McCandless Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 I've got a Ruger Old Army body I came across. I'm trying to resurrect it. (My current hobby is rescuing old neglected and injured BP guns)... I need a cylinder, finish doesn't matter. I've got everything else. Condition doesn't matter... Lemme know whatcha got McC
McCandless Posted June 22, 2012 Author Posted June 22, 2012 I've got a Ruger Old Army body I came across. I'm trying to resurrect it. (My current hobby is rescuing old neglected and injured BP guns)... I need a cylinder, finish doesn't matter. I've got everything else. Condition doesn't matter... Lemme know whatcha got McC
McCandless Posted July 11, 2012 Author Posted July 11, 2012 PM sent. PM sent right back atcha! Thanks! Duc
Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Pricey but available: ROA cylinder --Dawg
Rowdy Yates, SASS #141 Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 I've got a Ruger Old Army body I came across. I'm trying to resurrect it. (My current hobby is rescuing old neglected and injured BP guns)... I need a cylinder, finish doesn't matter. I've got everything else. Condition doesn't matter... Lemme know whatcha got McC Did you get my PM?
Tintype Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 I followed the link Dawg, I just had to look. I love your idea of "pricey" but I think unreasonable might be more appropriate. I also noticed that there were NO bids. I think I paid that for one of the several Kirst Converter that I've bought. I wonder what Ruger charges for fitting a new one at the factory? What shape is your old one in, you might have it polished and reblued if it's pitting? And lastly keep you eyes peeled because a converter comes up for sale once in a while that would at least let you shoot the pistol. Tintype #92999
Cemetery Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 I followed the link Dawg, I just had to look. I love your idea of "pricey" but I think unreasonable might be more appropriate. I also noticed that there were NO bids. I think I paid that for one of the several Kirst Converter that I've bought. I wonder what Ruger charges for fitting a new one at the factory? What shape is your old one in, you might have it polished and reblued if it's pitting? And lastly keep you eyes peeled because a converter comes up for sale once in a while that would at least let you shoot the pistol. Tintype #92999 I called them about that around this time last year....that option was not one their radar at that time, and I don't think it is now either....too much money to be made with these new fangled semi auto pistol things.
Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Classic Ballistics makes after-market ROA cylinders. They work well. I had a bunch for a while -- sold them a few years ago. New, they cost $225. Makes the ebay cylinder seem inexpensive by comparison. When Ruger sold cylinders, they charged $25 to fit one. To get one, you had to send them your gun. --Dawg
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Ruger OA parts are getting very hard to find. You can't even get replacement factory nipples anymore. Whether or not a price is "unreasonable" depends on supply and how much someone really wants a spare cylinder.
Tintype Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 Hey Dawg, I just checked and Classic Ballistics is now affiliated with Kirst. I have a question though. If you have to have a new cap amd ball cylinder fitted then why can you buy a Kisrt and just put it on? I have a couple of the converters and they fit just fine out of the box. And you are right $224.95
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 Hey Dawg, I just checked and Classic Ballistics is now affiliated with Kirst. I have a question though. If you have to have a new cap amd ball cylinder fitted then why can you buy a Kisrt and just put it on? I have a couple of the converters and they fit just fine out of the box. And you are right $224.95 Simple answer. Sometimes you can and sometimes you can't. All machines have tolerances, sometimes they line up, sometimes they don't. I have Kirsts that dropped right in, others took some work. I have Rugers with sequential serial numbers where the cylinders will not interchange.
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