Heritage Rough Rider

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I have a Heritage Rough Rider that I bought in 2018 and have put a few hundred rounds of .22 short, long, long rifle, and .22 magnum through it.
It has been proven to me to be accurate and reliable.

My front sight was high. Some folks prefer to hold the front proud in the notch to allow for elevation. I went ahead (as I did with my fixed sight Ruger Mark II) and carefully fired groups at 3" bullseye at 25 yards with a preferred load using an "apple on a fence post" sight picture and filed the front sight blade down.

I recommend degreasing the ejector housing screw and its hole in the barrel and using locktite.
Definitely I would treat the alloy frame and barrel as a semi-permanent assembly and not try to remove the barrel.
 
+1 on loctite for the ejector housing screw.

Mine came off during a range trip. Luckily 22lr doesn't have much recoil. I recovered the screw and put some blue loctite on it before screwing it back on. No issues since.

CH
 
I have one with both cylinders and I love it! No complaints. For what you pay, you just can't beat it. I have a lot of nicer .22 handguns but the Rough Rider gets used the most. It's a fun gun.
 
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0705201043.jpg I HAD 3. Sold every one. Hated that stupid safety. Inaccurate, couldn't hit a basketball 2 out of 6 shots @ 10 yards.

For very few dollars more, the Ruger Wrangler
is what the rough rider wishes to be; inexpensive, accurate and fun. The ONLY drawback is lack of a MAG cylinders.

Spend a few bucks (several few) more and get a Single Six. Then you will have QUALITY, ACCURATE, FUN, and MAG cylinders

When I sold the Rough Riders, in was searching for a pair of Wranglers. Instead, I found an Old Model Single Six for what I sold 2 Rough Riders. Bought the Single Six and a month later, stumbled across a stainless Single Six. Both have both cylinders. My only problem now is 2 grandsons have laid claim, it may have to get another one. Good problem
 
Don't have a Rough Rider, but a carbine. (The pistols aren't available in Massachusetts, except for the clown model.) 24 rounds through it and the hammer stopped engaging the trigger. Cocked the hammer and it immediately dropped, firing the gun without touching the trigger. Alec Baldwin would have loved it. It's back at the factory for repair but I don't know if I'll ever trust it.

The missus enjoys the Wrangler I bought her, and frankly I like the sights on it better than the fancy ones on my Single Sixes. Wrangler sure has an ugly finish, though. If the Barkeep models were available in Massganistan I don't think I could resist one.

You guys do know, right, how easy it is to remove that stupid safety? You don't even need tools, but a giant magnet will help you find the tiny spring.
 
tinhorn said:
Don't have a Rough Rider, but a carbine. (The pistols aren't available in Massachusetts, except for the clown model.) 24 rounds through it and the hammer stopped engaging the trigger. Cocked the hammer and it immediately dropped, firing the gun without touching the trigger. Alec Baldwin would have loved it. It's back at the factory for repair but I don't know if I'll ever trust it.

The missus enjoys the Wrangler I bought her, and frankly I like the sights on it better than the fancy ones on my Single Sixes. Wrangler sure has an ugly finish, though. If the Barkeep models were available in Massganistan I don't think I could resist one.

You guys do know, right, how easy it is to remove that stupid safety? You don't even need tools, but a giant magnet will help you find the tiny spring.
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Can we stop joking about Alec Baldwin? It's becoming stale and tasteless as hell. We get it, **** happened.
 
Just saw this news Heritage revolver. Has a picatinny rail with built in rear sight and elevated fiber optic front sigh. It is optics ready.

at first, I thought it was a dumb idea. But then read the article. And now I am not against it…and in hindsight, really should never have judged it anyway.

To each their own. I don’t know that it will ever see my safe, but who knows.

https://shoot-on.com/the-funnest-revolver-of-the-year/

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Oh Boy, that'll get a rise out of the single action faithful. Carbon fiber look grip panels and bristly pic rail seem to be complemented by a snag-all front sight, and is that a threaded muzzle? They may tap a rich new vein, or CDNN may end up liquidating them. Time will tell. I still love my 4 5/8 birdshead.
 
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Oh Boy, that'll get a rise out of the single action faithful. Carbon fiber look grip panels and bristly pic rail seem to be complemented by a snag-all front sight, and is that a threaded muzzle? They may tap a rich new vein, or CDNN may end up liquidating them. Time will tell. I still love my 4 5/8 birdshead.
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Reading the article, the author said he was getting 2” groups at 25 yards from a rest, comparable to his performance with iron sights.

