ROA dilemma

[gifford]

Very nice ROA, fantastic price, you'll really like it. Very accurate revolver and you can't wear it out. Congrats and good shooting.

[451 Pete]

If the nipples in the cylinder are the original Ruger nipples they take a number 10 percussion cap and not the number 11's to get the proper fit. ( New nipples can be had through Track of the Wolf ) This also brings to mind that if you didn't get the nipple wrench for removing the nipples that is also available from Track.
Nice looking revolver ... I think you are going to like it.

Pete

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

the nipples look original , no wrench , so i need to order one
I also need to get a 457 mold

My last track order got here Saturday , with a 6 cavity 490 round ball mold , a 430-200rf 6 cavity , handles and a Tomahawk that i am a little worried my wife is going to beat me over the head with if i place another order this week

well maybe i can live with a 2 cavity mold this time , a wrench , some flints for another project, and hide the tomahawk

[dondiego]

.......definitely hide the hawk.

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

.......definitely hide the hawk.

I did , but if I hid everything that is or could be used as a weapon in my house it would look mighty suspicious

So i am living dangerously , I ordered a wrench , 6 nipples , a mold , some ox yoke and some flint If it was to much I am going to blame it on the 1.65 for the flint

I went back and forth on the nipples at 4.99 a piece but they will probably never be any less and I hate to have a non working gun because of a small but necessary part that and trying to make the shipping worth while.

[dondiego]

I just bought a ROA this year as well and will need a nipple wrench and maybe new nipples too. Haven't shot it too much yet.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I use the 457 RB over 25gr of FFF and 15gr corn meal.
I use a beeswax/bear grease lube smeared on the end of the Cylinder over the ball.

BTW, you can easily double your $$$ if you don't like the ruger...maybe triple.

[fogg64]

I agree with JonB on the load but lube is not necessary, just makes a mess.

[John Allen]

That was a great deal on a ruger old army. They are great guns.

[Dan Cash]

Dump your savings. New Englanders are everywhere. ROAs are not.

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

I was wondering had anyone tried a load with a lube cookie under the ball , say like 25gr fffg , 10 gr corn meal , a lube cookie then the ball

if the point of the lube is to prevent flash over , it would still work under the ball and then gain lube being pushed hydraulically around the ball by the pressure of the powder charge

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I was wondering had anyone tried a load with a lube cookie under the ball , say like 25gr fffg , 10 gr corn meal , a lube cookie then the ball

if the point of the lube is to prevent flash over , it would still work under the ball and then gain lube being pushed hydraulically around the ball by the pressure of the powder charge

Yeah, I put the lube on the end of the cylinder for flashover. Now after I read your suggestion of a lube cookie, I started thinking,,,with the cornmeal why would there ever be flashover with or without a lube cookie ? AND fogg64 is right...it's messy !

[mainiac]

I give up greasing the end of the clylinder,,i just use wool wad over powder.Way cleaner,,

Nipple wrench............3/16ths nut driver works real well,,,

Have always used #11 caps in my guns,,never had an issue.

[fogg64]

I like powder/cornmeal/ball load (less fuss same results). I have tried powder/lube cookie/cornmeal/ball, powder/cornmeal/lube cookie/ball and powder/lube cookie/ball. There is a difference in the recoil but I forget which combination. You can experiment and see which combination suits you. I use 25 grains of 3f, less than full .357 of grits and .457 ball. Seems the most accurate and comfortable for me.

[winelover]

My ROA load = 30 grains of Pyrodex "P" under Oxyoke Wonder Wad, Lee 220 Conical, topped with a Oxyoke "Wonder Seal" lube cookie. Sure, it shoots high. However, mine is the SS model, with pinned front site. Called Ruger and got a complementry front site for a 45 LC Blackhawk.

Winelover

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

I called ruger a while back and I have a 45lc blackhawk site sitting on my desk waiting to get installed in my 44 mag super blackhawk so i can shoot my 240gr loads as they were still high with the sight bottomed out , since then i also bought a 200 gr mold so I will see where it shoots with them with the round flat nose they should be plenty for deer and save me lead

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

do you think half a cotton ball could be used instead of the wool ?

where do you get your wool ?

[Maven]

You can purchase high quality felt here: http://www.durofelt.com/

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

oh wool felt , well i can just steal some of the wife's scraps from her wool felt projects , they will be very multi colored do you just use a half inch punch or does someone make a 457 cal punch

for some reason when i first read wool I was thinking loose wool not felted wool , we use raw wool as in unwashed as a lure holder when trapping

but I wasn't sure unwashed wool that can be sometimes dirty would be the thing , then I was thinking there is a sheep farm we have toured with 4H just outside town and I know she washes much of her wool to sell direct to the crafting market for spinners and I was thinking I could pick up a bag of that.

that is why I asked about a 1/2 a cotton ball

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Or wool from a Navy Pea coat at a thrift shop ?
probably a couple bucks