Another old army ?

[Don]

I was looking at an exploded diagram of the Old Army and noticed it has a few more small parts and springs than my Colt and Remington revolvers. I'm very comfortable disassembling them but the Ruger makes me a little nervous with all those little springs and what not. Do you other Ruger shooters completely disassemble your Old Armies to clean them or do you just clean the major components?

Don

 

[Leatherbark]

I dont take my percussion revolvers down unless I'm tuning something. I've never had rust inside where the guts is. I do spray the internals through all the nooks and crannies with WD40. (that noise in the background is all the OMGd's from people that would never use it on a gun)

Use an aqueous solvent in the bore and then oil good and in the chambers too and use WD on the outside or any other wonder oil that people claim is the best (I like 30wt motor oil) and check the gun often during the humid months and have fun.

Now this is the way I treat my tally revolvers. I do treat the stainless old army better, because the pitted bore it had when I traded for it is proof that stailess rusts and Old Army's aint cheap no more


Bob

 

[gl1200a]

I take my ROA's down every time.
I find it easier than my Colt or Remington
repros.
Do it once you'll find it a piece of cake.
Two small springs with ends on them. One for trigger return, the other for the pawl.

I do not mess with the bolt spring or trigger plunger spring. I see no need to mess with them.
These guns have thousands of rounds on them with
no issues.

Here's the videos Ruger put out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFFvPIJeYRU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi8aff3O5EM

 

[Blue Hill]

Don,
I've had my stainless ROA completely disassembled and while it looks intimidating at first, it's not a huge deal. There are some real good parts blow ups on Rugers website. I printed one and laminated it so it doesn't get wrecked with oil and water. As gl1200a says, there are some real good videos on youtube about disassembly of the ROA's and there are several that aren't done by Ruger that are quite good as well. Just be careful not to lose any of the little pieces. :nono: :grin: :grin:

 

[MSW]

I concur. Once you've pulled it apart, the ROA isn't really all that intimidating. I detail strip mine about once every fourth or fifth range session, just to get the crud out, but actually there isn't all that much crud in the internals, and I've never had a problem with rust ... (WD40? who, me?? well, maybe just a little squirt ...).

when i just do the externals, it's soapy water and then oil, and that works well for me.

( by way of 'disclaimer,' i will admit that i am (a) pretty eccentric, (b) mechanically inclined - i don't usually read the directions, and that i find taking it apart to be part of the fun ) but that's just me.

 

[Rifleman1776]

I had mine since 1971 until I sold it recently. I never compeletely dissassembled it. My practice was to remove grips, loading lever and cylinder. The entire gun (except grips) was placed in a pan of soapy water and swished around. Externally I wiped everything down and used an old toothbrush in the nipples. Then I rinsed under hot water and placed the parts in the oven set about 200 degrees for an hour or so to dry. Then I well squirted inside and out with lubricant. Often Break-Free but sometimes WD-40. Still looked like new when I sold it.

 

[mtmshieldshotmail.com]

I had mine since 1971 until I sold it recently. I never compeletely dissassembled it. My practice was to remove grips, loading lever and cylinder. The entire gun (except grips) was placed in a pan of soapy water and swished around. Externally I wiped everything down and used an old toothbrush in the nipples. Then I rinsed under hot water and placed the parts in the oven set about 200 degrees for an hour or so to dry. Then I well squirted inside and out with lubricant. Often Break-Free but sometimes WD-40. Still looked like new when I sold it.

My technique is the same, 'cept I skip the oven...I live in an oven :grin:

 

[bigbore442001]

I have been using a product called Gunzilla. It is supposed to be all natural and for some strange reason almost smells like there is a hint of tobacco. It works very well for me and protects the gun.