Is everyone still loving their Ruger Wranglers?

[doubleh]

Arizona Custom Grips on Ebay. Pretty good for fake stags. Nice and solid. Even if they do all look alike.

I have wondered about those but the pictures I have seen showed them to not be a very close imitation of stag but the pictures were tiny. Your picture is larger and makes them look much better. I ordered a pair of Altamont's sold by Heritage for the rough rider. Far from real stag in the picture and in hand and they didn't fit well at all. The front of the grip was fine but very proud on the rear. It's an easily worked material though and didn't take too long to fix. At a distance, about 20 yards, they begin to look better. Rough rider's paint jobs are iffy'. It is tough but sometimes they don't apply enough paint to glaze out and become shiny. I have been thinking about masking one off, lightly sanding it, and then using Krylon Fusion to cure the problem. Krylon is tough stuff. Also I have considered polishing it into the white and having a psudo stainless RR. Cheap test subject whatever I do. Most likely I will do Fusion. Less work.

 

[WestKentucky]

Ive been eyeballing a s&w 317 at my lgs. I have enough trading fodder to acquire it at close to $800 tag.....but I decided to just go for a birdshead wrangler for ⅓ the cost.
Now Y'all are making me rethink my decision. I do want reasonable accuracy.

My birdshead wrangler is dead nuts on. The gutter sight takes a bit of getting used to, but if I do my part then the gun lands every shot on a quarter at 10yards. I fully attribute that to the sighting setup and believe it would be dime size if the sights were better. Looking at the milled sight above I am somewhat inclined to put mine on the mill, but I like it a lot as-is. There were a bunch of frame lots on Gunbroker a while back… I’m getting ideas again… no time or funds though til this Harley comes to life or goes away.

 

[CraigC]

I have wondered about those but the pictures I have seen showed them to not be a very close imitation of stag but the pictures were tiny. Your picture is larger and makes them look much better. I ordered a pair of Altamont's sold by Heritage for the rough rider. Far from real stag in the picture and in hand and they didn't fit well at all. The front of the grip was fine but very proud on the rear. It's an easily worked material though and didn't take too long to fix. At a distance, about 20 yards, they begin to look better. Rough rider's paint jobs are iffy'. It is tough but sometimes they don't apply enough paint to glaze out and become shiny. I have been thinking about masking one off, lightly sanding it, and then using Krylon Fusion to cure the problem. Krylon is tough stuff. Also I have considered polishing it into the white and having a psudo stainless RR. Cheap test subject whatever I do. Most likely I will do Fusion. Less work.

I like `em, for what they are.

 

[luv2safari]

How do the Wranglers compare side by side with the cheaper Rough Riders?

 

[Tallball]

I have two Single Sixes and a Rough Rider. My friend has a Super Wrangler.

The Single Sixes are pretty much the gold standard for SA 22 revolvers.

The Super Wrangler is a very similar revolver, built of different materials. Its loading gate and cylinder work differently than the "regular" Single Sixes.

The Rough Rider isn't in the same category. It's way more cheap looking and crude. You load it at half-cock. It has fixed sights and a plastic tab for the ejection rod. It does go bang and hit about where I aim it, though.

Heritage Rough Rider 22lr New

• Tallball
• Jul 27, 2021

 

[CraigC]

How do the Wranglers compare side by side with the cheaper Rough Riders?

The Wrangler is 10x the gun the Rough Rider is. It is basically a Single Six made with different materials. The RR has a zinc frame and grip frame. The Wrangler has an aluminum frame and zinc grip frame. The Super Wrangler has a steel frame. The RR's barrel is ribbed, pressed into the frame and held in place with glue. The Wrangler's barrel is threaded and screwed into the frame and the barrels are the same thread pitch as the Single Six. There's a guy on FB that put an octagon barrel on a Wrangler, no issue. The RR's finish is essentially spray paint. The Wrangler is cerakote. The Wrangler's MIM lockwork interchanges with the Single Six. The grip frames interchange with every other Ruger New Model single action.

