The RUGER OLD ARMY Club

moparclan said:

The grips are laser engraved, not sure how they applied the gold, also has gold U.S. on the backstrap. Not inlayed.

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I've never seen one before. I just love that cavalry stuff.

Sign me up please. Snagged this a couple months ago in a pawn shop. Still rounding up stuff to load it. Cant wait to fire it.

Oldncrusty said:

View attachment 1108140 View attachment 1108142 Sign me up please. Snagged this a couple months ago in a pawn shop. Still rounding up stuff to load it. Cant wait to fire it.

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It’s worth the effort. We expect range pix.

Nice snag!!

Very nice !!!!

Oldncrusty said:

View attachment 1108140 View attachment 1108142 Sign me up please. Snagged this a couple months ago in a pawn shop. Still rounding up stuff to load it. Cant wait to fire it.

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Looks beautiful. You should consider a bullet mould and a stash of lead bars. You're gonna love it!

Michigan Mike said:

Looks beautiful. You should consider a bullet mould and a stash of lead bars. You're gonna love it!

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I've been considering that for many years. Hope to get serious about it now.

That's great....It's really rewarding making and then shooting the lead ammo. It's fall here now....prime time for melting lead.

Michigan Mike said:

That's great....It's really rewarding making and then shooting the lead ammo. It's fall here now....prime time for melting lead.

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Yes it is!

Michigan Mike said:

Looks beautiful. You should consider a bullet mould and a stash of lead bars. You're gonna love it!

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The .44 Johnston & Dow from Eras Gone is a good choice, the driving band is large enough for a Ruger but narrow enough that they load in Pietta and Uberti .44s.

Thank you. I have a mold on it's way.

Rustmangler said:

Thank you. I have a mold on it's way.

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Which one did you get? How about lead?

I ordered Johnson & Dow 44. Lead a few buckets and a lot of bars.

Not been any posts in a while. My motley collection.

Bibbyman said:

Not been any posts in a while. My motley collection. View attachment 1126017

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Now THAT'S awesome!!!

Bibbyman said:

My motley collection.

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Better than mine.

Still ...very nice!

Hi, long ago member here. Who is the go to to shorten an ROA these days? Steve T

Delightful to see all these fine revolvers again! Thanks for resuscitating this classic thread. I only own one ROA now, one that I did not own when I claimed member #38. But it's fun to shoot! Shown here as it appeared in the gun store just before I claimed it.

One of mine.

Oops, Mike...

advice for the best nipple wrench?

Steve T

1/4 drive 3/16 socket.

If you nipples are stubborn, try putting two rods in a vice two opposite chambers apart. Then set the cylinder over the posts.

rockdc said:

Hi, long ago member here. Who is the go to to shorten an ROA these days? Steve T

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@Jackrabbit1957 would probably do it for you. He did an excellent job chopping an 1860 for me.

Bibbyman said:

If you nipples are stubborn, try putting two rods in a vice two opposite chambers apart. Then set the cylinder over the posts.

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That's a great idea!