R Garbage its a RHOM GMBH SONTHE IM/BRZ MOD 66 22lr. When I got it it looked almost new with a little holster wear at the muzzel but no turn line on the cylinder. Problem was 1/2 lb trigger pull. I took it apart but couldn't see any damage or missing parts so reassembled it. I have been cycling the action to get a feel for it and now there is a turn line starting on the cyclinder that looks like a drunken goat tapdanced around it. Not strait and with a hard hit mark just before the notch going to the cylinder lock groove. I will end up cutting this in half and selling the grips on ebay. This is the only one of these I have handled as it was free and every one I have seen was obviously poorly made to the eye. $150 is too much for this gun but it is your choice to buy or not. You did ask for opinions on this.
Honestly none of the RG revolvers could be called high quality, but certainly the .22lr/short versions were the ones people have usually seen and are rightfully unimpressed. Its clear that RG ind.s goal was to make functioning firearms for as cheap as possible. It doesn't take much to make a .22lr revolver function, so they didn't put much effort into the thing. The larger caliber versions are a whole different animal. The quality necessary to make a revolver fire .38spl/.357/.45colt is much higher than what you can get away with making a .22, especially when you don't want to be sued by someone who's gun explodes in their face.
Still, they are designed with the same goal in mind as the .22 versions. Cheap and easy as possible to make, but that will be functional (at least for a while). I have the RG-40 .38spl version. When I got it, it was clear from the holster wear that it had thus far seen exactly the life that was intended for it. It was carried for a long time, and shot very little. I would estimate less than 50 rounds total before I got it. Only paid $30 for it, by the way.
Since buying it, Ive put 350-400 rounds through it, including more than 50 +P rounds. This is clearly more than the gun was designed for, but none the less, it still functions just fine. Not every RG will work so well, certainly not if they are the cheaper .22 versions.
My point is this, RG's do not have the kind of quality you would expect to find on even a Taurus or Charter revolver, but then again, they don't cost nearly as much.
You can say why not save up for something better?
Because you can spend $100 and have a perfectly functional firearm. Why spend more if you don't need to?
Almost forgot, the RG Industries versions were all American made, right here in good ole' FL.