 

[Hillbilly Hydrographics]

I bought my ruger wrangler when they first came out. Now psa and few other companies have sells that puts them around 130 bucks. Mine was 225 when new. I still have absolutely no regrets on buying it. I have had heritage rough riders and they just feel cheap and shoot ok i guess but aren't no where near the wranglers. I've ran several thousand rounds through mine and it still works like a dream. It has been polished up inside a bit but no major modifications. For the price point for sa 22 I would say the wranglers are at the top. The old single six is an amazing piece but now days you could almost buy 3 wranglers for the cost of a single six in good shape. I did put a set of old single six medallion grips on my wrangler cause i didnt care for the plastic grips. I'm planning on getting a super wrangler because I like the original so good. Also wouldn't mind having the 3.5 birdseed.

 

[Kwc27122]

Hello all!
New member here. I saw this thread and just had to chime in. I myself have a couple of wranglers and they have both been reliable and pretty darn accurate, especially the super wrangler. All I did was change out the grips and I was good to go. Here are some pics.

 

[JERRY]

For the price it can't be beat. Other than the usual limitations of a single action revolver regarding loading and unloading...mine is sighted in perfectly. I mean you could try to find a better made gun but you'll pay more; and while you're spending time searching for a good deal you could be out shooting the wrangler birdshead with a lot of extra ammo.

 

[1KPerDay]

Not a fan. I think they are cheap looking and cheaply made. I'll stick to my 1976 Single Six 5.5 bbl with extra cylinder for 22 mag.

Do you own one? The OP asked for feedback from owners.

Mine works fine. Shoots as well as my 1960’s Single Six. Doesn’t FEEL as nice but it’s a $270 gun.

Ruger Super Wrangler unboxing, intro, shoot, and review Jeff Shoots Stuff

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[ontarget]

I have 2 Wranglers. One is from early on in production and shoots quite well. The other is newer production and shoots like crap. Haven't seen any of the keyholes that plague some of them, but 4-6 inch groups at 10 yds is pretty standard for this one. I haven't gotten around to checking it for issues like Ceracoat in the bore yet, but I'm pretty sure I can get it ironed out. Not high on the priority list at the moment, and I have a stable full of SSs I can still shoot.
Would I recommend the Wrangler?
Probably, but only in black or silver.
The other colors look like toys to me.

 

[SDGlock23]

I've had several Wranglers and a Super Wrangler and they shot well and for the price, are hard to beat. I wanted something a bit "nicer" so I got a 5.5" Single Six convertible.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

Ruger brought out the Wrangler to compete with the Heritage Rough Rider in a similar price range.

I have seen and fired a couple of Wranglers at my club, but frankly, with three old Three Screw Single Sixes I have not been interested in buying a Wrangler.

 

[hey smepl this]

I like my Wrangler a lot. Yeah, reloading the single action is a little hassle. But it feels like a very solid little gun. It feels substantial and not flimsy. Mine is all black but I like funky colored guns and wish mine was two-toned. All-black guns are so dull.

Are there any single action revolvers that have a cylinder that opens up like a DA? Like is that even possible? I don’t mind the SA, it’s just the loading/unloading that’s slow.

 

[JDeere]

Have no need to own one. My 2 early 60s 3 screw convertible Single Sixes are still running just fine. If I needed a new one I would bypass the Wranglers as they just look cheap and or hit or miss in the reliability dept. To each his own though...

 

[JmacD]

My experience with the wrangler, though I don’t currently own one, has been that they are very much like the classic nursery rhyme about the “little girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead”… when they are good they are very, very good, but when they are bad, they are horrid…

 

[DT Guy]

I got one a year or so ago, in black.

It keyholes with most ammo.
It doesn't shoot point of aim, or anywhere NEAR point of aim.
It shoots 2 1/2"-3" groups at 21' (my Ruger MKIV, Buckmark are under 1" at that range)
It's got a couple 'sticky' chambers, that are difficult to load and take lots of effort to eject fired rounds from.

