[MatthewVanitas]

Was at a local pawnshop, and they had an RG14 for $49, might go a little lower if asked.

Kind of cute little thing, but seemed really crude overall.

Yeah, I know, "RG" stands for "Rotten Gun", but are these worth anything at all as shooters, or are they "not even if it were free" revos?

Then again, my H&R .22LR only cost $65 last year...

-MV

[Ala Dan]

but, in keeping with The High Road; I must say that I wouldn't give
him $.049 cents for the darn thing. I have learned my lesson well 'bout
inexpensive "junk guns"~!:eek: ;) :D

[S&Wfan]

Back in the mid-70's, as a poor starving college student, I got a used RG in .38spl. to carry on me when delivering fuel oil at night.

At ten feet it wouldn't shoot a one foot group and lots of bullets were keyholing the targets.

Then, one day a trigger spring broke. By this time I knew full well what P.O.S. means, and how everyone back then used that term when referring to the RG revolvers.

So . . . I went into the local gun shop and waited until the busy store got a little quiet before approaching the owner. I quietly pulled told him my trigger wouldn't spring back and asked if he could fix it.

"What do you have, son?," he asked. I pulled out the RG, still hoping no one would notice. In a very, VERY loud voice he exclaimed, so all would here, "That's a G__D___ RG! Son, if you want to tell someone you threw away twenty bucks, tie it to that gun and toss it in the river."

I was soooo humiliated, and I put the RG back in the bag and "crawled" out of the store.

Needless to say, that RG never got fixed, nor was it worth the effort anyway. I eventually disassembled it and got a hammer and destroyed it so no one could get hurt with it. I then tossed the parts away at different times in the trash.

The RG was one of the sub-$50 guns that spawned the "Saturday Night Special" laws being enacted in the late '70s, IIRC. The goal was to get these cheap guns off the street. Ironically, some in law enforcement said later that with no Saturday Night Specials being sold anymore, that it forced the BGs into upgrading the quality of their weapons.

Hope this helps. If you can, try to consider getting a quality, used firearm such as a police trade-in S&W revolver. The only time you will shoot your revolver in defense, with be when your life is on the line. Your handgun must be 100% reliable, and extremely accurate. Neither of these qualities were present in the RG line.

Hope this helps!

[SASS#23149]

No,a total waste of money.Use the money to buy ammo for a good gun you already own and shoot itup .A much better use of your money1

[Husker1911]

Any RG handgun makes a wonderful fishing weight. Simply pass the line with baited hook through the triggerguard, and toss the whole thing into a deep river. With the proper bait, a big, hungry catfish might pick up your bait. The line will freely pass through the RG's triggerguard, and you'll be able to let the lunker move off a little before setting the hook. Best of luck!


For gawd's sake, don't consider the RG as a firearm! You'll be the one who gets hurt if you do.

[seed]

I shot an RG-14 on a couple of occasions. The groupings from 7 yards went something like this (on about 1/5 scale):

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If you're paying attention, you only counted five shots. That's because one of the shots completely missed the paper.

[elric]

I had a dealer friend offer to sell me an RG .38 about a year ago for $15.

I passed.

:D

[tallpaul]

hmmm my rg14 would hold black on the 50 ft bullseye range when I shot alot- it amazed me... I used to leave it where I would not leave a more valuble peace. It was still working when I checked... it was hard to shoot with the small \grips and sights but it worked.

[roo_ster]

When my grandpa sold the farm and moved to the city, he bought an RG in .22Short as added protection.

After he died, my dad & I took it out to shoot it. The timing was so bad, it would shave the sides off the bullet as it went through the forcing cone & SLING THEM BACK AT THE SHOOTER! :eek:

We decided that little POS was not safe and destroyed it.

[No Praise, No Blame]

I suppose the only reason to own one is if you collect weapons used for Presidential assassinations and assassination attempts.

[Confederate]

They're good for collections. I had a friend who collected them. He had the best collection of junk guns I've ever seen. They used to sell revolvers called "pot metal guns." Don't really know what they were made from, but they were kind of made for one-use—a kind of disposable gun. Six rounds would cause cracks to appear around the forcing cone. Any more than that and you were asking for trouble.

They really didn't look real and lots of folks used them as "last ditch" or suicide guns.

That RG got their guns to shoot from the cylinder to the barrel was a miracle, especially their .22s. I did have a single action chromed thing with plastic grips and I shot that thing for a couple of semesters in school as I could afford nothing better. I also got a Ruger Security-Six, but couldn't afford shooting it a'tall. Couldn't afford a holster for it, either, and carried it around in a gun case. When I finally got a box of .357s for it, I very quickly realized I had to spring for grips, but that's another story.

The RG cowboy gun had all the best attributes of a real gun and a toy gun. I kind of miss it.


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This .22 double action was a particularly bad piece of garbage.

[Gaucho Gringo]

I wish I could find an H&R used that cheap as you do in Texas. The cheapest one that I have run across lately is $139.00 for a .22 that was beat, had a couple of chunks out of the grips and a bunch of nasty looking scrapes on it. And the Heritage Arms 22's that anywhere else are $149.00 NIB are $225.00 used here. If any used gun dealers want to make a fortune just come and sell in Oregon. It is cheaper just to buy new and not have to worry about anything. I have just spent 4 days going to about 30 places that sell guns aand have not seen one thing that I wanted to buy used. The prices are that outrageous. I think the reason is by raising the prices of the used revolvers they can sell more of their plastic semi-autos
"We have this 40 year old H&R revolver for $249.00 or for $50.00 less you can have a brand new shiny High-Point 9mm." It is the only thing I can think of.

[XavierBreath]

Is an RG14 worth even $49 OTD?No.

[ETXhiker]

If you can't afford a Hi-point, buy a Raven. If you can't afford a Raven, buy a Lorcin. If you can't afford a Lorcin, buy a rock. If you can afford a rock, buy an RG.

[aguyindallas]

I would toss it in a creek or a lake for somebody to find 30 years from now and think there is some mysterious history behind the gun.....

[armoredman]

Hide a treasure map in the grip first...

[hkenvy91]

tell me about it my grandpa just gave me an old rg23 thats broken ,not sure if its even worth fixing.but on a good note he also gave me a 1928 colt police positive 38.and also an old S&W 32,havent seen the smithy yet
;)

[MCgunner]

The most rottenest POS I've ever had any experience with was an RG. I did have a little .25 that was reliable, believe it or not, but that revolver was the sorriest excuse for a firearm I've ever seen. I wouldn't take one for free, personally. The thing was dangerously unreliable.

[Phil DeGraves]

The only reason to buy that gun would be if the local law enforcement agency is sponsoring a buy back program where you can get more for the lump of pot metal than you paid. It's perfect for that.

[CSA 357]

no sir not worth $49 ! i would buy a $49 knife instead!:neener:

[pharmer]

RG is (are?) crap. However H&R are not in the same category. I have a 929 that except for a 20 lb DA trigger, is a decent quality gun. Joe