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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: ridgefire on February 07, 2017, 10:43:59 PM

Title: Heritage Rough Rider .22lr
Post by: ridgefire on February 07, 2017, 10:43:59 PM: I'm thinking about buying one of these for my son. They are on sale for $121 at Freddys. Are they worth the money for a plinking pistol?
Title: Re: Heritage Rough Rider .22lr
Post by: tritt007 on February 08, 2017, 03:03:43 AM: I have the 4.75" .22 lr/ .22mag combo and it's pretty fun . Just takes a bit to work in the action . It's not ruger but it's a great value IMHO.
Title: Re: Heritage Rough Rider .22lr
Post by: Squidward on February 08, 2017, 06:47:51 AM: I got my son one a few yrs ago, and ended up picking up the 22mag cylinder also. shoots good not a fancy gun by any means but he'll love it.
Title: Re: Heritage Rough Rider .22lr
Post by: Machias on February 08, 2017, 11:47:42 AM: I have had one for a trapline gun for 10+ years and love it for that. The extraction slide has fallen off twice on mine. Lost it both times. The replacement is something like $17. Maybe some locktite would've helped. I haven't replaced the second one yet, I just slide a ink pen cartridge down the cylinder to get the spent shells out.
Title: Re: Heritage Rough Rider .22lr
Post by: Night goat on February 08, 2017, 11:53:54 AM: I've been wanting one for quite a while. I hear the finish doesn't hold up to well if you use and abuse it, but I've never heard anything bad about a rough Rider 22, ive researched em quite a bit and seems like one of the best guns for the money, and feels better in my hand than a lot of other, higher priced 22s
Title: Re: Heritage Rough Rider .22lr
Post by: Machias on February 08, 2017, 11:58:30 AM: Quote from: Night goat on February 08, 2017, 11:53:54 AM
I've been wanting one for quite a while. I hear the finish doesn't hold up to well if you use and abuse it, but I've never heard anything bad about a rough Rider 22, ive researched em quite a bit and seems like one of the best guns for the money, and feels better in my hand than a lot of other, higher priced 22s

You can't abuse one more than on a trapline, well not much more, and my finish has been just fine.
Title: Re: Heritage Rough Rider .22lr
Post by: Jonathan_S on February 08, 2017, 12:00:03 PM: I have one in 22 mag. Sweet little piece. The finish is quite durable
Title: Re: Heritage Rough Rider .22lr
Post by: carpsniperg2 on February 08, 2017, 12:09:44 PM: For the money they are pretty solid little guns. Like said they are no ruger but function good enough for a plinker.
Title: Re: Heritage Rough Rider .22lr
Post by: 762Armo on February 09, 2017, 05:54:26 PM: I've been wanting one too. For the price, you can't go wrong.
I'll be picking one up along with a 22 rifle, since I don't have one of those yet.
Title: Re: Heritage Rough Rider .22lr
Post by: jbauch357 on February 15, 2017, 12:28:10 AM: I bought one from Classic Arms and it showed up with rust on the firing pin channel plus had a ton of cylinder slop making it marginally safe at best to shoot. I sent it back to the manufacturer, they replaced a bunch of parts on it and sent it back a few weeks later. Classic Arms decided to delete my review since it was unfavorable. After a couple range trips I found that I just didn't appreciate how cheaply and messily they were built, plus it was horribly inaccurate, so I sold the thing. If you're fine with a low-cost super-cheap pistol that goes bang most of the time and fires in the general direction you're aiming, go for it. If you want something accurate and reliable, don't buy a Heritage Rough Rider.
Title: Re: Heritage Rough Rider .22lr
Post by: Jonathan_S on February 15, 2017, 03:31:33 PM: Quote from: jbauch357 on February 15, 2017, 12:28:10 AM
I bought one from Classic Arms and it showed up with rust on the firing pin channel plus had a ton of cylinder slop making it marginally safe at best to shoot. I sent it back to the manufacturer, they replaced a bunch of parts on it and sent it back a few weeks later. Classic Arms decided to delete my review since it was unfavorable. After a couple range trips I found that I just didn't appreciate how cheaply and messily they were built, plus it was horribly inaccurate, so I sold the thing. If you're fine with a low-cost super-cheap pistol that goes bang most of the time and fires in the general direction you're aiming, go for it. If you want something accurate and reliable, don't buy a Heritage Rough Rider.

That sucks. I can shoot multiple cylinders into a ragged hole from 30'