TargetTalk

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.

The Ruger Old Army won’t qualify under MLAIC rules. And they are no longer in production.

Thanks for that, what gun do people use to shoot black powder matches? Im new to all this and just trying to get started.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Couple of Italian 1858 Remingtons, but they all need work to make competitive.
Try for a good used Old Army to start.
My 25m gun's are a well modified Uberti .36 Remington or my very old Hege Remington and well worn .44.