gold coin in each grip would be worth more than the pistol.
 
Jaymo, If you look at a standard Ruger single action base pin you'll notice it has a small relief cut where the base pin retaining screw fits. Now look at your ROA base pin. Instead of a circular cut relief it has just slightly less than half it's diameter cut away and at an angle to boot. It has considerable pressure put on it when using the ram to seat balls and conicals. The standard base pin configuration would never hold up for long under that much stress. Bill never envisioned conversion cylinders and cowboy action shooting with the ROA, it was designed for us hunters in mind. Hope this answers some of your questions.
 
Regarding how to post pictures of my Ruger Old Armys

Hi there folks,can someone help me out on how exactly I can post pictures of my Old Armys so I can join the club.Would like to share photos of my rare 5 1/2 inch adjustable sights blue model.One of a very few made by Ruger.Has a factory authentication letter to accompany it that I would also like to post as a picture.Still trying to figure out how to post pictures......Joe
 
Hi foks,

I was trolling around on the web and googled Ruger Old Army For Sale Canada and came up with this ad: RUGER OLD ARMY 45 cal. cap & ball pistol, never fired, $450; 100 round of ammo & powder, $25. 509-927-3032 Spokane Valley
at this URL: http://www.exchangepublishing.com/

This is no good to me as nobody will ship handguns to Canada, :cuss::banghead:but the price seems pretty good for an unfired ROA.

Good Luck
 
Here's another ad. Same website, same phone number. This one says he's got a stainless ROA never fired for $500
RUGER OLD ARMY .45 cal. cap ball stainless pistol, never fired, $500; S&W .32 cal. nickel pocket pistol, made 1904, excellent condition, $400; .45 cal. partially built muzzleloader rifle, $150; 3 deep sea fishing rod & reels, 2 Garcia Kingfisher, 1 Diawa G60, $75 each. 509-927-3032
 
I called the seller and asked him if the ROA was still available and he said yes. But when I asked him if he would ship it to Connecticut, he said no and abruptly hung up on me.
I called him right back to see if he would discuss it but he didn't answer.
My conclusion is that he will only sell it face to face.
 
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arcticap said:
...he said no and abruptly hung up on me.
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That's a pretty lame response from someone that would like to sell something. Must have been having a bad day and maybe you asked him something that 1000 people asked him about prior to your call.
 
Submission to Old Army Club

pair of old armys by david clements.jpg
fixed sight frame blk micarta grips and clements special rear sight and bisley hammer octagon barrel ivory grips by elen hunting both built by clements custom

full octagon barrel and cylinder.jpg
here is a pic of barrel / cylinder

pre-warning label.jpg
Pre warning label just in off gun broker one stuck nip right now very well used wish I had put this much wear on it

micarta grips.jpg
Full octagon bbl bisley hammer blk micarta grips and without my lovely wife these pics would not be here
 
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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


Welcome Powder Keg! Sweet...a David Clements 50 cal! :D
 
Wow....that's where I want to go. I have everything but the octagon barrel and sights.
On one of the blue pictures....are those fixed sights?

Could you give me some detail on those?
 
blue frame fixed sights

the blue frame gun was originally 7 1/2 fixed. David mills cuts or however he does his magic a small portion out of rear and uses a small screw Allen head to anchor his sight it is only done on a gun by gun basis in house because it is a very complex cut more info is on his web site I will post another plc soon :)
 
where can I get a high quality loading tool short of having one made I do not want to bend a cyl pin
 
That's got an interesting look to it. If it works well with all cap-n-ball revolvers then that's a pretty good price ($69).

CylinderLoaderBig.jpg
 
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