The RUGER OLD ARMY Club

[Jaymo]

View attachment 832993
Here's the two that I have left. Used to have a stainless also. I modified the one on the bottom to look sort of like a Remington loading lever, and it seats the ball much easier. I dislike the way the Old Army cylinder pin bends downward when seating a ball.

This looks like it would be the makings of a great build thread.
That, or, do you make these to sell? Preferably in stainless, since my ROA is stainless.

My, my, a bunch of folks have joined the ROA club since I joined.
Has it really been that long?
Yep, It's been nearly 8 years and I still haven't shot it.

 

[ruger357]

Just got this today

 

[arcticap]

Wow!
Did you just happen to stumble across it locally or did you search far and wide for one?

 

[ruger357]

Found it online. Don’t know if I can mention the site on this forum

 

[Patocazador]

Very nice.

 

[arcticap]

Found it online. Don’t know if I can mention the site on this forum

I'm glad that you found it and that it has a good home.
Thanks for showing it to us.

 

[ruger357]

 

[flintlock]

I got a ROA from 1973. It shoots great. Had higher front site installed. Very smooth trigger.

 

[arcticap]

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
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16. philuk44 17. HUnter58 18. arcticap 19. BullRunBear 20. theotherwaldo
21. SC Slowhand 22. Prairie Dawg 23. wittzo 24. Tallbald 25. Smokin_Gun
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31. George Mabry 32. Benmathes 33. Loosenock 34. higene 35. Rock Island
36. Erich 37. robhof 38. J-Bar 39. Nomad, 2nd 40. TAURUSBOB
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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
91. SUMIKITO 92. ChasMack 93. Larry Flett 94. RugerShawn 95. tdperry
96. Rettech 97. renoman 98. tk1971 99. Curator 100. Dan Carey
101. Old No7 102. Muddydogs 103. Oldnamvet 104. 6.5x55swedish 105. crazysccrmd
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116. Doak 117. BubbaGoose 118. FreddyKruger 119. Calvados 120. ruger357
121. wap41 122. DurangoKid 123. Yamavira 124. Onty 125. 4speed
126. legend 550 127. bri1462 128. regniflow 129. CageDodger 130. HPBroker
131. mattusmc45 132. 303 133. Jersey Joe 134. Psycho 135. Cast of One
136. sammass 137. jgray 138. bothenook 139. keybuck 140. davepool
141. whitetailbob 142. eddie56 143. wklaus 144. cane 145. dickydalton
146. Sumika 147. woodnbow 148. DMZ 149. white smoke 150. karlthev
151. The-Reaver 152. Beetle-Bailey 153. cwo2lt 154. snakeman 155. BHP FAN
156. grter 157. aHFo3 158. Joe Meyer 159. Wild Tom Hipshot 160. mntns2oceans
161. Btc624 162. kendak 163. pardiniman 164. d-a 165. toolslinger
166. imforguns 167. EmGeeGeorge 168. MRRAGPICKER 169. ALJS 170. Nelg_Kir
171. Head Space 172. mbpennin 173. blfuller 174. gifford 175. BullSlinger
176. jannas1258 177. wkfg 178. rockdc 179. Nite Ryder 180. AmateurSharpshooter
181. fossil 182. rclark 183. Arganoc 184. sword14 185. Chili_pepper917
186. Rodman579 187. avatarshots 188. BowerR64 189. raa-7 190. Aaron871
191. F171 192. adkmountainken 193. The long rider 194. 45 Dragoon 195. lentuk
196. gmaster805 197. T.Horn 198. Flatbush Harry 199. IansROA 200. Shoknaw
201. Halger280HVMag 202. Florida Cherokee 203. conder0289 204. Doc Pecos 205. cowboyyyy
206. ghfljf 207. Scubadale 208. Crisisbill 209. Offthehook 210. xxmaa
211. CabofDoom 212. whughett 213. NoWin 214. felixmophandle 215. wf4933
216. WillaminaOR 217. Two Gun Pete 218. ambrotype 219. blee0360 220. OzRed
221. yugorpk 222. Stukadriver 223. Texas Moon 224. Kulot 225.cyberrman
226. Erwan 227. dsiddens 228. Timtoolman 229. Sunbird 230. 1861Navy
231. baronwolff 232. S.B. 233. moparclan 234. stewbud 235. The_one
236. Noz 237. bushpilotmexico 238. RogueSniper 239. A Regular Joe 240. Dog Soldier
241. Red Prevatt 242. DD4lifeusmc 243. Bishop Creek 244. Michigan Mike 245. wmgeorge
246. Roady 247. IronHand 248. Shawn Holland 249. old shooter45 250. Left Hand Roller
251. Stellan 252. Drick 253. Lstj 254. charliehorse300 255. Hoppo7
256. glassteel 257. tcass 258. Englishmn 259. Jackrabbit1957 260. Grousebuck
261. leadhound 262. bannockburn 263. TAMU1980 264. Justintime 265. DeadEyeDave44
266. USMC - Mott 267. Mustang51 268. Lerk 269. gunsmither 270. flintlock

Welcome flintlock!

