The single-action trigger pull wasn’t an issue, breaking at only 3.4 pounds of effort.Īs for the 16-inch version, one can believe it was just a bit muzzle heavy. Results were pretty even from the four loads that the revolver liked. It gave me 2.25- to 2.5-inch groups about 2 inches left of center. Its flat-sided, spurred hammer has plenty of area for my thumb to easily find and bring around another cartridge.Īccuracy was good at 25 yards from a sandbag rest. Balanced nicely, the revolver fit well in my hand and made supported and unsupported firing enjoyable. When it came to handling, the 6.5-inch model was a dream. Aside from a modern hammer block safety, the 6-inch single action is all Old West with its right-side loading gate, a blade front sight and a grooved top strap. If you desire a truly realistic experience, it’s also available with fixed sights. While the front red sight is fixed, the rear sight is adjustable for elevation and windage.
The 16-inch version deviates from the old world with a set of fiber-optic sights that form three dots (one red, two green). The 6-inch model comes with Old West-style sights with a blade up front and a groove cut along the top strap.
The finely machined barrels are micro-threaded for optimal barrel/cylinder gap. It’s a sensory pleasure a semiautomatic can never achieve. There’s something soothing in cocking back the hammer for each shot and feeling the clicks of the cylinder rotating to a fresh round. Like their older kin, both are single action only. While scaled-down versions of their Old West brethren, they still have that legendary feel, with all-metal construction and smooth cocobolo wooden grips. These revolvers are part of Heritage’s Rough Rider series and sell for less than $200. The 16-inch barrel makes offhand shooting a bit challenging, so put a little support under the revolver and its accuracy potential becomes apparent. While history is foggy on whether or not there ever was a gun made with a barrel this long (rumor has it both Wyatt Earp and Buffalo Bill may have had one), I nonetheless would do my best to relive shooting history. Back in the day, some single actions did come with a buttstock that attached to the grip to enhance accuracy. When I first opened the box of the 16-incher, I wondered where the stock went, for it could really pass as a carbine. Yep, that’s not a misprint - a 16-inch barrel. It resembles a Colt Buntline with a 16-inch barrel. Replicas of Single Action Armies, one of the revolvers could be classified as a “standard” Old West cowboy gun with a 6.5-inch barrel. That’s why I had to smile when I was handed this assignment to test a couple of Heritage Manufacturing’s. No matter how many polymer pistols I handle or ARs I shoulder, I’m still a cowboy at heart. Being raised on old western movies, I resemble that remark, as do many Americans. This applies only to users that are not logged in, as registered users’ settings are stored in our database.Each time I watch “The Hunt for Red October,” I have to laugh at the scene where the Soviet submarine commander refers to the American skipper as a “cowboy” for wearing a sidearm. Used by the Gunfinder to determine whether to show guns that are missing data that has been filtered on. This applies only to users that are not logged in, as registered users’ settings are stored in our database. Used by the Gunfinder to determine whether to perform a search as soon as a filter has been selected, or once a Search button has been clicked by the user. Used to determine whether to convert lengths and weights to metric units. This enabled the website to remember what handguns have been added to the compare function. This applies only to the desktop version of the site. This enables the website to remember a list that has been created by a user that is not logged in (registered users’ lists are stored in our database). Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. Keeps users logged in between sessions if they have checked the Keep me logged in on this device checkbox when logging in to their account. Used to prevent cross-site request forgery. Used by Cloudflare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. Preserves users’ states across page requests.
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