The Good The Bad The Ugly Heritage Rough Rider
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wild cat mccane
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I personally like the safety on my rough rider? 
Cheapshooter
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Love those little birdshead models. For twenty bucks been thinking on putting the white plastic grips on mine.
Smoke & Recoil
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Just received the Dunham's sale ad (12/17/17), they have it for $129.00 but no
mention of the magnum cylinder with it.
mention of the magnum cylinder with it.
Pahoo & Buckeye,
I've got the same one. 3.5" with the birds head grip.
I bought it as a sort of emergency kit gun. . . It just sits in a bag year after year and the bag goes with me camping and whatnot.
It's not as good of a shooter as the single six in my experience. But with CCI mini mags I can achieve acceptable groups. I think I would have no problem hitting a rabbit at 15 yards, maybe even 20.
Mine did shoot very high when I got it, so I filled down the front sight and then finished it off with a cold blue pen, and now it shoots right to the point of aim, perfect left to right and elevation.
I haven't put a lot of rounds through it, but I trust it, and for being such a neat little gun (mine came with the .22 mag cylinder as well) and only costing something like $150-170ish?, I think it would be hard to say I could have done better.
I am very pleased with mine and think they are all a great value no matter what configuration you choose.
Of course id take a single six or a Ruger bearcat over the heritage rough rider any day if Money was of no concern.
However, Ruger doesn't make any of those with the more concealable and pocket/packed away friendly birds head grip... and the all around size of the 3.5" birds head rough rider is really why I choose it over anything else. Then taking into account its low price and poor finish (not worried about keeping it nice), its just about the perfect survival/emergency .22 handgun.
I've got the same one. 3.5" with the birds head grip.
I bought it as a sort of emergency kit gun. . . It just sits in a bag year after year and the bag goes with me camping and whatnot.
It's not as good of a shooter as the single six in my experience. But with CCI mini mags I can achieve acceptable groups. I think I would have no problem hitting a rabbit at 15 yards, maybe even 20.
Mine did shoot very high when I got it, so I filled down the front sight and then finished it off with a cold blue pen, and now it shoots right to the point of aim, perfect left to right and elevation.
I haven't put a lot of rounds through it, but I trust it, and for being such a neat little gun (mine came with the .22 mag cylinder as well) and only costing something like $150-170ish?, I think it would be hard to say I could have done better.
I am very pleased with mine and think they are all a great value no matter what configuration you choose.
Of course id take a single six or a Ruger bearcat over the heritage rough rider any day if Money was of no concern.
However, Ruger doesn't make any of those with the more concealable and pocket/packed away friendly birds head grip... and the all around size of the 3.5" birds head rough rider is really why I choose it over anything else. Then taking into account its low price and poor finish (not worried about keeping it nice), its just about the perfect survival/emergency .22 handgun.
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deputy tom
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Smoke and Recoil, the RR in Dunham's 12/17/17 ad is a .22lr only model. It's what I bought last year for $119.00 plus tax and paper work. I like mine but wish I had purchased the dual cylinder model which was not on sale. tom.
Cheapshooter
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Besides being rediculiously out of place, and totally unnessary on a single action revolver the certainly fit the last part of the title of this thread!
My BiL has one, and I owned one briefly. They are okay. IIRC, the base model has a zinc frame, and there is also a slightly costlier version with a steel frame. The safety and the plastic ejection rod lever are abominations. But they shoot fairly well.
I haunted Gunbroker for a few months and found a 6.5" Single Six with worn finish and a missing "remove the cylinder button". I won it for a $123 bid. The button and associated spring cost me $10 or so. A bottle of cold blue cost me another $10. It is better than a Rough Rider.
Another revolver I prefer is the old Tanfoglio SA 22's. They sold them under different model names. The ones I have seen also have a stupid manual safety. You can get them for around $100 if you are patient, they are steel, and the quality seems better than Heritage, IMHO.
But all in all, the Rough Riders seem like a decent deal for the money. I have known guys who've owned theirs for many years and had no problems with them.
I haunted Gunbroker for a few months and found a 6.5" Single Six with worn finish and a missing "remove the cylinder button". I won it for a $123 bid. The button and associated spring cost me $10 or so. A bottle of cold blue cost me another $10. It is better than a Rough Rider.
Another revolver I prefer is the old Tanfoglio SA 22's. They sold them under different model names. The ones I have seen also have a stupid manual safety. You can get them for around $100 if you are patient, they are steel, and the quality seems better than Heritage, IMHO.
But all in all, the Rough Riders seem like a decent deal for the money. I have known guys who've owned theirs for many years and had no problems with them.
Carl the Floor Walker
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I love mine in 22.cal. and a big bonus with the 22.mag cylinder. I own a Ruger Blackhawk conversion, and of course it is not a Ruger, but for the money they are of very nice quality especially considering the cost. Fun to shoot, a very under rated gun IMO.
Not to mention the Phoenix Hpa. They run like a sewing machine. Have two of them and thousands of rounds.
Not to mention the Phoenix Hpa. They run like a sewing machine. Have two of them and thousands of rounds.
nuclearmeltdown
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A friend of mine bought one last year. It was keyholing rounds -- you could see the perfect shape of a .22 bullet going through the target sideways. We pulled the cylinder to check the bore, and SURPRISE! No rifling! It was an accidental smoothbore. He had planned to send it back, but I haven't heard what ever became of it.
Not a 22, but my wife bought a Heritage Rough Ride 32 H&R Mag revolver because "it was cute".
Not something I would have bought, but she doesnt chose my guns and I dont chose hers.
But, I started playing with it. That little sucker is a kick in the but. Not saying its a good SD revolver, or a hunting revolver (well maybe for rabbits and such). But for pure fun poking holes in targets or ringing steel, it gives hours of fun.
Having said that I wouldnt consider the "cute factor".
Just a side note, the .32 uses the same cast bullet as I use in my 30 Cal Carbine and Russian Negant Revolver. That puts the ammo cost below that of 22 ammo.
Not something I would have bought, but she doesnt chose my guns and I dont chose hers.
But, I started playing with it. That little sucker is a kick in the but. Not saying its a good SD revolver, or a hunting revolver (well maybe for rabbits and such). But for pure fun poking holes in targets or ringing steel, it gives hours of fun.
Having said that I wouldnt consider the "cute factor".
Just a side note, the .32 uses the same cast bullet as I use in my 30 Cal Carbine and Russian Negant Revolver. That puts the ammo cost below that of 22 ammo.
TruthTellers
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.32 ACP works fine in mine as well. Groups well at 10 to 12 yards.
I like the versatility of the Heritage .32 revolvers, it's something you can't get in other .32 Mag revolvers at the price they normally sell for.