New cylinder for my Ruger old army

[davepool]

Got this in the mail today from Classic Ballistix, a bit pricey at $240.00 shipped to my house, but as you can see the machining is high quality, it fits perfect, and locks-up tight as a drum.

Stock Ruger is on the left

[Schuetzenman]

The lock up notches look smaller. I also notice the machining inside the cylinder chambers is a lot smoother for your new cylinder. The real mark of quality is going to be how well does each chamber aligne with the barrel when it is locked in place before firing. Frequently most revolvers new or old have at least one cylinder chamber that doesn't line up very well and the gun will shave lead when it goes off. That round will usually deviate from the grouping of the rest of the shots.

[alismith]

Nice! When I read the title, I thought you had ordered a cylinder conversion for .45 LC. I'm toying with getting a conversion cylinder, but they are a little pricey...

[davepool]

The difference in the notches was the first thing i noticed and had me a bit concerned until i put it in the gun, thought i might be doing some fitting on my cylinder latch, but no issues at all. I checked the cylinder to bore alignment with a small led light and by eyeballing the distance from the edge of the barrel to the adjacent cylinders, looked pretty good, but like you said the real test will be at the range. This company gets very good reviews by other ROA owners who have installed them on their guns on another forum.

The other difference is in the hammer down safety cut out, squared on the stock and rounded on the after market, doesn't seem to effect function though.
I cycled the cylinder about 2 dozen times, timing is perfect, the nipples line up dead center in the hammer gap in the frame.

[davepool]

Nice! When I read the title, I thought you had ordered a cylinder conversion for .45 LC. I'm toying with getting a conversion cylinder, but they are a little pricey...

Yea. Kirst has them for about a hundred bucks more than this replacement.