While more complicated than simply using a transfer-bar system, the safety lever is novel and works well. The safety isn’t difficult to move to the Fire position when you begin to use the revolver. The safety is moved to block contact between the hammer and the floating firing pin, and moved away to allow firing the Heritage revolver. While various hammer-blocking safeties have been attempted, some of them attached to the hammer, the Heritage is a workable safety.
Heritage rough rider 22 long barrel manual#
The Heritage also features a manual safety, unique among single-action revolvers. While well and good, we don’t trust a single-action revolver safety notch. After loading, a slight tug and the hammer clicks into the safety notch. This is not a transfer-bar revolver, although it does feature a safety notch in the action. The Heritage features a floating firing pin mounted in the frame. Heritage Rough Rider RR22MB6 Combo 22 LR/22 WMR. While the Ruger doesn’t require the hammer be placed on half cock to load, the Heritage revolver is rated as smooth and positive in operation as the more expensive Ruger revolver. There is none of the fuzziness or difficulty loading like we found with the Chiappa revolver. With the loading gate open, the chambers are loaded one round at a time. The Heritage Rough Rider is loaded by placing the hammer on half cock. The action is smooth enough, breaking at 4 pounds even. The trigger guard is squared more than the usual single-action revolver. The cylinder is well fitted, and the pivot pin isn’t difficult to remove to clean the revolver or to change the cylinders. The revolver is manufactured from inexpensive material and makes use of various MIM, composite, and non-ferrous alloys. It is a purpose-designed 22-caliber single-action revolver. (Some models of the Chiappa are also offered with a Magnum cylinder.) The Heritage revolver is a fresh design that isn’t based on the Ruger Single Six or Colt Scout. Because the original intent was to test only 22 LR revolvers, this is an interesting side benefit. We did not mind paying $21 extra for the Magnum cylinder. The cylinder was handy and available locally. We found it new on the shelf and went with it. The revolver illustrated, however, was supplied with a 22 Magnum cylinder. This Rough Rider is readily available at many outlets, usually the 45⁄8-inch-barrel version with only the 22 LR cylinder.
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