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kimbo
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Black powder gun

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would anyone know if you can still buy a new ruger old army black powder gun to shoot the 25m and 50m matches in australia. I cant find anyone that has them for sale and there are only a couple of second hand ones on the gun sales sites.
Mike M.
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The Ruger Old Army won’t qualify under MLAIC rules. And they are no longer in production.
kimbo
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Thanks for that, what gun do people use to shoot black powder matches? Im new to all this and just trying to get started.
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For target shooting, under MLAIC rules, you want a close frame revolver.
The two best are, in my opinion, the 1858 Remington New Army and the Roger's&Spencer revolver.
Davide Pedersoli makes a reproduction of the 1858
https://www.davidepedersoli.com/en/prod ... oli-target

Hope this helps
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Re: Black powder gun

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I think Kimbo is referring to the Pistol Australia Black Powder matches (https://pistol.org.au/wp-content/upload ... -Rules.pdf ).

The Ruger Old Army qualifies for these.
kimbo
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Re: Black powder gun

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Yes Spencer the pistol australia 25m match is the one I want to shoot. I would probably buy a new pistol if there is such a thing available but its hard to get any info on gear used for the match.
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Re: Black powder gun

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No longer available new, need to look on the Used guns web site.
https://usedguns.com.au/guns/used_lever ... ackpowder/
They go for $1000-$1200, be careful asparts are hard to get.
kimbo
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Re: Black powder gun

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Thank you David M, is there any other make I should look at other than the Ruger
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