Ruger Wrangler vs. Heritage Rough Rider Quality Compare, Pros & Cons
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- Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2022
- Ruger Wrangler vs. Heritage Rough Rider Quality Compare, Pros & Cons
No shooting, just discussion about the pros and cons of each according to my opinion.
It even says in the manual that the wrangler is safe to dry fire. Yeah I'm one of those weirdos that read the manuals. Its mostly because of the recessed chambers and the design of the firing pit itself that allows safe dryfire. I love my Wrangler and I will be getting a Vaquero soon too because of how much I like my little cowboy popgun.
I'm not crazy about Rutgers I own a mini 14 before it was junk . As well as a Ruger Blackhawk a security six and a 41 Magnum Blackhawk. I had problems with them all so I got rid of them. The rough riders revolvers seem to last my one brother had a rough Rider 22 for years and shot thousands around out of it never had a problem I will go with the roughrider every time.
I have them both. But I only bought one Ruger Wrangler. Since that time, I bought about 10 more Heritage Rough Riders, including the 9 shot varieties, the 22 WMR cylinders, all the different sizes (including the 16" barrel model), and some birds head grips for one of my Barkeeps. I like the Heritage WAY more, because it's more traditional and has way more options. It's also so much more affordable, and you can order repair parts.
Several years ago I watched a lot of video comparisons of these two guns...as you note both have pros and cons...we ended up going with the Heritage primarily because the magnum cylinder was offered...so several years, several thousand rounds downrange later I gotta say everything you say about the Heritage is correct...our gun shows the wear and tear (we actually like that worn out look), and the screws demand constant attention...but, we feel the gun paid for its self long ago, and would buy another one if ever need be...nothing wrong with the wrangler, the gun is tighter (I am on the fence about loose vs tight guns), and is a smidgen more accurate...it also is that bit more cumbersome to load/unload (repetition does help)...Ruger really rushed coming out with the wrangler after reading the sales numbers, when another 6-12 months thinking the gun through would have meant better sales today...good video...
We found that Colt was using little thin plastic washers through different revisions. Found someone on RUclips that made the point of what Colt was doing over their variants over time. I was using red Loctite on one of ours(still rocking after this long without a hitch or screws backing out) Loctite has a screw driver with a hot lead to remove them easily by resting it for 15 seconds. Our 4.75" we put the colt washers, and viola, same result. No backing out anymore. Also found out from Heritage that the rough rider was not a patent by them, but a carry over from a deal decades of the Colt Scout Frontier's patent from 1961 and on and so forth. I can use all those parts interchangeably. Neat, I didn't now it was so close that the parts were cast and 1215 steel barrel and 12L14 cold steel cylinder was the exact formula. The older Scouts had an aluminum frame but the zamak5 is stronger. Trick spinning is different on weight with both. We replaced the cylinder lock tongue with a solid one on Ebay that was in an older Colt. I like the Ruger as well. But had some difficulty on the transfer bar skewing a bit on one of ours. The newer Cerakote is neat. Like them both though. My first Heritage had that same front sight issue. Found a guy in CDL arms that used a heat gun on the frame and barrel with a leather strap, and moved it in a very,very slight clockwise turn using a leather strap and wood grip vise. He also pointed us to a colt clone ejector rod with an aluminum finger slide. Very nice. Cost about 20 bucks to do it. Anyways, he got it to be sighted true. Very neat stuff from the gun smith.
I had both. Sold my Ruger. The Rough Rider is a better gun in my opinion.
I agree with just about all your comments, including that I enjoy shooting the Heritage more than the Wrangler. I also shoot the Heritage more accurately due in part to lighter trigger.
Great comparison! Learned some new things I didn’t know
The cylinder axle on the ruger is spring loaded due to its having transfer bar ignition.
