Even looking past the cosmetic similarities between the Old Army and its New Army predecessor, the modern Ruger ditched Remington’s brass trigger guard and wonky mid-19th Century ironwork metallurgy for an all-steel construction. 44 smoke wagon but internally is very different. Dubbed the Old Army, the updated hogleg looks a lot like the common Civil War-era. Still, other copies were sold to purchasing agents working for the armies of the Tsar, the Mikado of old Japan, the King of England, and the Republic of Mexico.īuilding on the success of his line of single-action cowboy guns, such as the Blackhawk - which in itself was a revamped clone of the Colt 1873, Bill Ruger took the proven Blackhawk action and rolled it into the company’s first black powder revolver.
(Photo: Library of Congress)įiring a 260-grain projectile over a 30-grain black powder charge, it remained popular on the commercial market well into the mid-1870s when cartridge revolvers became all the rage. Please excuse the poor trigger discipline. An unidentified cavalry soldier in Union frock coat with Remington New Model Army revolver.
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