Ruger Old Army "max"?!?

[kg42]

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z76/kg427-2/maxOldArmy.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z76/kg427-2/maxnOldArmy.jpg
Anybody saw one? Touched it?......Shot it?

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[dale clawson]

Never heard of it. Stuff the regular one with all the Pyrodex P you can seat a 255 gr. boolit on and you'll have plenty to try to hang on to. I can't see a need for all the room in that one. DALE

[versifier]

I've never seen nor heard of one either. Is it yours or did you come upon the photo in your cyber travels? (If that was a photoshopped pic, it was a really good job.) Seems like it must have been a custom creation. It reminds me of one of those .45-70 revolvers that came out some years back. I think I would pass on firing it, but might be persuaded to take a photo or two as the shooter embedded the front sight in his forehead under recoil. :mrgreen:

[kg42]

The pics appeared on a couple of European boards; it was apparently a custom job by FMR in France circa 1993-1996 (some articles in local gun mags were dug up by members). This explains why we didn't hear about it here.

Powder load was 6 (or 8 :???:!?) grams ... (92 or 123gr...).

I wonder how the round balls did with such a load.... the gun is pretty much an all or nothing purpose. I would have stayed with the Walker's cylinder length; but then it wouldn't have been the most powerful (black powder) revolver in the world :mrgreen:.

[j1]

Thanks. I love to look at guns that I do not like, want or need.