Not my idea. Just picked it up somewhere. I just picked up a couple of drill bits handy to show concept. You probably should use brass or even wooden pegs.
The RUGER OLD ARMY Club
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Was it done by sleeves? Intriguing idea.
I bought it this way but I think it was plugged with solid plugs and then drilled to correct diameter.
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There are a number of these pictured in this thread, way back… when Rugers were still cheaply available…
@[email protected] had at least one of them.
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Back in the dark ages I was hooking up a Morrow gas well for production a long way back in the boonies. Go to Carlsbad, NM, head south almost to the Texas line, turn east , ford the Pecos River, and drive 8 more miles, and spend the day welding 4" schedule 180 pipe to hold the 5000 psi pressure. Nothing there but me and some scruffy mesquite and grease wood bushes. I never saw a living creature except for a couple of hawks flying by. The last day when I knew I would finish I took my Old Army, a can of 4 F BP, some round balls, and my Super BlackHawk with some factory loads to do a power comparison. I knew there would be 2 cinder blocks left and I intended to see just how much damage each gun would do to a block. I stood the blocks on end, backed off about 20 yards, loaded the OA with all the BP a cylinder would hold and proceeded to fire 6 shots at one of the blocks. No misses and the block was still standing although missing some chunks of material. I switched to the 44 magnum and one shot was all it took. Just a little pile of cinder block pieces remained. I put up my guns, loaded up the mess I had made, and drove the 100+ mile trip home.
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A more common occurrence. I can't find something I know I have somewhere. Got too much stuff accumulated over too many years. Anyway, son Chris and I shot the Ruger Old Army yesterday. I started to clean it this morning. I found a nipple wrench but it wouldn't fit the Treso nipples. Not really the nipples but the wrench too fat to fit in holes. Chris wanted stuff from Grafs just up the road. Figured I'd just get another. Only tool in stock was the Slixpring product. $25! But it was a well made tool. We got home and I went back to cleaning the Ruger. When looking for Bore Butter and cleaning rod, etc, I found my homemade nipple wrench. I just gave the new one to Chris.
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