dickydalton
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The one on the right is a Pietta 1858, not a ROA.dickydalton,
Nice pair of guns. Didn't know the 51/2" barrel came in hex barrel. Real nice!!!
WFH
The one on the right is a Pietta 1858, not a ROA.dickydalton,
Nice pair of guns. Didn't know the 51/2" barrel came in hex barrel. Real nice!!!
WFH
I haven't shot on paper yet but at clay balls in a gravel pit the Pietta is just as good as the ROA.dickydalton
Still a sweet looking gun. How does I shoot compared to 51/2" ROA ?
Now that IS a shooter NoWin !! ...make sure you guys have grandchildren. Our ROA's will most surely outlast us all, and then some !! What a GUN !!
Have you posted pics here of your original factory 5 1/2 inch blued model with original adjustable sights ? I'm intrigued by this rare rare rare version.Just got home today and opened up the safe. Put on my white cotton gloves, and pulled out my 5 1/2 inch blued barreled fixed sight. Caressed it good, smelled it, looked into the bore well [you never know if an insect got in there and defecated while dying corroding the lands and grooves !!] and after a short chant, put it slowly back away. Now to put on another pair of gloves, and a sterile face mask, I gently remove my Original factory 5 1/2 inch blued model WITH original adjustable sights and lay it down onto a soft pillow. "How are you my friend. Sorry, I have not found you a twin brother yet". "It is ok to be all alone, I'm always here with you."..........I chant the secret Ruger creed, and very gently, put him away again. ........... Hold on to your nice pieces friends, but fire away those 'shooters' like hell !! ........... Ahh, that holy black smell. ..........like no other !!
The cylinder looks almost new .. no drag marks.Bought this in possibly unfired condition last week on GB. SN dates it to 1977, almost as old as I am and most likely in better shape.
OK. It's a very nice looking ROA!Test
Is that stained bone .. or buffalo horn? Never seen anything like that before. It's striking.Ruger old army buffalo bone with mother of pearl inlay.