22 revolvers, and one of its newest models is the Rough Rider Tactical Cowboy. For me, there’s simply no gun more fun to shoot than a.
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Watch the video for the full list of features and our crew's first impressions.We here at Shooting Times like to report on “fun guns” and have done so many times over the 30 years that I’ve been editing the magazine. Guns & Ammo was onsite for the launch and continues to test these exciting new optics. Also launched was the enclosed-emitter Ruggedized Closed Reflex, or RCR, red dot, still adhering to the RMR footprint and distinct from competitors for its use of capstan-style screws. It also offers new electronics including a front-facing light sensor for automatic illumination adjustment, large side buttons, and the ability to switch between a dot reticle or a segmented-circle-and-dot array. Like the SRO, the RMR HD is characterized by its large lens, forward-extended housing and top-loading CR2032 battery compartment. A next-gen offering for traditional RMR customers – military, law enforcement, prepared citizens – it may be more useful to think of this product as a ruggedized SRO, Trijicon's competition-oriented pistol sight. Trijicon has unveiled the RMR HD red-dot optic. Play Optics First Look: Trijicon RMR HD & RCR Its flat-sided, spurred hammer has plenty of area for my thumb to easily find and bring around another cartridge. Balanced nicely, the revolver fit well in my hand and made supported and unsupported firing enjoyable. When it came to handling, the 6.5-inch model was a dream. Aside from a modern hammer block safety, the 6-inch single action is all Old West with its right-side loading gate, a blade front sight and a grooved top strap. If you desire a truly realistic experience, it’s also available with fixed sights. While the front red sight is fixed, the rear sight is adjustable for elevation and windage. The 16-inch version deviates from the old world with a set of fiber-optic sights that form three dots (one red, two green). The 6-inch model comes with Old West-style sights with a blade up front and a groove cut along the top strap. The finely machined barrels are micro-threaded for optimal barrel/cylinder gap. With a flick of your thumb, a red dot is exposed to indicate the gun is ready to fire. Located on the left side opposite of the loading gate, the safety has to be flipped down to lower the bar blocking the hammer. It’s a sensory pleasure a semiautomatic can never achieve.Īlong with being produced by the latest state-of-the art manufacturing processes, the only modern addition to the design is the addition of a hammer block safety. There’s something soothing in cocking back the hammer for each shot and feeling the clicks of the cylinder rotating to a fresh round. Like their older kin, both are single action only. While scaled-down versions of their Old West brethren, they still have that legendary feel, with all-metal construction and smooth cocobolo wooden grips.
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These revolvers are part of Heritage’s Rough Rider series and sell for less than $200. The 16-inch barrel makes offhand shooting a bit challenging, so put a little support under the revolver and its accuracy potential becomes apparent. While history is foggy on whether or not there ever was a gun made with a barrel this long (rumor has it both Wyatt Earp and Buffalo Bill may have had one), I nonetheless would do my best to relive shooting history. Back in the day, some single actions did come with a buttstock that attached to the grip to enhance accuracy. When I first opened the box of the 16-incher, I wondered where the stock went, for it could really pass as a carbine. Yep, that’s not a misprint - a 16-inch barrel. It resembles a Colt Buntline with a 16-inch barrel. Replicas of Single Action Armies, one of the revolvers could be classified as a “standard” Old West cowboy gun with a 6.5-inch barrel. That’s why I had to smile when I was handed this assignment to test a couple of Heritage Manufacturing’s. No matter how many polymer pistols I handle or ARs I shoulder, I’m still a cowboy at heart. Being raised on old western movies, I resemble that remark, as do many Americans. Each time I watch “The Hunt for Red October,” I have to laugh at the scene where the Soviet submarine commander refers to the American skipper as a “cowboy” for wearing a sidearm.
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