Heritage rough rider

[Craig_AR]

I have had my RR for many years, and love shooting it. The manual says you can make a minor sight adjustment for windage by bending the front sight. Personally, I just would NOT do that, lest I hamfist the sight all the way off.

Nice side advantage of having a RR: if you have 22LR rounds that your semi-auto pistol doesn't like, your RR will spew them out no problem.
As for the quality / price comparison with a Single Six, I figure I bought LOT of 22LR ammo with the hundreds of dollars I saved by buying the RR, and had just as much fun at the range as if I had a Single Six.

 

[ontarget]

I have 4 RRs, 2 Wranglers, and 2 Single Sixes. I will say that on the cleaning bench in my armory the differences in materials and overall quality between the three models is very obvious. At the range, is a different story. Never a problem with any of them, all are capable of being as accurate as I can be. I have no problem recommending the RRs.

 

[Old Hobo]

With the .22 mag cylinder, I had two chambers that exhibited some case sticking. This happened with new ammunition.

I had some case-splitting with some old ammo, 35 yr old ammo. Can't put the blame on the cylinder for that.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Heritage rough rider OP #1
Csinn: "Just purchased one today. Has both .22lr cylinder and .22mag. What do I need to watch out for? Anything special I need to know about this gun?"

Decided I wanted a revolver to match my .22 s,l,lr Marlin 39A Mountie leveraction and my .22 wmr Taurus Model 72, so I opted for a HRR.

Things to watch out for?

One thing I would recommend is putting some Locktite on the threads of the screw holding the ejector rod on the barrel, just in case.

For some owners, if you buy one HRR, they proliferate like rabbits. If you bought a long barrel revolver, it does not break the bank to add a short barrel model. Or even the Ranch Rifle with wooden stock and 16" barrel.

 

[MedWheeler]

I'm guessing part of this current sale is to get more revolvers into more hands, hopefully hands of people who will "spread the word." This isn't permanent pricing. Such a tactic isn't all that uncommon; I've seen it done by many product manufacturers, where they divert advertising dollars into "profitless" product placement and let that do some of the advertising. Heritage itself does this pretty much every year at around this time. They also count on a lot of people not submitting the rebate claims (I myself let a Taurus rebate get away from me once.)

 

[CajunBass]

I've owned several Rough Riders over the years. Can't say I've shot any of the extensively, but they seem to work just fine. The cans and such I've shot with them didn't seem to care if they'd been shot by a cheap Heritage, or one of my more expensive Ruger, Smith and Wesson...well, you get the idea.

My wife has one now. She saw it at the LGS and said "I like that." Yes Ma'am. ...She got it. I think it's called a storekeeper model or something like that. 3" or so barrel, fake pearl grips on a birdshead grip. Kinda cute really.



If I was still getting out and bumming around the woods, I think it would be perfect for that job.

 

[TTv2]

For the price, it’s way to much fun.
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mine started out with the crappy factory finish, with a little elbow grease and polishing, I got exactly what I want. And for $100.
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That "white" finish actually does look pretty decent. A nickle plated model would do Heritage some good.

 

[tuckerdog1]

A lot of people like them. However if you get a lemon, expect zero customer service. I bought two ( one for myself & one as a gift ). Neither could make it through a full cylinder without "multiple" failures to fire. Different ammo & different cylinders ( 22LR and 22 mag ). Less than a week after purchase contacted Heritage about fixing. They were VERY disagreeable, but finally said they'd take them back for repair. This is only about a week after buying them. So about two weeks later, get them back, and NOT FIXED. Call back again, and told if I wanted to send them back AGAIN, I could, but I'd be paying shipping. Since they showed they were incompetent the first time, it would be a roll of the dice to expect any better the second go around. What the cost of shipping would be vs what these cost in the first place ( and likely get them back still not working ), I opted to just consider them paperweights. Never again.

 

[ontarget]

A lot of people like them. However if you get a lemon, expect zero customer service. I bought two ( one for myself & one as a gift ). Neither could make it through a full cylinder without "multiple" failures to fire. Different ammo & different cylinders ( 22LR and 22 mag ). Less than a week after purchase contacted Heritage about fixing. They were VERY disagreeable, but finally said they'd take them back for repair. This is only about a week after buying them. So about two weeks later, get them back, and NOT FIXED. Call back again, and told if I wanted to send them back AGAIN, I could, but I'd be paying shipping. Since they showed they were incompetent the first time, it would be a roll of the dice to expect any better the second go around. What the cost of shipping would be vs what these cost in the first place ( and likely get them back still not working ), I opted to just consider them paperweights. Never again.

That's a bad deal. Too bad they didn't treat you better.
I just recounted and actually have 6 RRs in my collection. They definitely seem to multiply like Gremlins.

 

[MedWheeler]

CajunBass writes:

My wife has one now. She saw it at the LGS and said "I like that." Yes Ma'am. ...She got it. I think it's called a storekeeper model or something like that. 3" or so barrel, fake pearl grips on a birdshead grip.

That one doesn't have a name. Heritage does offer a "Barkeep" model; it sports the regular plowhandle grip and either a two or three-inch barrel. What makes it a Barkeep is the lack of any ejector rod. Instead, it comes with a wood-handled "poker" for pushing out the empties. A birdshead version with only a one-inch barrel and no front sight is sold as the "Barkeep Boot."

Ruger, in collaboration with Lipsey's, did offer a birdshead version of their Bearcat revolver sold as the "Shopkeeper."

 

[Tallball]

I don't know much about lever actions. I've never owned one.

A single-shot 22 rifle or single-shot shotgun might be easier to manufacture.

 

[CajunBass]

I don't know much about lever actions. I've never owned one.

A single-shot 22 rifle or single-shot shotgun might be easier to manufacture.

I'd like to see another Ithaca Model 49. It was a single shot, falling block rifle, that looked for all the world like a lever action rifle. They even had a fake magazine tube. I had one some years ago, and it was a perfect companion for my Ruger Bearcat 22, when "woods bumming." (Actually, they did make a repeating version of the Model 49, called the 49R IIRC, but I've never seen one.)

CajunBass writes:

That one doesn't have a name. Heritage does offer a "Barkeep" model; it sports the regular plowhandle grip and either a two or three-inch barrel. What makes it a Barkeep is the lack of any ejector rod. Instead, it comes with a wood-handled "poker" for pushing out the empties. A birdshead version with only a one-inch barrel and no front sight is sold as the "Barkeep Boot."

Ruger, in collaboration with Lipsey's, did offer a birdshead version of their Bearcat revolver sold as the "Shopkeeper."

Well, that would explain why I didn't see a name on the box or in the literature anywhere.

 

[toivo]

My aging eyes are having trouble with all pistol sights and I found safety glasses with a +1 diopter really help me enjoy shooting them.

Same here -- it's a very easy fix to a widespread issue. I recommend it to anyone who says their eyes are too old for iron sights. At least give it a try..