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Post by taffin on Jun 16, 2021 14:21:19 GMT -5
been wanting a Ruger Old Army for several years... might have to move it up the list a few notches... last year I got a Traditions Single Shot Trapper pistol... really like that... thinking a Ruger would fit into my black powder stuff nicely ( will admit, several years ago, when I put the Ruger on my "to buy list" it was to convert it to a cartridge gun... now that my tastes have matured a bit, I think I'd just wring it out as is, for black powder... not sure if I'd shoot round balls, or conicals??? BTW... curious if the other single action Ruger grip frames fit on the old army... & thus one of Ronnie's grip frames??? SAME GRIP FRAME
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Post by taffin on Jun 16, 2021 14:26:46 GMT -5
Taffin, you need to add a Whitneyville Dragoon !!!! Magnum wheelman, almost finished with a gated conversion for the ROA. Mike WALKERS postimg.cc/34Dj3h4NWHITNEYVILLE WALKER DRAGOON postimg.cc/34Dj3h4N
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Post by taffin on Jun 16, 2021 14:30:29 GMT -5
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Post by taffin on Jun 16, 2021 15:30:45 GMT -5
Mr. Taffin, the pictures you post are always great. Can I ask at what distance your targets are shot? Have you hunted with your C&B revolvers with rb, or conicals? A friend invited me to Minnesota for a C&B revolver deer hunt. My ROA seems to shoot the Lee 456-220-1R pretty good with 30gn of Swiss FFFg, (930 fps), but I'm thinking about getting a flat nose bullet mold from Accurate to hunt with instead. The chambers on the 1858 were very small at like .449" with the barrel slugging at .454". So I was thinking about getting the cylinder reamed larger. I was also tossing around the idea of putting a S&W rear sight on it... TARGETS PICTURED WERE SHOT AT 25 YARDS. I HAVE NOT HUNTED DEER OR LARGER SIZED GAME AS THE ENERGY LEVEL IS LOW WITH C-N-B SIXGUNS. INSTEAD OF ADDING A S&W REAR SIGHT TO A REMINGTON ONE CAN PURCHASE A REMINGTON WITH ADJUSTABLE SIGHTS. BEFORE REAMING THE REMINGTON CYLINDER, SHOOT IT. PURE LEAD BALLS WILL FIT TIGHTLY IN THE CYLINDER AND EXPAND TO FIT THE RIFLING. HOW DID YOU MEASURE THE BARREL?
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Post by taffin on Jun 16, 2021 15:33:13 GMT -5
been wanting a Ruger Old Army for several years... might have to move it up the list a few notches... last year I got a Traditions Single Shot Trapper pistol... really like that... thinking a Ruger would fit into my black powder stuff nicely ( will admit, several years ago, when I put the Ruger on my "to buy list" it was to convert it to a cartridge gun... now that my tastes have matured a bit, I think I'd just wring it out as is, for black powder... not sure if I'd shoot round balls, or conicals??? BTW... curious if the other single action Ruger grip frames fit on the old army... & thus one of Ronnie's grip frames??? WHILE YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING PRICES ON THE OA HAVE DOUBLED AND THEN SOME. PICKED UP SEVERAL A FEW YEARS BACK FOR $400 OR LESS. NOW $800 OR MORE.
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Post by RDW on Jun 16, 2021 15:38:22 GMT -5
been wanting a Ruger Old Army for several years... might have to move it up the list a few notches... last year I got a Traditions Single Shot Trapper pistol... really like that... thinking a Ruger would fit into my black powder stuff nicely ( will admit, several years ago, when I put the Ruger on my "to buy list" it was to convert it to a cartridge gun... now that my tastes have matured a bit, I think I'd just wring it out as is, for black powder... not sure if I'd shoot round balls, or conicals??? BTW... curious if the other single action Ruger grip frames fit on the old army... & thus one of Ronnie's grip frames??? All Old Models fit right on there. New models if you use the clements conversion trigger.
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Post by taffin on Jun 16, 2021 15:38:36 GMT -5
been wanting a Ruger Old Army for several years... might have to move it up the list a few notches... last year I got a Traditions Single Shot Trapper pistol... really like that... thinking a Ruger would fit into my black powder stuff nicely ( will admit, several years ago, when I put the Ruger on my "to buy list" it was to convert it to a cartridge gun... .45 COLT IN THE OLD ARMY postimg.cc/tsn9tRc2
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Post by lar4570 on Jun 16, 2021 16:26:34 GMT -5
Not Muzzle loader season, just regular deer season with C&B Revolvers.
I took a softish 230gn lead bullet, tapped the nose to slug it up slightly, then drove it through the barrel with a 3/8" hard wood dowel, then measured with a dial caliper and then a mic. Used the same process on the ROA and got a .451" barrel.
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Post by lar4570 on Jun 19, 2021 13:59:47 GMT -5
I just got finished with a trigger job on it. It now has zero creep and breaks just above 2 3/4#. The side of the hammer shows where the previous owner was rather neglectful with cleaning after shooting BP Here it is with Fermin's front sight blade and the BFR rear sight. I got a chance to shoot it a little last night with the new sights. At 25 yds it is dead on for elevation with 40gn of 777 FFFg and the Lee 456-220. It was too dark to use the chronograph, so I guess I'll have to shoot it again today. Now to see if I can stretch it back to 75 yds.
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