For me, that says pass. But if the gun was capable of .75, I think it would be worth a look.
 
rust collector said:
Oh Boy, that'll get a rise out of the single action faithful. Carbon fiber look grip panels and bristly pic rail seem to be complemented by a snag-all front sight, and is that a threaded muzzle? They may tap a rich new vein, or CDNN may end up liquidating them. Time will tell. I still love my 4 5/8 birdshead.
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They might be trying to appeal to the "tactical" crowd or maybe just making it easier for we geezers to actually be able to aim one. :D

Got the bird's head model and it is a lot of fun. The model shown in Buckeye63's should have the bird's head grip.
 
I came close to buying a new Wrangler for two hundred bucks as a cheap companion to my Super Single Six but decided it was "neither fish nor fowl". For $99.99 new, plus thirty bucks for the spare .22 Magnum cylinder, the Heritage made more sense (cents :)) for my situation. I now have maybe the best .22 sa revolver ever made and a really inexpensive (cheap ;)) "understudy" for knockabout duties. Would I rather have the Wrangler?-yes, but not for double the price of the Heritage, given its intended role and purpose. And you can't get a magnum cylinder for the Wrangler if that's important to the user.
 
Carl N. Brown said:
My front sight was high. Some folks prefer to hold the front proud in the notch to allow for elevation. I went ahead (as I did with my fixed sight Ruger Mark II) and carefully fired groups at 3" bullseye at 25 yards with a preferred load using an "apple on a fence post" sight picture and filed the front sight blade down.
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Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but if your pistol is shooting high and you want the poi to correspond with the poa, removing metal from the front sight blade is going in the wrong direction. Even with a "six-o'clock" ("apple on a fencepost") hold, it would seem that lowering the front sight on a gun that is shooting too high is only compensating (Kentucky windage with a file :)) for a gun that isn't placing bullets where it should in terms of the sighting configuration.
 
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a goofy manual safety (that allows dry-fire)
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I think it's a cya lawyer's hedge, but the manual states: "Please be sure not to 'dry fire' the revolver". It would seem to me that using the "safety" would permit safely dry-firing the gun but Heritage isn't going to take any "chances". In this sue-happy society, it's hard to blame them or any other manufacturer for being way overly cautious.
 
SwampWolf said:
I think it's a cya lawyer's hedge, but the manual states: "Please be sure not to 'dry fire' the revolver".
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I also seem to recall something about not loading a round under the hammer even though the safety should make it okay so I'm pretty sure they are just covering their bases.
 
Bought the carbine for my granddaughter. Seemed decently made. Wouldn't mind having one for myself. And I like the idea of a safety for her for now. I already gave her my H&R Sportsman(circa 1957-59, one of those two years). So she's set for .22 plinkers for a bit.
 
I bought one used for my FIL when he comes over from thevUK, he has fun plinking with it and a Ruger Single Six. The Ruger is a better gun.

Thewelshm
 
I bought one just to see how I like shooting a short-barreled SA revolver with a bird's head grip. (The answer is that I need the plow handle.)

The Heritage is kinda "meh". It goes bang. It does not shoot to POA, so I will have to monkey with the fixed sights eventually. It shoots so-so groups. The plastic ejector rod button bugs me. But it does go bang and I do like SA 22 revolvers.

Heritage Rough Rider 22lr New

Heritage Rough Rider 22lr New

 
Tallball said:
I bought one just to see how I like shooting a short-barreled SA revolver with a bird's head grip. (The answer is that I need the plow handle.)

The Heritage is kinda "meh". It goes bang. It does not shoot to POA, so I will have to monkey with the fixed sights eventually. It shoots so-so groups. The plastic ejector rod button bugs me. But it does go bang and I do like SA 22 revolvers.

Heritage Rough Rider 22lr New

Heritage Rough Rider 22lr New

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I agree about the "meh" thing. However I won't get nearly as upset if one of my grandkidddies drops mine in the dirt as I would if it were one of my single sixes.
 
I had 2 off those "plastic" buttons snap off.

But, a quick noted to Heritage and they sent me a new one.

I still like Single Six a whole lot more. But, that like comes at a cost.
 
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