{"id":3099,"date":"2024-04-07T21:38:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T21:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2024-04-07T21:38:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T21:38:12","slug":"guns-we-love-the-heritage-rancher-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3099","title":{"rendered":"Guns We Love: The Heritage Rancher .22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"Jay Langston Photo\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1-696x522.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6416-1.jpg 1814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_6416\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay Langston Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concept of a \u201ctruck gun\u201d isn\u2019t much different than a saddle scabbard rig more than 100 years ago. It\u2019s basically a utility long gun that\u2019s easily carried and deployed for any number of reasons. One carbine I\u2019ve been carrying around the farm lately is <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagemfg.com\/revolvers\/heritage-rough-rider\/325-16-rough-rider-22-lr-22-wmr-black-6-rounds-cocobolo-grips\">Heritage\u2019s Rough Rider .22<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rats, snakes and mice, oh my!<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleaning up hay fields at the end of summer with a rotary mower to remove some noxious weeds like broom sedge before it produces seeds is an every-year event. As I make the last few rounds in every field the rats and mice start scampering in all directions, which gives plenty of opportunities to reduce the rodent population. The Rough Rider was a fun companion in the tractor cab, and it got a rat-blasting workout. It\u2019s not uncommon to kill 30 or more vermin in a day\u2019s mowing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a plentitude of rodents and limestone outcrops in the part of Tennessee where I live, the area produces an amazing crop of rattlesnakes. Timber rattlers abound in much of the Southeast, but I\u2019ve never encountered a population density like we have here. They are so abundant that it\u2019s seldom that I go unarmed outside the house. I\u2019ve lost count of the number of rattlers I\u2019ve removed from my property.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t get me wrong, I like snakes. They\u2019re a necessary part of the ecosystem to help curb the rodent population. Even though I shoot a lot of rats and mice every year, I can\u2019t come close to putting a dent in their population. I do like my Labrador Retrievers better, though. Every rattler that gets a permanent dirt nap is a snake that won\u2019t bite my dogs, or heaven forbid, one of my family members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the things that I\u2019ve learned about shooting big venomous snakes is that a .22 Long Rifle isn\u2019t as potent as a .22 WMR, and I despise shooting a rattler and having it slither off into an armadillo hole. The Rough Rider\u2019s .22 WMR capability got a workout this fall, too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another big workout for the Rancher Carbine came when the local armadillo population spiked on my farm. After turning my ankle\u2026 again\u2026in the divots these vermin dig in my yard, I waged a mini war\u2026again. The Rancher Carbine hangs on a hook by my back door, and I\u2019ve hammered a half dozen \u201cPossum on the Half Shell\u201d in the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_545976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545976\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-545976\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6361-525x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6361-525x700.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6361-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6361-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6361-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6361-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6361-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6361-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6361-1068x1424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6361-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6361-560x747.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-545976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The author with an armadillo he removed from his property using the Heritage Rough Rider .22. Jay Langston Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throwback Time<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rough Rider Rancher Carbine is a throwback to the Colt\u2019s Model 1873 Buntline Special. Legend has it that dime novelist Ned Buntline had five Colt\u2019s Single-Actions built with long barrels in 1876 to give to some of the West\u2019s top lawmen, including Wyatt Earp. Supposedly, the gift of a special Colt\u2019s was in thanks for letting Buntline have an interview. Problem is, this is a myth. Buntline never went to Dodge City, Kansas, where Earp was a Deputy Marshall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rancher Carbine borrows much of its basic design from the Model 1873 Colt\u2019s pistol. It differs, though, by having a butt stock permanently affixed. To work within ATF guidelines, the barrel must exceed 16 inches and its overall length greater than 26 inches to keep it from being classified as a Short-Barreled Rifle.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gun Details<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rough Rider Rancher Carbine .22 LR sports a black oxide 16 1\/8-inch barrel. The barrel stabilizes bullets with 8-groove rifling. The gun\u2019s overall length is 32 inches, and it weighs nearly 59 ounces. It holds six rounds of either .22 LR or .22 WMR, depending on which cylinder is installed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sticking with traditional wood, the butt stock is made of walnut. An interesting feature not found on the original Colt\u2019s is a hammer block safety that rides just left of the hammer. The safety prevents the firing pin from moving and striking the cartridge head. The front sight is a fixed blade, and a buckhorn rear sight and leather sling complete the rig.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_545977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545977\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-545977 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-rotated.jpg 2016w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 696px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 696\/522;\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-545977\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_6440-rotated.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-545977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uncasing the Heritage Rough Rider .22 for a little range time. The small size makes this a great truck gun. Jay Langston Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Range Report<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To check sights and get a little accuracy data, I placed a target at 25 yards and fired 5-shot groups from a bench with three different .22 WMR loads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first up was Federal\u2019s Speer 30-grain TNT HP. I didn\u2019t have any problem keeping five shots under 1\u00bd inches at that distance. Secondly, I fired Winchester\u2019s 28-grain Jacketed Tin Hollow Point. This load, too, could keep all shots within 1\u00bd inches, with the best group measuring 0.945 inch. The last load tried was CCI\u2019s A22 Magnum 35-grain GamePoint. The Rancher Carbine didn\u2019t like this load as well but could keep five rounds just under 2 inches.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hands Off<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It may be tempting to grasp this carbine by the barrel with the offhand while shooting or grasp this revolver just in front of the frame. Don\u2019t. Hot gas gets vented from between the cylinder and the forcing cone, which can cause injury if any skin is nearby.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as the manufacturer claims, \u201cThe Rough Rider Rancher carbine bridges the gap between rifle and revolver for simplicity and portability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check one out. They\u2019re a fun gun for plinking or reducing your local varmint population, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>SPECIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manufacturer: <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagemfg.com\/revolvers\/heritage-rough-rider\">Heritage<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Model: Rough Rider<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Action: Single-Action Revolver<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caliber: .22 LR or .22 WMR<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barrel: 16 1\/8 inches<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weight: 58.9 ounces<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capacity: 6 or 9, depending on variant<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MSRP: $334<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>For more reviews from Jay Langston on TTAG <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/author\/jay-langston\/\">click here<\/a> or visit his personal site at <a href=\"https:\/\/shootingsavvy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shootingsavvy.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/guns-we-love-the-heritage-rancher-22\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Langston Photo Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 The concept of a \u201ctruck gun\u201d isn\u2019t much different than a saddle scabbard rig more than 100 years ago. 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