Looking for a .22LR/WMR combo, anyone recommend Heritage Rough Riders?
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Depends on where you live, but yes, if you can find a used Single Six for under $300 you'll be all set.
The last Single Six (used) I saw had a $675 price tag on it. Usually, new and used examples are priced right around $500 to $575 where I live. Nice guns, nicer than a Heritage Rough Rider, but not for that money IMO.
I paid $150 for my NIB Heritage a couple of years ago. The SA trigger is a little rough, the letoff is abrupt and there is a lot of overtravel, but it is a perfectly shootable, enjoyable plinker. Despite the trigger, it is capable of very respectable accuracy.
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I picked up a Heritage RR a few weeks ago and am having a ball with it. It may not be a professional shooter quality handgun but then I'm not a professional shooter. I pull the trigger, it goes boom, holes in paper and other items appear. 
IMHO, one of the better firearm purchases that I've made.
BTW, $208 + tax.
IMHO, one of the better firearm purchases that I've made.BTW, $208 + tax.
The price on Ruger Single Six's have been climbing. If I really was on a strict budget, and was not willing to wait and save up more money, I would get the Heritage Rough Rider. It is not the revolver the Ruger is. But it is a serviceable revolver. I suspect if you shoot much, eventually you will replace it with something a bit higher end.
I am not recommending the revolver. Just applying common sense to the situation...
I am not recommending the revolver. Just applying common sense to the situation...
Sign up on Rugerforum.com and do a WTB in the classifieds for a Single Six. Tell them your budget and I bet you'll find one in your price range. Specify fixed or adjusable sight and barrel length if that's important to you. IMO a well used SS is better than a new RR.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=242199879
NIB 300 bucks no reserve
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=242574095
3 screw super single six, 307 dollars no reserve
i picked up a stainless combo for 300 from a guy in south florida who never shot his much and didn't want it no more
save up a few more pennies and get a revolver your grandkids can pass on
edit to add: heres a bearcat in tennessee thats a little rough but if your local maybe you can talk him down, IMO with a little cleaning up this would be a fine shooter and would be better than a rough rider to boot
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=242706488
NIB 300 bucks no reserve
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=242574095
3 screw super single six, 307 dollars no reserve
i picked up a stainless combo for 300 from a guy in south florida who never shot his much and didn't want it no more
save up a few more pennies and get a revolver your grandkids can pass on
edit to add: heres a bearcat in tennessee thats a little rough but if your local maybe you can talk him down, IMO with a little cleaning up this would be a fine shooter and would be better than a rough rider to boot
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=242706488
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I'll recommend the Heritage Rough Rider, based on my ownership of one and what you said. Budsgunshop.com has 'em real cheap; you'll have it delivered, pay for the FFL fee, and have $100 left over. I've had no problems with mine at all.
I'll recommend the Heritage Rough Rider, based on my ownership of one and what you said. Budsgunshop.com has 'em real cheap; you'll have it delivered, pay for the FFL fee, and have $100 left over. I've had no problems with mine at all.
I just bought an EAA Bounty Hunter at Bud's for about $278.00. Here's a thread that I started, with pics - go to my post #7 for the pics.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=600240&highlight=tpelle
This is GREAT revolver. It really LOOKS like a quality piece, unlike the Rough Rider, IMHO, that always reminded me of a cap gun! And believe me, I struggled for a long time with really, really, trying to like the Rough Rider.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=600240&highlight=tpelle
This is GREAT revolver. It really LOOKS like a quality piece, unlike the Rough Rider, IMHO, that always reminded me of a cap gun! And believe me, I struggled for a long time with really, really, trying to like the Rough Rider.
CraigC
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They're incredibily cheap guns. Ok as an inexpensive, disposable plinker as long as you know that going in. Save your money and get a Ruger. I've bought three used Single Sixes for well under $300. They're $400 brand new so a used gun for $300 should not be very difficult to procure.
How about something well built?
I bet this'll stay within your budget. I have a 676, which is very similar; very accurate guns. Here's a good one:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=243177079
Picture from the listing:
I bet this'll stay within your budget. I have a 676, which is very similar; very accurate guns. Here's a good one:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=243177079
Picture from the listing:
You asked for a recomendation?
Dont even look at that garbage. Go with the Single Six from Ruger.
