The RUGER OLD ARMY Club

ClemBert said:
They are just standard Ruger black laminated wood grips.
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Thank you.
From the picture, they did not look like the laminated grips, but rather ebony with nice grain.
I have the laminated grips on a Blackhawk and a Single Six, and mine have more silver in them.
 
I have these old aftermarket "black" laminated grips. They are very nice but they lack the Ruger medallion. As you can see they look quite different but in a nice way. They have an olive green tinge to them (more so in person) so I'm not so sure I'd call them black grips. I'd like to see pics of your laminated grips on your ROA because I've heard others say that their Ruger factory black laminate grips have more silver-gray in them instead of black.

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Those might be called smokey grips or smoked black. They actually came off of my pre-owned stainless Ruger Blackhawk .357 Magnum.
 
The smoked grips found themselves on my Single Six too. Not an appropriate pic for the ROA thread but thought I'd show how those old grips made their rounds. BTW, this photo was taken in jest as I was always humored by the numerous pics I had seen others take with their bad-ass firearms always poised with an "aggressive" looking hunting/skinning knife. I figured my analogous comparison was my Single Six pair with a butter knife to their terrifying gun/knife photo. :rofl:

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Don't think I've seen that style of grip on a Ruger. Where did it come from? Talking about the ROA with the damascus knives.
 
Here's my new to me old army, I haven't fired her and appears to be unfired altogether, I added the Ajax pearlites just to see, probably have a set made. Still on the fence didn't know it had never been shot, came with plastic box but no papers so not sure what value it would hold. Have seen rough used blue ones go for more than I paid for this one. 20180510_223410.jpg
 
Leadhound said:
Here's my new to me old army, I haven't fired her and appears to be unfired altogether, I added the Ajax pearlites just to see, probably have a set made. Still on the fence didn't know it had never been shot, came with plastic box but no papers so not sure what value it would hold. Have seen rough used blue ones go for more than I paid for this one.View attachment 789734
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I paid 150.00 for my stainless ROA. Looks just like yours with wood grips. That was about 10 years ago.
 
The fixed-sight models go for more. Remember what Patton said in the movie. “Son, only a p-mp in a Louisiana wh-re-house carries pearl-handled revolvers. These are ivory.”
Ivory would look real good on that ROA.
 
ClemBert said:
I have these old aftermarket "black" laminated grips. They are very nice but they lack the Ruger medallion. As you can see they look quite different but in a nice way. They have an olive green tinge to them (more so in person) so I'm not so sure I'd call them black grips. I'd like to see pics of your laminated grips on your ROA because I've heard others say that their Ruger factory black laminate grips have more silver-gray in them instead of black.

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From where I sit, your grips look dark with gold, not green high lights. Very nice grips!!
Photos of my grips just show then as black, the silver does not show up in the photos.
This pair of grips on ebay, DOES show the silver:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-RU...870155?hash=item4af2ba37cb:g:W6EAAOSwARZXoTSx

I have a pair of Hogue ebony grips on a .327 Federal, stainless Ruger Blackhawk. I installed Ruger grip medallions in them.
 
ClemBert said:
The smoked grips found themselves on my Single Six too. Not an appropriate pic for the ROA thread but thought I'd show how those old grips made their rounds. BTW, this photo was taken in jest as I was always humored by the numerous pics I had seen others take with their bad-ass firearms always poised with an "aggressive" looking hunting/skinning knife. I figured my analogous comparison was my Single Six pair with a butter knife to their terrifying gun/knife photo. :rofl:

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Very nice butter knife <]:))
Is the handle solid or hollow??
 
Bishop Creek said:
Just added a Kirst .45 Colt conversion cylinder and Belt Mountain Quick Change cylinder pin and latch to my 5 1/2 " Old Army. I prefer shooting cap and ball, but thought this might be fun to try. Need to reload some black powder cartridges and try it out. For the curious, I just unscrewed the front loading lever latch from under the barrel and can easily put it back in for cap and ball shooting.


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Question: On the 5 1/2" the front loading lever latch is held in by a screw and can be easily removed??

TIA
 
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