Ruger Old Army

[Smokerr]

The first time I encountered an overhung crank system (ie, the connecting rods and pistons outside of the end bearing I was stunned. IR made it work for as many years as they made compressors the T-30 type (60 some years?).

They made a design choice, few if any other mfgs did. It worked well. Easy access if you needed to work on the Con Rods or Pistons.

45D has provided real world tests to back up his statements. Everything he has stated has proven to be reality even if I had a hard time getting it.

Now what an engineer would work out today if he was given the project to compare the two designs? None of us can say.

We do know the Open Top will take a conversion cylinder with some hot loads and a top strap will not.

We also know a comparable S&W 500 comes in at 5 lbs. That is with the latest in Materials and design. I saw one guy refuse to shoot his friends 4 inch.

The limit is recoil tolerance not what style support system is there.

And the aspect of an SA Top Strap that does not have a swing out cylinder vs top strap that does. A design and build on the Open Top design and its weight with modern materials would be a fun thing to see.

In a bit of stupidity I got to proof test the 47 Walker with a double charge of Unique. The 47 Walker did just fine.

 

[M. De Land]

Ha ha sir, you are hilarious!!! I DON'T "defy" physics sir, you just don't understand it!! I've been doing the "impossible" ( according to you) for over a couple of years!!!! You can believe whatever you want but the PROOF is in the testing, not sitting behind a keyboard spouting what you THINK should be!!! You still have no clue apparently! Smokerr obviously understands it better than you (thanks Smokerr!!)!!! I've stated many times that my TOP STRAP Pietta made SAA (same dimensions as the Colt SAA) copy can't handle the ammo that I regularly shoot in my Dragoons and '60 Armys !!! WHY THE HECK IS THAT ?!!!!!! IT'S A TOP STRAP FRAME M. DE LAND? YOUR PHYSICS IS LACKING!!!
It's rather "telling" when some will tell you you can't do what you've been doing . . .

Mike

Well then you shouldn't have any qualms about running 45 Colt loads in the Dragoon to 30 K psi levels which is maximum safe for the cartridge and prove your contention ! Do it remotely for your safety though !
My Ruger Biesley uses this level of pressure regularly.

 

[TFoley]

Or the fact that the adjustable sight has POI too high and you can't get enough wind-age out of it (and the setup for travel is iffy).

When the ROA came over here, there was a little note in the packaging that acknowledged that 'some shooters may find that the pistol shoots high at the usual pistol ranges - 25 yards - for this reason, Sturm, Ruger Inc will supply an extra-high replacement foresight - easily installed.'

I bought my ROA on March 2nd, 1986, and shot it the next day. The day after that, I sent off the request for the higher foresight to the importers, then Viking Arms.

It is now November 22nd, 2024, and I'm still waiting.....

 

[rodwha]

When the ROA came over here, there was a little note in the packaging that acknowledged that 'some shooters may find that the pistol shoots high at the usual pistol ranges - 25 yards - for this reason, Sturm, Ruger Inc will supply an extra-high replacement foresight - easily installed.'

I bought my ROA on March 2nd, 1986, and shot it the next day. The day after that, I sent off the request for the higher foresight to the importers, then Viking Arms.

It is now November 22nd, 2024, and I'm still waiting.....

Mine shoots just fine with a ball, but shoots high with my bullets so I contacted Ruger and in short order a .45 Colt front sight arrived with some paperwork. This was a little over a decade ago.

 

[TFoley]

Mine shoots just fine with a ball, but shoots high with my bullets so I contacted Ruger and in short order a .45 Colt front sight arrived with some paperwork. This was a little over a decade ago.

I guess that by Ruger standards that was a 'same-day shipping', right?

 

[OldMaineWoodsman]

The design of the Ruger Old Army began with a clean sheet of paper. Bill Ruger's requirements were simply a percussion revolver that would be a really good shooter, and as close to indestructible as could be made, with all the usual features. It utilized Ruger Blackhawk components as much as possible - grips, backstrap, etc. It is called .44 caliber but is technically a .457 because they used .45 caliber revolver barrels.

All the talk of it being inspired by the Remington or Whitney is speculation. It was designed as a percussion Super Blackhawk/Blackhawk utilizing investment casting technology.