Dont even look at that garbage. Go with the Single Six from Ruger.
None of the people making negative comments have ever shot one, despite what they say. Go to your LGS, pick one up and handle it. Take out the cylinder, or just throw the safety and dry fire it. Make up your own mind about it, there's quality in that build and you will feel it and see it. This company has steadily improved what they sell, which is why prices are rising. I shoot Rugers, and my 686, 242 and Victory S&W's are great guns, but for the money the RR is a great value.
I have a heritage rough rider and my dad has a ruger single six and I can tell you that the ruger is a better made gun. But I have put around 3000 .22lr rounds through my rough rider without problems, but my dad has had his single-six since 1984 and has put hundreds of thousands of .22lr and .22mag through his single-six with no problems at all.
And here is the story of the day I ordered a .22 mag cylinder for my rough rider (because I didn't buy the combo to begin with) and it DOESN'T FIT!!!! It is to big to fit into the frame! So I called them and told them what was wrong thinking they would fix it and they told me it was my problem and I needed to bring it to a gunsmith to get it fitted. WHAT A BUNCH OF B.S. !!!!!! I will never buy another heritage.
And here is the story of the day I ordered a .22 mag cylinder for my rough rider (because I didn't buy the combo to begin with) and it DOESN'T FIT!!!! It is to big to fit into the frame! So I called them and told them what was wrong thinking they would fix it and they told me it was my problem and I needed to bring it to a gunsmith to get it fitted. WHAT A BUNCH OF B.S. !!!!!! I will never buy another heritage.
I learned to shoot on an H&R. I picked up a Rough Rider and messed around with it, but couldn't make myself seriously consider it, even though I could have paid cash for it. It did not even compare to my father's old H&R in quality of machining, fitting, etc.
I picked up a Single Six, and had to buy it. It is very accurate, and tons of fun.
That EAA Bounty Hunter mentioned above looks beautiful, and at a very nice price (about $100 bucks less than I paid for my Ruger, BTW).
I picked up a Single Six, and had to buy it. It is very accurate, and tons of fun.
That EAA Bounty Hunter mentioned above looks beautiful, and at a very nice price (about $100 bucks less than I paid for my Ruger, BTW).
CraigC
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Nope and probably never will. If it doesn't pass pre-purchase inspection, why would I buy one anyway? Just so I can relate all my negative impressions with authority? No sir, as a wise man once said, "I don't need to lick a turd to know that I don't want to eat it". That's what knowledge, experience and deductive reasoning are for.
CraigC, you made my day. It seems not to take much anymore.
As J-Bar said in the other ongoing 22 thread... "Life is short. Don't buy junky 22's."
That is good advice; short, simple, and to the point.
As J-Bar said in the other ongoing 22 thread... "Life is short. Don't buy junky 22's."
That is good advice; short, simple, and to the point.
CraigC
Sixgun Nut
Ruger is better made. Heritage is value priced. Handle both then let your wallet make the call. BTW I bought both my HRRs for under $175 each.
BS. I own and have shot a heritage rough rider. It's cheap. Not inexpensive. Cheap.
The fixed sights are tiny and too short to zero with the 3.5 inch barrel. The frame is soft and the ratchet machining is sharp. After less than a brick of standard pressure .22lr one is gouging the other and creating noticeable cylinder endshake. It also doesn't so much group as pattern.
But the trigger isn't bad and I actually like the feel of the birdshead grip.
i did a heritage lr/mag from buds a couple weeks ago...i was pleasantly suprised what $150 shipped did buy....go for it...gary
For the budget price range, I'd probably seek out a used H&R. I've seen them in the $150 range in really good condition here and there - usually 949's. I might try to pick up a short barreled 922 myself at some point after I have other things taken care of.
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I would love to find another nice S&W 35-1 and have the barrel shortened to 5" and put it in a Ransom rest and find the worst charge hole and have that hole reamed to 22 Mag.
I found the idea in an article called the Shootists awhile back
If I do not find a S&W I would like to find a Ruger Old Model Single six and do the same thing only mount a 2x leupold scope on it for shooting squirrels.
I found the idea in an article called the Shootists awhile back
If I do not find a S&W I would like to find a Ruger Old Model Single six and do the same thing only mount a 2x leupold scope on it for shooting squirrels.
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