
The Rough Rider is a fun gun that isn’t ammunition sensitive. The revolver doesn’t require the load to cycle against recoil springs. 22 Short, birdshot, standard-velocity or high-velocity loads, there is no question of reliability.


The Rough Rider has advantages in ammunition versatility and performance. As for recoil, movement is practically nonexistent.Ĭocking the hammer, aligning the sights, firing, then repeating, leads to excellent training. The trigger is tight, with little movement and is easy enough to learn well. The trigger action of the Heritage Rough Rider breaks between five and six pounds, with most examples exhibiting a six-pound trigger compression. The revolver may be manipulated while the safety is on, but it will not fire. This lever is located to the left of the hammer on the receiver.
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The Rough Rider DifferenceĪ difference between this revolver and most single-action revolvers, is that the Heritage revolver features a manual safety. The single-action Heritage revolver is easily disassembled for cleaning. Then place the revolver on half-cock, press the base pin release, pull the base pin forward until the cylinder is released, and press the cylinder out. To remove the cylinder for cleaning, be certain the chambers are empty. This revolver is a good tool for learning handling and marksmanship. This isn’t a fast system, but the typical single-action revolver system that many of us enjoy using.

Press the ejector rod to the rear, ejecting one spent case, then move the cylinder and eject another. To unload the revolver, place the hammer on half-cock and line up the spent cartridge cases in the chambers with the ejector rod. The revolver is fired with a single-action press - cock the hammer and then press the trigger to fire. Load six cartridges and you are ready to fire. This allows opening the loading gate and revolving the cylinder to load cartridges one at a time. To load, you first place the hammer in the half-cock notch. The single-action revolver features a fixed cylinder that doesn’t swing out for loading.