 

[ruger357]

I got a ROA from 1973. It shoots great. Had higher front site installed. Very smooth trigger.
View attachment 841989

Looks well loved

 

[ruger357]

With a little friend

 

[Texas Moon]

I'm in! (again)
Things happen when you least expect it.
Walked in a small shop Saturday morning not expecting to find anything BP related. This shop is mostly tacticool.
What do I spy down in the bottom corner of the way in the back display case?
TWO R.O.A.'s! Stainless fixed sight 5.5"s! Bought them for $425 each.
Serial number search shows made in 1994 on both.
That is first year production of the 5.5 correct?
One even had the original box and papers. Even has the wrench.

 

[classicballistx]

I'm in! (again)
Things happen when you least expect it.
TWO R.O.A.'s! Stainless fixed sight 5.5"s! Bought them for both.

Heartiest congratulations! Please don't let them remain "safe queens". ROA's are better than that.
Edo.

 

[classicballistx]

I see on the baliistx website they give a discount on their cylinders to THR Old Army club members.
Anyone know how much the discount is?

As a matter of fact, ROA Club members get $25 off every cylinder they buy. Are your new 5.5's gloss or satin? I supply both.

Edo.

 

[ruger357]

I'm in! (again)
Things happen when you least expect it.
Walked in a small shop Saturday morning not expecting to find anything BP related. This shop is mostly tacticool.
What do I spy down in the bottom corner of the way in the back display case?
TWO R.O.A.'s! Stainless fixed sight 5.5"s! Bought them for $425 each.
Serial number search shows made in 1994 on both.
That is first year production of the 5.5 correct?
One even had the original box and papers. Even has the wrench.

Wow congrats. What a deal you got there

 

[Texas Moon]

Heartiest congratulations! Please don't let them remain "safe queens". ROA's are better than that.
Edo.

Oh don't worry. They will be shot.
Both are polished finish. Both used but in very fine condition. One had aftermarket grips. Changed to matching grips.
Now I gotta get proper leather.

 

[J-Bar]

I'm in! (again)
Things happen when you least expect it.
Walked in a small shop Saturday morning not expecting to find anything BP related. This shop is mostly tacticool.
What do I spy down in the bottom corner of the way in the back display case?
TWO R.O.A.'s! Stainless fixed sight 5.5"s! Bought them for $425 each.
Serial number search shows made in 1994 on both.
That is first year production of the 5.5 correct?
One even had the original box and papers. Even has the wrench.

Thief!

 

[gunsmither]

This looks like it would be the makings of a great build thread.
That, or, do you make these to sell? Preferably in stainless, since my ROA is stainless.

My, my, a bunch of folks have joined the ROA club since I joined.
Has it really been that long?
Yep, It's been nearly 8 years and I still haven't shot it.

 

[gunsmither]

Howdy Jaymo. Just found your posting. The ROA I modified was a "one of" project. It required a fair bit of machining to the frame, and could not be a "drop in" parts set. I'll get some pic's posted of how it operates.

 

[gunsmither]

Here are some pic's of the Remington Style Loading Lever that I made for one of my Old Army's many moons ago; at least 20 years ago if I recall correctly. Started out as a somewhat beat up used gun, so I decided to modify it.
Seats a ball much smoother than the original factory parts, and looks cooler too, IMHO.

 

[D. Buck Stopshere]

I used the .44 Ruger Old Army match-grade revolver in NMLRA line matches at the nationals from 1987 till 1999, and locally since then. The .36 caliber "Old Navy" (I will probably get sued by the clothing store) was purchased about five years ago from a friend of mine.

The .44 ROA with the "Dragoon" brass grip frame was accurized by well-known NRA conventional pistol gunsmith, John Videki, and fitted with Bo-Mar sights. The Ruger "Old Navy" .36 caliber, was custom-built by Tom Ball, well-known N-SSA pistolsmith. It has a 9mm "octagon" barrel with Bo-Mar sights, and stainless steel sleeves in the cylinder chambers (see second photo). I use Hornady or cast .360 RB, c.o.w., & 15 grains of Swiss 3 FG. It belonged to Mr Shoffner who used it to win the NMLRA National Muzzle Loading Pistol Championship in 1997. Both have Herrett custom walnut grips. They each have been fired 25,000+ rounds.

I would like to join the Ruger Old Army Club by entering these two accurate revolvers.

The second photo shows the stainless steel sleeves to convert the .44 caliber to .36 caliber. The plunger has also been reduced to .36 cal.