I thought you said you don't dryfire
Thanks you helps a lot, I’m going for the Heritage has a lot of potential for tweaking a good gun into a very special custom yours. 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Thank you J Beau for this review comparing both revolvers. I had been wanting an affordable single-action revolver for quite some time. I narrowed my choices down to these two revolvers. After watching your video, I decided to purchase the Ruger Wrangler mainly due to the fact that I value safety and reliability in the guns that I purchase. I'm glad to hear that the Heritage Rough Rider is an extremely well-priced and fun revolver to shoot. Both great guns! Your video helped me decide which one to choose. Thanks again!
Very well explain video I’m looking into getting one of these colt peacemaker wanna be for plinking and ammo cost practice for my bigger, caliber pistols, my favorite part of the video the two guys who designed the pistols I was laughing so hard 😅but great video. Thanks.
Thanks for the video. I agree the Wrangler is better quality. But that being said,, i shoot better with the HRR. Not sure why. I have two of the HRR ,, a 4.75 and a 6.5 inch. I have found that the shorter one works better than the long one right out of the box. The 6.5 has had hammer spring problems. This has been the case with two of them. Making for lite strikes and miss-fires. So i have wedged the spring and it now works better. Would you have a better fix for this problem? Thanks.
I usually Hate to comment but just had to. The cylinder rotation comments on the Ruger is a defiant PLUS for me. (Being defensive of Ruger I guess).
Great video my friend I bought the Ruger Wrangler and I'm really happy with it, but for the price of the hrr you can not go wrong, the only thing stoping me to buy one is if a internal part brakes I have to send it back or pay a gunsmith to fix it, that's my only complaint other than that I like the classic look of the revolver.take care and stay safe.
Outstanding video!
I have the Ruger Wrangler and Heritage Rough Rider also. I actually shoot (at seven yards) the Rough Rider more accurately and precise than the Wrangler. My Rough Rider (for me) shoots point of aim and a much smaller group size than my Wrangler. My Rough Rider's trigger pull weight and the crispness of its break is far superior to the Wrangler's trigger. Now of course the Wrangler will out last the Heritage Rough Rider and be more reliable for a longer time. For survival use where reliability is essential and spare parts are no where to found, the Ruger Wrangler is the winner. For range use, plinking, and having fun then the winner is the Heritage Rough Rider. I also shoot my Rough Rider much more than the Wrangler. The "mission statement" of the Wrangler is reliability and endurance. The key feature of the Heritage Rough Rider is FUN!!!! Even fixing it is fun.
thank you for the detailed review. According to feedback I collected from multiple users, Ruger is definitely a better quality revolver, there is no argue in that. But that's about it. There is no more features that makes Ruger excel Heritage Revolver. The cerakote finish looks ugly, I am sorry. Just go with a basic blued finish or smth similar. Why to make a revolver look like it is made of plastic?! Rough Rider has better accuracy that is the most important firearm feature after reliability. Who needs a non-accurate gun, raise your hands?! 22 caliber gun has to be accurate as you are about to shoot smth small with it. It is a small game firearm. Nobody's gonna shoot elephants or horses with it. It needs to be as precise as possible so you could hit smaller targets. Other features Rough Rider possesses are a better look with a blue finish, better trigger, cool clicking cylinder mechanism with easier shell extraction, ability to swap cylinders for 22WMR, 9 round cylinder availability, wider ability to customize and access for aftermarket parts etc. Well yeah, you need to tighten those screws once in a while. How often? How many? The are only 3 visible screws, no biggie. Ruger actually introduced a Super Wrangler model with ability to swap cylinders between 22lr and 22WMR, and that is a good thing, but what about 6 + rounds capacity? Once Ruger fix accuracy in their revolvers, add more rounds capacity choice and change the finish to more real - and all this at reasonable cost less than $300, only then their revolver will have chance to beat Rough Rider. Until then, Rough Rider remains a better option at a better price.
I've never had a Heritage. People who have them seem to like them. I just couldn't get past how they looked. They looked cheap and there was this hideous plastic thing on the recoil shield. I think the ejector rod was plastic.