I just picked up a Ruger Old Army and have a question,the loading lever and ram and base pin seem a little loose in the locked position,will the lever come loose with recoil and fall.
Thanks
NOPE...been shooting one since 1974....has NEVER dropped the lever....have four ROAs and none of them drop the lever.....its the Walker Dragoons that drop loading levers
My Old Army has dropped the lever a couple of times now. But I have some serious recoil using 35 grns of 3F Olde Eynsford or Triple 7 with my 195 grn WFN bullet.
There's a screw on the end of the loading lever (the part you pull back to release it). This screw tightens/loosens the lever. Adjust it a bit and see if it helps. Mine rattled a bit until I adjusted it.