Rg 23????

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jpslickorocks

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So after many trials and tribulations I got the RG23 back together properly and learned a few good lessons. But now after all the negative feedback about the brand my interest has been peaked and I want to learn as much as I can about the history of the brand. I have looked at Google a couple of different ways and I can't find much about them. Anyone knowlagable on the subject or know a link that can teach a young fella as myself.

Jeremy
 
:barf: well, I started a thread about the RG38 I was gonna buy for 90 bucks...

Everyone screamed NO at me. I guess they have zinc alloy frames, and tend to come apart...made in Germany...

I googled em and only found a few court documents where RG's were used in crimes. LOL, Saturday night special indeed...
 
In the late 60's and most of the 70's Rohm in Germany made cheap revolvers for the export market. The RG10 (short barreled .22 DA revolver) I acquired in 1969 before I developed a brain was so bad I didn't even bother to report the theft to the police when it was stolen in 1970. Neither the acquisition nor the non-theft reporting were very wise, but I was 17 & didn't know any better.
They are pretty much the literal embodiment of the Saturday Night Special, nobody who knows anything about guns takes them seriously. If I recall, I paid $17 brand new for the thing, and that was about $7 too much.
They're made of cheap materials, their accuracy is nothing to brag about, and they don't hold up very well if you actually try to shoot them a lot.
Denis
 
A older friend of mine says that they were a "economic boost" for the post-war German economy. It aided the development of alloys in manufacturing in Germany. It employed the unemployed. It really was a good stopgap measure for the Germans. The project was a success and the learning curve accelerated for manufacturing. The actual product was a POJ. The 22 and 38 revolvers were even too light to make good doorstops.
 
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