Heritage rough rider.

[sheltowee]

I'm getting one. Should I get 4 3/4 or 6 1/2? Reasons?

 

[SSGSAD]

Longer sight radius, more accurate .....

Mine was plenty accurate .....

 

[9mmfan]

I received the 4 3/4 length for Christmas. Plenty accurate for raccoons and opossums.
Ask me how I know.

 

[Wolfhound]

I have one and really like it. Got it in the 90's. It has dispatched many pests in and around my barn.

 

[long coat]

I have both. The 6.5 has a red dot, the 4.75 is factory stock.
My wife told me the 6.5 better balanced. I like both.

 

[oldpink]

You almost certainly won't be using this for concealed carry, so it's a no-brainer to go with the longer barrel for the already cited reasons.

 

[Woobie]

I went with the shorter barrel because I thought younger hands would be able to hold it easier. Figured it was a perfect pistol for training my kids on handguns.

If it hadn't been for that one thing, I probably would have gone with the longer barrel.

 

[88E30M50]

I have the shorter barrel on mine and while it's plenty accurate as is, I think I'd go long if I had to buy it again. It's hard to find a downside to the longer barreled gun if you are not concealing it.

 

[tcecil88]

I had a 6 1/2" that I used as a .22 cal shotgun. It would roll mice right over @ 8 ft, and take down Wood Bees and other insects with authority as well.

 

[Restroyer]

I have the 4-3/4 barrel and my sons love it. It's very accurate. One of my boys chose to use it last year in the 4-H Shoot competition. He shot 5 out of 6 dum dums suckers with it at approximately 7 to 10 yards at the shoot.

 

[Jtrain]

My first handgun was the 6 1/2 inch, I loved it and shot the hell out of it. Plenty accurate

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

View attachment 52294

Silly geese. Neither!

 

[m82mike]

My son enjoys his 6.5 inch barrel version, shoots better than I thought it would for the price!

 

[2A-Hoosier23]

Recently got one of these Rough Rider 22lr revolvers.

Open question: if I remove the cylinder from the gun, can I dry-fire it without damaging anything? The reason I ask is the owners manual says dry-firing will harm the gun because the firing pin will strike the cylinder and damage it, so if I remove the cylinder am I good to dry-fire?

 

[HCALREF]

I have owned 3 or 4 of these. Most seem to function ok but would occasionally have a misfire. Longer barrel seemed more accurate.

 

[Thor]

Recently got one of these Rough Rider 22lr revolvers.

Open question: if I remove the cylinder from the gun, can I dry-fire it without damaging anything? The reason I ask is the owners manual says dry-firing will harm the gun because the firing pin will strike the cylinder and damage it, so if I remove the cylinder am I good to dry-fire?

Not sure about the Rough Rider but I have a Barretta Stampede and they supplied a plastic disc to insert between the cylinder and frame for dry firing. I would expect that you can fabricate something similar to keep the hammer from doing any damage.

 

[jaymark6655]

Recently got one of these Rough Rider 22lr revolvers.

Open question: if I remove the cylinder from the gun, can I dry-fire it without damaging anything? The reason I ask is the owners manual says dry-firing will harm the gun because the firing pin will strike the cylinder and damage it, so if I remove the cylinder am I good to dry-fire?

I think if the safety lever is blocking the hammer then dry firing wouldn't damage anything, but I could be complete wrong.

I vote for the longer one, I bought it. Sight radius and all that, I went with the 6.5 because I thought it looked better. I didn't like the way it looked with the ejector rod being so close to the end of the barrel for the 4.75.

 

[Thor]

I think if the safety lever is blocking the hammer then dry firing wouldn't damage anything, but I could be complete wrong.

I believe the safety bar only blocks the hammer if the trigger is not being actively pulled. So, it would do little to protect during dry firing...but I could be completely wrong.

 

[88E30M50]

I believe the safety bar only blocks the hammer if the trigger is not being actively pulled. So, it would do little to protect during dry firing...but I could be completely wrong.

On mine, the safety bar is a simple block that is not connected to the trigger. It just blocks the hammer and I’ve dry fired some with the safety block engaged but never did it much because I’m not sure that it’s good for the gun to continually hammer that block. It might be but I’m guessing if it were, the manual would say to not dry fire without the safety engaged.

All in all, they are fun guns given the price point. They really shine when shooting cans instead of paper

 

[DadSmith]

I bought the combo 22lr/22mag 6.5" barrel $89 before taxes iirc that was 1992. I trained all my children and 3 of my grandchildren using that revolver starting out with handguns. Now it sits idle in the safe waiting for my 4th to become of age to start training.