Ruger Old Army – The Best Percussion Revolver Ever?

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Ruger Old Army – The Best Percussion Revolver Ever?


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The Ruger Old Army was introduced in 1972, 100 years after Colt stopped manufacturing the 1860. Is it the best percussion revolver of all time?
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Errata:
It appears per the comments that Ruger may have made stainless models before 1982. I acquired this…

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  1. FYI, The Old Army is safe to dry fire because the hammer was designed and manufactured with several thousandths clearance between it and the nipple. The two cannot ever contact one another by design. I have a four-digit serial numbered stainless model with 1976 200TH YEAR OF AMERICAN FREEDOM stamped into the barrel.

  2. Bill Ruger sought after advice from the "Six Gun" legend Elmer Keith. As a guru, Bill gave Elmer some sample revolvers to try and Elmer with his vast knowledge of firearms history and reloading technicalities suggested ideas which accumulated to the products you are cherishing 😃

  3. This was a great pistol. The main problem was that they priced themselves out of the market. I shot a couple of them and wanted to buy one but they were to expensive. I bought an 1858 Remington instead.

  4. Beautiful revolvers. I kinda want the short 5.5 in one.

    In regards to comparison to modern cartridges, the math does support it. A .44cal round ball is roughly 128 grains, and pushing that at 1100 fps, then it's comparable to the weight and velocity of a 9mm Luger round (124gr at 1100 fps). The 240gr conical bullet at just under 1000 fps, that put is roughly analogous to .45ACP territory (230gr at 950ish fps). Both loadings are just a smidge more in terms of kinetic energy vs the modern round if we want to do the math, assuming the fps values are correct.

  5. I am new to black powder shooting. I h keep hearing about how well made the Ruger’s are. They are hard to find and I contacted Ruger to see if they are planning on making these revolvers again. They said definitely not. Too bad. Maybe we can get a group of fans write Ruger. Maybe if they get enough people requesting them. They will. Thank you for the video