#HERITAGE ROUGH RIDER REVIEW PLUS#

There are also other grip materials available, plus finish options include the attractive and durable Smooth Silver Satin. A new, more authentic looking flat-sided hammer paired with new exotic cocobolo grips, makes the Rough Rider both functional and handsome. A hammer block mounted in the recoil shield provides extra protection and has a red dot indicator that lets you know when the gun is ready for action. The machined barrel is micro-threaded and inserted into the frame for the optimal barrel/cylinder gap to give you maximum ammunition performance. The cylinder lock-up is tight and the perfect timing of the action makes for a handgun that will put its shots where you want 'em. 22 Magnum cartridges, the Rough Rider is manufactured using state-of-the-art precision machinery that assures its accuracy and reliability.

22 plinker since the round is a common failure point.Born of the traditions of the Old West, the Rough Rider maintains much of the look and feel of the legendary Single Action Army revolver, only in a scaled down version. There were no malfunctions to report to date, either with the gun or the ammo. I’m sitting at over 500 rounds of a mix of Federal bulk pack, Aguila, and CCI Stingers through this Rough Rider. 44 caliber Colt Walker, but it feels the part of a solid pinker. I feared it would feel, well, like a child’s toy. I will say that I was a bit apprehensive when I got my first Heritage. There is just a hint of creep before the break. It breaks under three pounds for me and basically starts at the wall with no travel. Rough Riders are single-action-only guns, and that light, crisp trigger can attest to that. But once the gun is in your hand, you can almost just look at a target and your hand will follow. They are merely a notch and grove with a rounded front blade. The sights don’t offer much, and neither did the originals. This gun points quite naturally, and I often find I shoot better while plinking at close ranges with more instinctive shooting. The sights are very basic and not that easy to pick up, but the gun points very naturally. (Photo: Paul Peterson/) We get the same odd little safety to the left of the hammer. The Rancher still uses the same famed single-action trigger design the Rough Rider always has. (There is also a fourth click you’ll hear as the final travel of the hammer locks the cylinder into place.) The process is tactile, audible, and frankly fun on the range. The Heritage Rancher’s stock provides a very short length of pull, roughly 12 inches, making it quite comfortable and easy to tuck into the shoulder pocket. The third full-cock position is for when you’re ready to fire. The first is a safety that locks the cylinder and the trigger, while the second releases the cylinder to spin for loading and unloading. 22Ĭycling the gun is done solely with the hammer, which cocks to three stages while rotating and finally locking the cylinder. RELATED: Review – Heritage Barkeep Single-Action. This gun’s firing pin is separate from the hammer and held into the frame with a spring pushing it rearward until the hammer strikes.

#HERITAGE ROUGH RIDER REVIEW MANUAL#

There are versions too short to host this feature, such as the Barkeep model, so a manual poker is required. Loading and unloading happen one round at a time through the loading gate with the help of a spring plunger mounted on the side of the barrel. The cylinder pin is held in place with a spring retaining button. (Photo: Paul Peterson/)

Heritage rough rider review