pwillie
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Anyone know anything about an RG 22 LR ? Worth etc,good or bad ?:banghead:
Rg 22 lr
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ColtPythonElite
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Every RG I ever saw looked like a pot metal toy. Many regard them as junk.
RG what? The original Rohm RG 10 was their blank firing gun converted to .22 short and later 22 LR, good for about 50 rounds before it became more dangerous to the shooter than the shootee. The later RG's such as the RG 20 series were much better ( a lot better than a sharp stick ) but by then their reputation was so tattered ( because of the RG 10,11 and 12 ) that most people wouldn't touch them. Their later guns were as good as any of the ( then ) cheap imports. Most people who trash them are doing so only on hearsay, never having owned or shot one. But to be honest, they were not top of the line quality, write home to mother , guns
Confederate
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Having seen a considerable number of RG handguns in my time, I have to say they're horrible. After I bought my first gun, a Ruger Security-Six, back in 1976 as a student in Provo, Utah, I found that owning a gun and shooting it were two different things! Here I had this beautiful stainless steel .357, and I found I couldn't afford to shoot it. I was just a student on a limited income.
So I bought a nickel plated RG .22lr revolver, one with brown plastic grips that had to be retightened after each outing. But dang I loved that gun! It was cheap to shoot, weighed about as much as the toy six-shooter I had as a kid and it was only $67, which I exacted from it over the next several months. I could just throw it in my trunk, go up into a canyon and find a place where I could set up aluminum cans and jugs and shoot to my heart's content.
I finally traded it in for a Ruger Standard Auto, a much superior gun. The little .22lr double action revolvers were just horrible. I greatly preferred the Jennings J-22 and other Saturday Night Specials that would at least go *BANG* every time I pulled the trigger. The RG did get passing marks from some gun magazines, but failed to make the grade as often as they squeaked by. Me, I wouldn't own any of them except the cowboy pistol!
So I bought a nickel plated RG .22lr revolver, one with brown plastic grips that had to be retightened after each outing. But dang I loved that gun! It was cheap to shoot, weighed about as much as the toy six-shooter I had as a kid and it was only $67, which I exacted from it over the next several months. I could just throw it in my trunk, go up into a canyon and find a place where I could set up aluminum cans and jugs and shoot to my heart's content.
I finally traded it in for a Ruger Standard Auto, a much superior gun. The little .22lr double action revolvers were just horrible. I greatly preferred the Jennings J-22 and other Saturday Night Specials that would at least go *BANG* every time I pulled the trigger. The RG did get passing marks from some gun magazines, but failed to make the grade as often as they squeaked by. Me, I wouldn't own any of them except the cowboy pistol!
danez71
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My mom has one. I forgot the model...14..?...23..? Its about a 1.5" barrel.
Its a piece of dung that I'll probably never get rid of. It truly is a pot metal Saturday night throw away gun.
For some reason I like it but I don't think I'd ever buy one... at least not for more than $25.
Ive seen people say worth is $50 on a nice bright sun shiny day.
Its a piece of dung that I'll probably never get rid of. It truly is a pot metal Saturday night throw away gun.
For some reason I like it but I don't think I'd ever buy one... at least not for more than $25.
Ive seen people say worth is $50 on a nice bright sun shiny day.
shiftyer1
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I've generally paid up to 60 dollars for rg (rohm) saa revolvers in .22. They make a great shed gun.
CajunBass
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Back when I was a very young man, I wanted a RG 22 pistol, I have no idea the model number, in the worst way. It had the one absolutly esential feature I had to have in a handgun.
It was cheap.
About $30.00 new in a box as I remember it. Even at $30.00 I couldn't afford it, but I could imagine coming up with $30.00. I couldn't imagine the $100.00 or more for a Smith & Wesson, Colt or Ruger.
I never got one back then, but almost did a year or so ago. I found one in NIB condition, not one of the really cheap little ones, but a bigger, somewhat nicer one. It was tagged at $79.95. I almost offered $50.00 just for grins and giggles, but I was afraid they'd take it, and then I'd have to hang around and do the paperwork.
That thing had the worst trigger I've ever pulled with the possible exception of a Russian Nagant...but it was close. But not the D/A like you'd think. The D/A wasn't really BAD...but the S/A I honestly could not pull. I think the trigger was hitting the trigger guard before the sear disengaged.
It was like the puppy that's so ugly, it's cute.
It was cheap.
About $30.00 new in a box as I remember it. Even at $30.00 I couldn't afford it, but I could imagine coming up with $30.00. I couldn't imagine the $100.00 or more for a Smith & Wesson, Colt or Ruger.
I never got one back then, but almost did a year or so ago. I found one in NIB condition, not one of the really cheap little ones, but a bigger, somewhat nicer one. It was tagged at $79.95. I almost offered $50.00 just for grins and giggles, but I was afraid they'd take it, and then I'd have to hang around and do the paperwork.
That thing had the worst trigger I've ever pulled with the possible exception of a Russian Nagant...but it was close. But not the D/A like you'd think. The D/A wasn't really BAD...but the S/A I honestly could not pull. I think the trigger was hitting the trigger guard before the sear disengaged.
It was like the puppy that's so ugly, it's cute.
22-rimfire
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Junk. Esssentially landfill material. Perfect for a gun buy back.
ID-shooting
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Had one in the stash of guns I inerited from my father. Never knew he had it. Was not impressed in the least. Added it as a sweetener to a trade I did once.
jimmyraythomason
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I have one that was my dad's(actually at my brother's right now)bought in the late 1960s. Not sure of the exact model but it is .22 short only,although,I have shot .22 longs in it. It is still in time and locks up solid. It was my trapline gun for many,many years,never failing to do the job it was called on to do. I once killed a bobcat that had slipped up on me while I was checking beaver traps. One shot to the neck was all it took. I have Colt S&W,Ruger,Dan Wesson,FEG and Browning handguns but none are as important to me as that little RG.
351 WINCHESTER
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Back in the day these guns provided a poor person a means of self defence. They also found their way to a number of criminals hands. I used to clear some of these thru Customs in Jacksonville for an importer, F. A. Bower & Ass. They would import the frames separate from the cylinders and barrels and have a gunsmith assemble and fit the parts as the duty rate for gun parts was cheaper than for guns. Those were the days and yes, the ones I have shot and handled are not stellar at all.
steveo452
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My brother inlaw came by my house one day when I was in the back yard shooting my S&W 10-7. After checking out my smith he tells me he has one just like It in the car. I said cool go get It, We'll put some rounds down It. It was a 4" barrel RG .38spl. from the first shot It was spiting lead from the cylinder gap. After six rds. I told him to stop shooting It, that It was shaving lead. And he needed to have It fixed. He got mad and took off. What I wanted to tell him was to get a real revolver and throw that POS away.
RG is the standard by which other crappy guns are judged. There is hardly anything available that is any worse. When I ran a firearms training business teaching civilians I never had a student with an RG get through the shortest course I taught. After the first several failed mid-class I quit letting people use them. I'd loan them one of my guns if they couldn't buy something (anything) better than an RG.
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