The Heritage Rough Rider Rancher Carbine is a single-action .22 LR revolving carbine: the six-round cylinder, loading gate and exposed hammer of Heritage's Rough Rider revolvers, built on an aluminum alloy frame with a engraved wood shoulder stock and a 16-inch barrel. This version has an engraved stock. It weighs 65.92 oz (4 lb 1.92 oz) and measures 32 inches overall.
Key Specifications
- Brand: Heritage Manufacturing
- Model: Rough Rider Rancher Carbine
- Caliber: .22 LR
- Action: Single Action (hammer cocked by hand for each shot)
- Capacity: 6 rounds, revolving cylinder
- Barrel Length: 16 inches
- Overall Length: 32 inches
- Weight: 65.92 oz (4 lb 1.92 oz)
- Frame: Aluminum alloy
- Finish: Black oxide
- Stock: Engraved wood
- Sights: Adjustable buckhorn rear, fixed front
How It Works
There is no magazine and no double-action mode. The hammer is cocked by hand before every shot, cartridges load one at a time through a loading gate on the right side of the frame, and empties are pushed out with the ejector rod, exactly as on a single-action revolver. The shoulder stock and 16-inch barrel make it a long gun rather than a handgun. There is no forend, so both hands stay on the stock behind the cylinder, because gas and fine debris escape sideways from the gap between cylinder and barrel.
Usage
Plinking, informal target shooting and small game at short range, where the .22 LR keeps recoil and ammunition cost low.