Heritage Rough Rider 22LR and 22WMR

[turnbub]

Heritage Rough Rider .22 LR and .22 WMR Combo
I bought one of these just under two years ago.
I have a 9mm, so this was just for "fun." I shot a box or so of .22LR and less than a box of the magnums as they are more expensive.
Last December, i noticed it shooting LEFT. Not being a great shot I had the rangemaster come in and try it - he IS a great shot, and to be sure he steadied his hand on the counter.
He was glad to help as he always is, and also as he sold me the gun. It was shooting left - about 3" at 20 feet.
He suggested sending it back to Heritage, which I did; as the warranty period is only one year they charged me $50 just to look at it!
After about 10 weeks, still not having heard from them I messaged them, and after 3 more days they got back and said "the firearm frame is out of specs."
They also said "We are offering you another firearm off our website at a discounted price since this firearm is out of warranty. If you would like the same model as you had the cost would be $150.35.
Or you can get the original firearm back as is. " This is very distressing as I've never known a gun to "warp," and I never dropped or abused it.
So, if you want a cheap revolver to take out in the woods with you, for plinking or varmint shooting this one might be OK.
There have been those who have bought one of these and had good success with it; I HAVE NOT, and do NOT recommend this revolver.

 

[ontarget]

Pretty disappointing that they didn't take better care of you.
I have several and have had good luck with them, or not maybe, but they met my expectations for what I paid for them.

 

[TTv2]

Fixed sights on single actions never shoot to POA and why I stress to people interested in the Heritage revolvers to either get the adjustable sight models or go with the Barkeep as I found it more accurate in terms of group sizes probably due to a shorter barrel.

Heritage basically told you to pound sand and I wouldn't give them another chance. Get yours back and either live with the POI issue or trade it to someone. I wouldn't say avoid cheap .22 single actions altogether tho, check out the Ruger Super Wrangler as it has the adjustable sights and the .22 LR/Mag cylinders, but more importantly a far better warranty.

I use to defend Heritage in the past, but some things I've noticed with my 9 shot Rough Rider have left me a bit sour on the brand, but that 9 shot RR is the only one I know of that comes with that capacity and adjustable sights for under $200.

 

[jstert]

Fixed sights on single actions never shoot to POA and why I stress to people interested in the Heritage revolvers to either get the adjustable sight models or go with the Barkeep as I found it more accurate in terms of group sizes probably due to a shorter barrel.

Heritage basically told you to pound sand and I wouldn't give them another chance. Get yours back and either live with the POI issue or trade it to someone. I wouldn't say avoid cheap .22 single actions altogether tho, check out the Ruger Super Wrangler as it has the adjustable sights and the .22 LR/Mag cylinders, but more importantly a far better warranty.

I use to defend Heritage in the past, but some things I've noticed with my 9 shot Rough Rider have left me a bit sour on the brand, but that 9 shot RR is the only one I know of that comes with that capacity and adjustable sights for under $200.

this!

heritage ought to ashamed. with careful shopping a new h.r.r. can be had for $125, $100 on black friday, and you are already in another $50 just to be told by heritage to pound sand.

 

[Speedo66]

A bargain basement manufacturer gave you a bargain basement answer.

From what I’ve read previously on this site, you wouldn’t have gotten that type of response from Ruger, even on their economy line.

Time to take your money elsewhere.

 

[5-SHOTS]

Being pot metal, the frame may have warped if the gun fired enought rounds in its career. You could file the right side of the front sight to compensate for left shooting or file the right side of the rear sight or actually both. There are some formulas to calculate how much material to remove. Otherwise you can proceed gradually by trying to file off some metal and then go to shoot at the range. Pot metal is so easy to file off that, with the permission of the range master, you could do all the operations during the same range trip. Maybe with the help of the range master himself.

 

[doubleh]

I would try bending the front sight slightly. If you manage to break it you really haven't lost anything as Heritage isn't going to make it right.

You can buy a new 22 LR only one for less and use your 22 mag cylinder in it.

 

[Scout21]

I, too, have had an awful experience with Heritage customer service when attempting to solve my issues with my Rough Rider. It is, without a doubt, the biggest piece of crap firearm I've ever had the displeasure of owning.

My Experience with Heritage Rough Rider

 

[Jeff olson]

It's a $100 gun. What are you expecting?

 

[jstert]

hey turnbub, warm welcome to the wonderful world of gun ownership, seriously. everyone here surely has at least one sad tale that cost money and disappointment. i am not making fun of your situation, far from it. thank you for sharing your own tale so forthrightly. we all learn useful lessons here.

i am down to one hrr 22wmr/lr 9 shot for the same reasons as ttv2. my other hrr revolvers weren’t total junkers but bad enough to go away from me. try to remedy yours a bit but dont waste your time or money.

don’t give up on owning a rimfire single action revolver, these are excellent training, plinking, outdoorsing, easy tools. trade your hrr in towards a ruger super wrangler 22wmr/lr. even if your hrr is only worth $50 your pleasure with a decent handgun will ease the pain. keep us posted and cheers.

 

[Leon tP]

If you're shooting 3" left at 20 feet then... Yikes. You would need to remove about ~ 1/13" inch off the front sight blade but since the front site is only about 1/16" of an inch wide, that's a problem.

You'd be better off removing some metal off the right side of the rear site groove, as there's more material to work with back there and it won't look as bad.

It's too bad that it shoots off to the left, I bought one of these little revolvers just for fun also and... it's a really fun gun to shoot. The sites are mostly dead on (depends on the ammo).

Of course, that's another thing you can try before you start filing anything... try different ammo.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Before I shot my Heritage Rough Rider I removed the paint from the inside of the rear sight groove (the finish was uneven).
Blackened the inside of the notch with laundry marker
Blue Locktited the screw holding the extractor tube
Put a stiffer spring in latch for the base pin.