How did you manage to wreck Ruger Old Army? I understand that with enough Unique pressure could easily reach (revolver) magnum level, but all main parts are almost strong as on Blackhawk models.How long do black powder revolvers last? A long time. Unless your shooting a Ruger Old Army and using Unique. Then about 100 rounds...( It was a long time ago...I've learned my lesson )
Too bad you don’t have at least a picture to show to the grown ass men who insist that smokeless can be safely fired in the Old Army...IMPORTANT!! NEVER USE SMOKELESS GUNPOWDER IN ANY BLACK POWDER REVOLVER. YOU RISK SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
This is, of course an example of sheer stupidity. About 45 years or so ago I was about 15 years old, which explains a lot. I actually owned 2 Ruger Old Armys. In the first one I shot about 100 rounds with about 7 grains of unique. I say "about" because the red plastic scoop thingy held 7 point "something" of Unique, which I have now forgotten what that extra point something was. It was given to me by a helpful (???) adult reloader, who cautioned me never to use more than one scoop. On the next session I shot another 94 rounds with 2 full scoops. 14 grains of Unique. Recoil about a factory .44 mag. The PERFECT load. My last 6 rounds were 3 full scoops. 21 or 22 grains of unique. I was using .45 long Colt bullets. Which worked great. To say recoil was stout would be an understatement. The blast was incredible and the loading lever dropped with every shot. I was shooting in the N.J. meadowlands. Unfortuneitly I had attracted the attention of the North Bergan N.J. police. LONG story short they "confiscated" everything I had. My teary Aunt Dolly convinced them not to press charges. But I had that little red scoop in my pocket, everything else was gone.
A couple years later I was about 17, had gotten my license and my friends and I drove to some deserted area far from North Bergan. I could not legally own a handgun for 4 more long years so I bought another Old Army from a mail order company called "Cassanova Guns". I was impressed and fascinated by my previous one so armed with a new can of Unique, Crisco, a box of .45 Long Colt bullets ( 250 grain Hornady .454 I believe, same as before ) and my trusty .powder scoop. I proceeded to load the new Ruger STARTING with 3 scoops. On the 10th shot or so the gun exploded in my friends hand. The top 3 chambers and the top strap vanished. The gun recoiled straight DOWN. Pointed at the ground. My friend sustained a minor injury where the hammer hit the web of his hand. I had the damaged gun for many years. For the life of me I can't remember what happened to it...
Some of the stuff I’ve done in my teens and twenties I’ll never forget. Some I’ll probably never remember...To woodnbow. It's crazy I CAN remember the tiny insignificant detail of WHERE I bought it from. But it drives me crazy I can't remember what I did with the actual gun...!!! I remember one of my friends has a picture of the damaged gun, I will try to contact him to see if he still has it.
Most, I'll forget on purpose.Some of the stuff I’ve done in my teens and twenties I’ll never forget. Some I’ll probably never remember...
And some you’ll never forget no matter how much you wish you could. That sounds dark and maybe it is but the younger ones need to know that. But like all of us, they’ll get the test before the lesson...Most, I'll forget on purpose.
OH MY GOD!!!IMPORTANT!! NEVER USE SMOKELESS GUNPOWDER IN ANY BLACK POWDER REVOLVER. YOU RISK SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
This is, of course an example of sheer stupidity. About 45 years or so ago I was about 15 years old, which explains a lot. I actually owned 2 Ruger Old Armys. In the first one I shot about 100 rounds with about 7 grains of unique. I say "about" because the red plastic scoop thingy held 7 point "something" of Unique, which I have now forgotten what that extra point something was. It was given to me by a helpful (???) adult reloader, who cautioned me never to use more than one scoop. On the next session I shot another 94 rounds with 2 full scoops. 14 grains of Unique. Recoil about a factory .44 mag. The PERFECT load. My last 6 rounds were 3 full scoops. 21 or 22 grains of unique. I was using .45 long Colt bullets. Which worked great. To say recoil was stout would be an understatement. The blast was incredible and the loading lever dropped with every shot. I was shooting in the N.J. meadowlands. Unfortuneitly I had attracted the attention of the North Bergan N.J. police. LONG story short they "confiscated" everything I had. My teary Aunt Dolly convinced them not to press charges. But I had that little red scoop in my pocket, everything else was gone.
A couple years later I was about 17, had gotten my license and my friends and I drove to some deserted area far from North Bergan. I could not legally own a handgun for 4 more long years so I bought another Old Army from a mail order company called "Cassanova Guns". I was impressed and fascinated by my previous one so armed with a new can of Unique, Crisco, a box of .45 Long Colt bullets ( 250 grain Hornady .454 JHP I believe, same as before ) and my trusty .powder scoop. I proceeded to load the new Ruger STARTING with 3 scoops. On the 10th shot or so the gun exploded in my friends hand. The top 3 chambers and the top strap vanished. The gun recoiled straight DOWN. Pointed at the ground. My friend sustained a minor injury where the hammer hit the web of his hand. I had the damaged gun for many years. For the life of me I can't remember what happened to it...