Manual

Locking Device 5 Cocked Gun 15
Alterations 7 Indexing 16
Lead Exposure 9 Firing 17
Black Powder 10 Disassembly 22
Ammunition 10 Lubrication 25
Capped Cylinders 11 Storage 26
Muzzle Direction 13 Parts Purchasers 29
Handling 15
OTHER CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS APPEAR
THROUGHOUT THE MANUAL.
WARNING–ALTERATIONS
This product was designed to
function properly in its original
condition. Alterations can make it
unsafe. Do not alter any part or add
or substitute parts or accessories
not made by Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc.
DO NOT ALTER ANY GUN
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FIREARMS ARE DANGEROUS WEAPONS–
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS IN THIS
MANUAL THOROUGHLY AND CAREFULLY BEFORE USING.
GENERAL INFORMATION
AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The RUGER
®
OLD ARMY
®
percussion revolver is an original Ruger design
and is manufactured to our regular standards of strength and reliability, entirely
in modern Ruger factories in the U.S.A. The best quality steels and coil springs
are used throughout, the same as in our centerfire cartridge revolvers. Stainless
steel nipples are standard and grip panels are genuine American Walnut.
The mechanism of the “Old Army” has been carefully designed to retain
traditional handling and firing characteristics of the old-time “cap and ball”
revolvers while at the same time incorporating improvements (U.S. and Foreign
Patents) which mark the first significant advance in percussion revolver
construction in more than a century.
WARNINGS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE ARE
FOUND ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES: