Subj : Re: .22 SAA To : WEATHERMAN From : JIMMY ANDERSON Date : Sat May 16 2020 03:51 am -=> WEATHERMAN wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=- WE> So I finally got my Ruger Wrangler from Sportsman's Warehouse a few WE> days back. Initial impressions are, the burnt bronze finish (or JA> Interesting! I didn't intend to buy one, but I was at Rural King JA> Saturday getting some other stuff and they had the silver and the JA> black. I walked out of there with the black one. :-) WE> I've heard of Rural King, but we don't have any around here. I think WE> the closest we get is Murdoch's. The one here in sell firearms, WE> they're right next door to Sportsmans' Warehouse so that's WE> understandable, but the one in Laramie does. We really like the atmosphere and the store as a whole! They have good, GLASS bottle root beer, good peanut butter filled pretzel bites for snacks - LOL - and of course a good selection of guns, ammo and other accesories. WE> Murdoch's in Laramie is WE> where I've been buying most of my Heritage guns. It's a bit of a WE> guilty pleasure for me, I'll admit. I'm a sucker for cheap guns. Just WE> to prove it, I'll even admit to owning a couple of Hi-Points. Then LOL - I've never owned a hi-point, but I don't have an aversion to them either. I've been a musician for YEARS (I'm 53, so started playing guitar 40 years ago) and though there *IS* a distinct quality difference, the COST of the guitar is not what makes it good or 'better' or not, it's how it's built and the material, etc. And a good musician can make a cheap guitar sound 'good enough to get the job done' and a better (read that as EXPENSIVE) guitar will NOT make a novice sound better. Might make it easier for them, but they are still limited by their skill. I think guns are VERY very similar... WE> again, I also have a pair of 1944 vintage M1's (one Garand and one WE> carbine) do I'm not JUST a cheap gun buyer. ;) LOL WE> I'd actually have preferred the black one, but I had to order online WE> and (believe it or don't) the only one available on the Sportsman's WE> Warehouse website when I ordered was the burnt bronze one. Well I walked in and they had the 'silver' one and the black one - and the black was the ONLY one they had - the one in the case I mean, none in the back. WE> whatever they call it) actually didn't look that bad. The sights are WE> somewhere between my Heritage Arms Rough Rider and my Ruger Single Six WE> in quality and all in all fit and finish isn't all that bad - WE> considering the price. The action felt a little rough and it hung up a WE> few times while cycling the hammer at first, but eventually it smoothed WE> out and while it's not as silky smooth (yet) as my Single Six, it is WE> getting better and I'm sure that as I put some rounds through it it'll WE> "get there." Yeah I can tell it is not as worn and smooth as my old Single Six was, but I'm happy with mine! It's a little "tight" but also feels VERY very solid! WE> Mine actually binded up a couple of times, but I only had to cycle the WE> action a few times to get it to be smooth. I always expect a newly WE> machined mechanism to be a little rough at first so I wasn't WE> disappointed at all. Can't expect an arm at THAT price point to be WE> smooth and polished EVERY time! That's a good point, but I will say after owning and shooting both, I prefer the Ruger, but that doesn't mean I don't like the Heritage - don't mean that at all! WE> When all is said and done, I'd have to say that between the Ruger WE> Wrangler at $179 (or so on sale) and the Rough Rider at $129 (or so on WE> sale), the money is better spent on the Wrangler. I'd still drive WE> across the county to get a Rough Rider at that price, but if they were WE> both at the same place at the prices described and if I could only get WE> one, it'd be the Ruger. Yeah - I paid $199 for my Ruger. I don't know what my father in law paid for the Heritage when he bought it several years ago, but now they are running $179 - $189 with the magnum cylinder (mine has both). JA> My RR has the magnum cylinder as well, so that's worth something, and JA> the blue finish and longer barral is more 'traditional' SAA, but the JA> Ruger is, IMO, a better overall gun. Maybe not like the Single Six I JA> used to own, but for $199 (wasn't on sale), a HECK of a deal!!! WE> I am in 100% agreement with you. I'm tempted to send my Single Six WE> back to be fitted with a magnum cylinder but mine is a three-screw WE> model and all original. WE> That would result in me receiving an altered firearm (albeit with the WE> original parts as well) and a $100 charge for services rendered. I WE> already have a magnum cylinder for the RR. My Single Six is nickle WE> finished with Mother-Of-Pearl gripes. Four clicks on the hammer and a WE> heavy barrel. She's a damned tack driver for sure. I like them all WE> for different purposes. For just going out into the back yard and WE> plinking the Wrangler is awesome. If I want someone to "ohhh" over a WE> gun, I break out the all original three screw Single Six. And for WE> heading out to the back of the property where a gun might be dropped in WE> the mud and the shit or fall off the ATV.... well that's Rough Rider WE> territory. LOL - I totally get that! And if I had an original 3 screw I'd probably want to keep it that way as well. :) WE> Jimmy, if you ever make your way out to Wyoming, look me up. We'll do WE> some shooting together. You got a deal!!! .... Klingons--the Harley riders of the universe --- MultiMail/Mac v0.52 þ wcQWK 8.0 ÷ Omicron Theta * Memphis, TN * winserver.org .