My New (To Me) Ruger Old Armies

[Yul Lose]

I bought this pair of Old Armies from a pard who’s trimming down his cap gun supply. He had Snake Oil George shorten the barrels to 3 1/4” and install solid brass sights. The hammers were lowered when he got them and doesn’t know who did them but they did a nice job. I bought Kirst Konversion cylinders in .45 Colt and have been using Cowboy .45 Special in them and really like them. I wanted to install blued Belt Mountain quick change base pin kits but they’re going out of business due to retirement and only had stainless kits left and I think they look real good on them.

 

The previous owner also had some very nice engraving done and installed some beautiful grips. All in all I think they’re a pretty classy set of Old Armies and will be my new main match pistols.

[Rip Snorter]

Really fine! If you search how to blue stainless steel...

[Texas Red]

Sweet Yul....Looks like Charcoal bluing...??

TR

[Boggus Deal #64218]

Yul, I can blacken those pins if you’d like.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

Nice!

Who did the scratch'n?

[Yul Lose]

4 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

Nice!

Who did the scratch'n?

Kelly Lassiter.

5 minutes ago, Boggus Deal #64218 said:

Yul, I can blacken those pins if you’d like.

PM on its way.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

Just now, Yul Lose said:

Kelly Lassiter.

Did a fantastic job! 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Bring them to Bordertown and shoot their Plainsman.  I'd love to see them.

[Captain Bill Burt]

Those look great!!

[Yul Lose]

14 minutes ago, Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 said:

Bring them to Bordertown and shoot their Plainsman.  I'd love to see them.

They will be at Bordertown.

[Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329]

Them's Real Purdy!

[Preacherman]

I'll second that! Nice!

[Painted Mohawk SASS 77785]

There real real nice DAD.....

[Warden Callaway]

They're pretty.  But why road kill a great cap gun to make something that an old 3 screw Ruger would do better? 

[Yul Lose]

1 hour ago, Warden Callaway said:

They're pretty.  But why road kill a great cap gun to make something that an old 3 screw Ruger would do better? 

It can still be a cap gun very easily, no tools required. I just like the Old Army looks.

[Warden Callaway]

Ghost guns? I bought these without cap cylinders. They were lost sometime back. I tried to buy the frames and conversion cylinders separately but gunshop made me go through background check.  They were on their books. 

 

[Three Foot Johnson]

I really can't remember the last time I shot any of my cap guns. I've got six fixed sight Old Army's, and with selling prices very seldom under a thousand dollars anymore, that's a lot of money to have tied up in something I never use. They should probably be going on the auction block. 

[Jed I. Knight, SASS #36423]

Those look great Yul.  

 

I just picked up a nice set of ROA myself!  Must be somethin’ in the air. 

[Rooster Ron Wayne]

Beautiful Lady's 

[Yul Lose]

A big shout out to Boggus Deal, he PM’d me and offered to darken the Belt Mtn stainless quick change base pins. I sent them off last week and got them back today and they look much better darkened in my opinion. Here are before and after pictures.

[Boggus Deal #64218]

My pleasure, my friend!

[watab kid]

yhose dpo look fine , i like that you darkened them