Heritage Revolver

[Donny1]

I've been interested in one for a while in 22 mag/22lr combo. I'm not that interested in shooting to much 22lr but I like 22 mag and have a ton of it and a bolt action 22 mag.

I saw on Buds that it says something about it not passing "melting point" tests. A little research led me to believe this was just another gun control scheme to keeps guns off the market but I had never heard the term before. Does it matter, make the gun unsafe? How many guns would actually pass this?

And what do you think of the Heritage revolvers in general?

[SkyHawk]

It is just another meaningless gun control scheme - a spec made up from whole cloth by anti-gunners, to prevent sales of an entire class of guns. In this case, affordable guns made from low cost metals. Forget that polymer melts at an even lower temperature than zinc alloys.

Like "web of palm below the exposed upper part of the trigger" or "shroud to allow the shooter to fire without being burned" or "3.7oz of stainless steel embedded" - it is just bunk junk codified into law. Luckily we don't have a melting point law in CA - yet.

Read more here

https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6828&context=jclc

Now maybe you wouldn't want a .500 S&W Magnum made from zinc alloy, but for many smaller calibers it is fine - especially 22LR/22Mag.

[SkyHawk]

PS - I have three Heritage 22 revolvers now. They are just fine, and especially if you get them cheap. I have acquired mine when A) they were on a good sale and B) I was already buying something else that needed DROS.

[Spyder]

Hawaii has a law involving handguns that will melt at under 1000 degrees or some ridiculousness like that. I believe a couple other states do too.

I actually really like my Heritage revovlers. I've got a normal sized one and a 16" one, both in 22lr/mag. Very fun. The manual safety is a little funky, but at 300 bucks for the pair, cheaper than one Single Six. I haven't shot a Wrangler yet to compare, and for the price I would have likely bought a wrangler over the normal barrel length one just not not have the safety but... they're cheap, and fun, and reasonably accurate. Get one. Or two!

[CoopsDad]

I have two that my father in law bought for me (legal- I'm in Texas) and i can say they're fun, but low quality. Cheesey safety, non-adjustable sights, plastic grips. One is a 6" bbl, the other is 16". Both have .22lr and .22WMR cylinders. They are a step above the pot metal cap guns we played with as kids.

OTOH, they're cheap, fun, cheap fun, and the trigger isn't bad.

[boattail]

My elderly friend bought one over the Wrangler because the finish was better as was the trigger pull. I hate the safety but she likes it. Tomorrow we are going to the range to give it, and a few other guns, a shake down. If I can find this thread again I'll report back on what I think of it. The one she bought has only one cylinder and it was $129......the Wrangler was $200 and stiff as could be. maybe with time the Wranglers loosen up but the roughness of everything turned her off. The next time I buy something from a store that has those guns I might just pick one up for giggles if I like the way hers shoots. I'm bringing my S+W model 17 to shoot so the Heritage has some pretty stiff competition.

[TKM]

When Taurus likes the design so much that they couldn't improve it.....

[pacrat]

I had one that was a perfectly serviceable SA revolver. It was an earlier steel frame convertible. Just as accurate as my SA Rugers and Colt. And accounted for a great many tin can deaths.

Along with a bunch of croaked jack rabbits in my Mom's Az yard, that used her flower beds as a salad bar. Just like death row inmates. They got choice of "last meal".

IMHO, for the price, it is a great value.

[SkyHawk]

Yeah the Wrangler trigger is not great. For me, if I am not buying a really cheap 22 I am buying nice ones, SP101, GP100, Single Six etc. I have those as well.

The Wrangler is just priced too high IMO unless you catch it on sale $170 or less, <$160 would be better.

As far as adjustable sights go, my $2k Colt SAA don't have them either. But a hammer and file will do the job on a Heritage if you need to adjust POA/POI

[alpha_romeo_XV]

I've had the 6 shot 4 3/4" LR/WMR combo for 5 years and still running fine, accurate and good trigger pull. Probably swapped the cylinders back and forth 50 times and still timing fine. They've started producing a 9 shot combo now and when they offer a 9 shot 3 1/2" birdshead I'll buy one those.

[Donny1]

Thanks, I think I've found less negative comments on these than many, many other expensive centerfire guns.

[edgerly779]

I have the 6" and just bought the 22wmr cylinder for it

[Robert1234]

Got one new for $125.00. Bought the 22WMR cylinder for another $29.00.

It's not a bad deal for $125.00, and you can shoot .22 shorts out of it.

As others have said, reasonable accurate, reliable, goofy safety, and a bigger trigger guard than a Ruger Bearcat, so an actual adult can use it.

[boattail]

Okay, just got back from the range where we shot my friends new Heritage revolver. I have to say I'm impressed with this one. I also shot my wife's new model single six Ruger for a side by side comparison. First...the Heritage is not on the same level of quality as the Single six, it's just not. But, the Heritage outshines or equals the Ruger in many ways.

Triggers are about equal. Finish appearance is equal. The wood grips on the Heritage are cheap but they are better than the thin plastic grips on the Ruger. The funky safety on the Heritage is just that...funky. It is an old model action with a bar to stop the hammer. With the safety off the hammer can strike a round with no finger on the trigger if dropped unlike the Ruger.

The area the Heritage outshined the Ruger is in loading and unloading the gun. The new model Ruger's will free wheel the cylinder when you open the loading gate. The Heritage has indexing clicks at each chamber to hold the cylinder in place while you load and unload the cases. This was the best part for me and the 73 year old owner of the gun. We did not have to hold the cylinder just right or spin it around again if you went too far. Each click held the cylinder just right. That is huge in my book and one of the things I hate about the new model Ruger's is the cylinder does not index like the Old Models do.

Accuracy was on par with the Ruger as well and point of impact verses point of aim was spot on. I found a center hold to work best.

Overall I would buy one of these little guys in a heartbeat. $130 for a easy to use gun that has a good trigger and smooth operation is a no brainer.

The clunky safety was liked by the owner as she does not quite get how to lower a hammer so I had her engage the safety first and then lower the hammer in case she slipped off. It makes her feel good to have the safety there as she has a hard time manipulating the trigger and hammer at the same time.

[pacrat]

Okay, just got back from the range where we shot my friends new Heritage revolver. I have to say I'm impressed with this one. I also shot my wife's new model single six Ruger for a side by side comparison. First...the Heritage is not on the same level of quality as the Single six, it's just not. But, the Heritage outshines or equals the Ruger in many ways.

Pretty much same findings as myself. BTW the one I had began as my Mom's yard gun in rural Az. Then became mine when she passed. Kept a short time, and was well familiar with it when hers. Now belongs to my Grandson. So in the span of 15 yrs. Is a fourth generation family pistol.

Hopefully will be reliably killing cans and jacks, for generations to come. My Great Grand son is 7, and already has his eye on it.