 

[arcticap]

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
91. SUMIKITO 92. ChasMack 93. Larry Flett 94. RugerShawn 95. tdperry
96. Rettech 97. renoman 98. tk1971 99. Curator 100. Dan Carey
101. Old No7 102. Muddydogs 103. Oldnamvet 104. 6.5x55swedish 105. crazysccrmd
106. Jim, West PA 107. rodwha 108. Varmiter 109. Indian Outlaw 110. Patocazador
111. Jack Ryan 112. h0use 113. Huntingsaddles 114. GregP42 115. esims
116. Doak 117. BubbaGoose 118. FreddyKruger 119. Calvados 120. ruger357
121. wap41 122. DurangoKid 123. Yamavira 124. Onty 125. 4speed
126. legend 550 127. bri1462 128. regniflow 129. CageDodger 130. HPBroker
131. mattusmc45 132. 303 133. Jersey Joe 134. Psycho 135. Cast of One
136. sammass 137. jgray 138. bothenook 139. keybuck 140. davepool
141. whitetailbob 142. eddie56 143. wklaus 144. cane 145. dickydalton
146. Sumika 147. woodnbow 148. DMZ 149. white smoke 150. karlthev
151. The-Reaver 152. Beetle-Bailey 153. cwo2lt 154. snakeman 155. BHP FAN
156. grter 157. aHFo3 158. Joe Meyer 159. Wild Tom Hipshot 160. mntns2oceans
161. Btc624 162. kendak 163. pardiniman 164. d-a 165. toolslinger
166. imforguns 167. EmGeeGeorge 168. MRRAGPICKER 169. ALJS 170. Nelg_Kir
171. Head Space 172. mbpennin 173. blfuller 174. gifford 175. BullSlinger
176. jannas1258 177. wkfg 178. rockdc 179. Nite Ryder 180. AmateurSharpshooter
181. fossil 182. rclark 183. Arganoc 184. sword14 185. Chili_pepper917
186. Rodman579 187. avatarshots 188. BowerR64 189. raa-7 190. Aaron871
191. F171 192. adkmountainken 193. The long rider 194. 45 Dragoon 195. lentuk
196. gmaster805 197. T.Horn 198. Flatbush Harry 199. IansROA 200. Shoknaw
201. Halger280HVMag 202. Florida Cherokee 203. conder0289 204. Doc Pecos 205. cowboyyyy
206. ghfljf 207. Scubadale 208. Crisisbill 209. Offthehook 210. xxmaa
211. CabofDoom 212. whughett 213. NoWin 214. felixmophandle 215. wf4933
216. WillaminaOR 217. Two Gun Pete 218. ambrotype 219. blee0360 220. OzRed
221. yugorpk 222. Stukadriver 223. Texas Moon 224. Kulot 225.cyberrman
226. Erwan 227. dsiddens 228. Timtoolman 229. Sunbird 230. 1861Navy
231. baronwolff 232. S.B. 233. moparclan 234. stewbud 235. The_one
236. Noz 237. bushpilotmexico 238. RogueSniper 239. A Regular Joe 240. Dog Soldier
241. Red Prevatt 242. DD4lifeusmc 243. Bishop Creek 244. Michigan Mike 245. wmgeorge
246. Roady 247. IronHand 248. Shawn Holland 249. old shooter45 250. Left Hand Roller
251. Stellan 252. Drick 253. Lstj 254. charliehorse300 255. Hoppo7
256. glassteel 257. tcass 258. Englishmn 259. Jackrabbit1957 260. Grousebuck
261. leadhound 262. bannockburn 263. TAMU1980 264. Justintime 265. DeadEyeDave44
266. USMC - Mott 267. Mustang51 268. Lerk 269. gunsmither 270. flintlock
271. D. Buck Stopshere


Welcome D. Buck Stopshere!

 

[gunsmither]

I used the .44 Ruger Old Army match-grade revolver in NMLRA line matches at the nationals from 1987 till 1999, and locally since then. The .36 caliber "Old Navy" (I will probably get sued by the clothing store) was purchased about five years ago from a friend of mine.

The .44 ROA with the "Dragoon" brass grip frame was accurized by well-known NRA conventional pistol gunsmith, John Videki, and fitted with Bo-Mar sights. The Ruger "Old Navy" .36 caliber, was custom-built by Tom Ball, well-known N-SSA pistolsmith. It has a 9mm "octagon" barrel with Bo-Mar sights, and stainless steel sleeves in the cylinder chambers (see second photo). I use Hornady or cast .360 RB, c.o.w., & 15 grains of Swiss 3 FG. It belonged to Mr Shoffner who used it to win the NMLRA National Muzzle Loading Pistol Championship in 1997. Both have Herrett custom walnut grips. They each have been fired 25,000+ rounds.

I would like to join the Ruger Old Army Club by entering these two accurate revolvers.

The second photo shows the stainless steel sleeves to convert the .44 caliber to .36 caliber. The plunger has also been reduced to .36 cal. View attachment 845712 View attachment 845713

Welcome D.Buck, those are beautiful! Your photo's are so nice. Mine pale in comparison.
Love the nice checkered grips and especially the round butt grips on the custom .36. Great workmanship. Thanks for showing these!

 

[ruger357]

Those are gorgeous D. Buck

 

[Gadsden2A]

I hope to be in this club one day. I would love a stainless 5.5. I love my 1858's, but the ruger's are the holy grail of cap and ball revolvers. In my book anyway. I'll be back.