It looks nice.

Larry

 

[HB]

Ive been eyeballing a s&w 317 at my lgs. I have enough trading fodder to acquire it at close to $800 tag.....but I decided to just go for a birdshead wrangler for ⅓ the cost.
Now Y'all are making me rethink my decision. I do want reasonable accuracy.

I have one like yours. It is hard to shoot well, but when I am in practice with it, it shoots as well as any .22 pistol excepting a long bull barrel Browning or Ruger. The short sight radius and poor sights handicap it quite a bit.

Have yet to get a miss fire after 500 rounds and shoots to point of aim. I imagine the 317 would be hard to shoot well too. I can keep them on a 3” circle at 15 yards. The fit and finish is on par with any of Ruger’s current offerings… utilitarian.

 

[chamokaneman]

Well, its not my old Super Single Six but it's certainly adequate. The days of my SSS being the designated grouse and rabbit whacker in the fall when it's raining sideways are over. I'll shoot it on camping trips in the summer when it's nice out.

 

[buck460XVR]

I bought one last year for my grandkids to use, thinking it would be a fun alternative to just shooting .22 rifle. It was the first time. Since then, it has pretty much sat, even when taken along to the range to shoot. The kids are much more accurate using the long gun and they get more fun and have more accuracy shooting my full size centerfire handguns. At some point, it may one of the few guns I have ever had, that "goes down the road". For the price, it is okay. Nuttin' to brag about and nuttin' to be cherished by heirs.

 

[Artg56]

I bought a super wrangler recently to train my Grandson, felt like I got more than I expected from a inexpensive gun. He shot good groups at 7 yards his first time out and was consistently hitting 2” steel at 25 (He’s trained on pellet guns for the past year).

No keyholing or ftf with 500 rounds through it. I chose a sa intentionally to check his enthusiasm. Not a precision gun or a potential heirloom but certainly a reasonably accurate plinker, he starts having problems with extraction after the gun dirtys up but no problem with loading. Adult strength hands have no trouble but noticeably stiffer after a couple hundred rounds.

 

[jstert]

i had two new ruger wranglers and sold them for about what i paid. nothing wrong with them but: i am downsizing; i already have two lovely & forever ruger single sixes; i replaced the wranglers with a ruger mark4 pistol.

if i had no rimfire handgun i would run to buy a new, $250ish, steel, 5.5”, 22lr/wmr, super wrangler and happily call it a day.

heritage roughrider pales in comparison to a wrangler; truly not worth saving $50 or even $100.

 

[Piedmont Plinker]

I have one in burnt bronze. I've been happy with it, and have generally hit what I'm aiming with it. It seems of good quality to me.

It's a $200 single action. Don't expect it to be a nicer gun or a anything but a single action.

IMO, the competition for this gun is not the Single Six, but rather the Heritage Rough Rider. Heritage owned the cheap .22 revolver market for a hot minute. I have a Heritage and the Ruger is superior in both design and execution. I've never thought a single action revolver needed a manual safety.

I also appreciate Ruger's dedication to making many different color and frame variants of the Wrangler. I would not be surprised if I pick up a Super Wrangler as it seems to be a great plinker overcoming the biggest limitation of the Wrangler, the classic trench sight. I've also been looking at the cobalt-blue more classically aesthetic versions.

 

[Hillbilly Hydrographics]

I've never thought a single action revolver needed a manual safety.

You can get rid of the stupid safety on the heritage. And there's a few places to pick up a plug to fill the safety hole once removed. Of course the heritage is more classic in the single action design by not having the transfer bar safety like the wrangler has. So if safety is removed its best to carry on empty cylinder.

 

[mavracer]

I liked mine OK, I had one like Sparky's in 3rd post.
Ultimately it just didn't do "it" for me I have other SAs and other 22s that I like better so It ended up sold.