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Post by Encore64 on Nov 9, 2024 17:22:48 GMT -5
Picked this up today. Surprisingly, it's in excellent condition and shoots to point of aim...at 10 yards.
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Post by pacecars on Nov 9, 2024 17:40:11 GMT -5
Huey, Huey, Huey! What are we going to do with you now?   |
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Post by Encore64 on Nov 9, 2024 17:45:42 GMT -5
Probably laugh Ronnie, but that's ok.
Was offered this fine example of a pathetic gun for $60. Was just too good to pass up.
If for just an example of Revolver History, it's worth helping a friend out.
It shoots to POI at 10 yards and groups 2" or under. Extraction is sticky, but that's usually an easy fix.
Besides, isn't a Cheap 22 always a "Must Have?"
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Post by bigbore5 on Nov 9, 2024 20:45:23 GMT -5
I have one of their 38's. And about a dozen other "Saturday Night Specials". No idea how I ended up accumulating them
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Post by bushog on Nov 9, 2024 21:27:12 GMT -5
Tackle box revolver…nuttin’ wrong wit it!
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Post by pacecars on Nov 9, 2024 23:24:14 GMT -5
I might know where a mint Rohm is 😜
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Post by needsmostuff on Nov 10, 2024 10:41:49 GMT -5
I was always told the RG on the grip stood for Real Gun,,,,,, In case you could not tell.
OK if truth be known I too have had a few. They is what they is and that can include functional.
The only one I totally stayaway from is the RG model 10 or 20. That one is lucky to cycle more than a day before breaking.
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Post by Encore64 on Nov 10, 2024 10:56:31 GMT -5
Certainly not something I plan on pursuing. But, I agree, quite functional crowding disposable.
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Post by AxeHandle on Nov 10, 2024 19:51:12 GMT -5
Good time to compare the pictures to the Henry Big Boy...  |
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Post by bigbore5 on Nov 10, 2024 19:59:14 GMT -5
Good time to compare the pictures to the Henry Big Boy... The RG looks much better |
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Post by tracy45 on Nov 22, 2024 14:31:54 GMT -5
I've had a few RGs. When I was a teenager I bought an RG10 for 5 bucks. It was supposedly .22 Short only, but being young and dumb I discovered that it would accept unmodified .22 Longs and even .22 LR if I filed down the bullet nose a bit. And, it was accurate enough to shoot snapping turtles and other small critters with.
Fast forward a few years, in the mid '80s a friend bought an RG14 (improved safety and .22LR chambered) and proceeded to carry it everywhere in a paper bag, along with a box of ammo. He shot it quite often, plinking and shooting snapping turtles. He liked it so much that he bought a second one to have a spare. Later, he found a used one at a gun show and got it dirt cheap because it was missing the cylinder pin. He sold it to me for what he had in it, and rather than spend money fixing it I made my own pin for it. All of those shot accurately enough for a tacklebox gun or whatever.
All these years later, I now have another RG14 because another friend had one that is unintentionally DAO because the sear notch is broken or worn so it won't stay at full cock. He gave it to me because he was worried that his son might have a mishap with it. I could fix it, but choose not to because I'm ok with it being DAO.
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Post by jeffh on Nov 22, 2024 15:25:09 GMT -5
Seems a grotesquely lovely little thing to me. MUCH prettier than the Henry.
Maybe a bit sadistic, but it's fun to out-shoot someone who refuses to let you forget that his gun cost ten times what yours did. I'd save it for just such special occasions.
Is that really TAPE holding the barrel rib on at the muzzle, or a trick of light in the photo?
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Post by Encore64 on Nov 22, 2024 15:28:45 GMT -5
No Jeff, that's just an illusion of some sort. The gun is in remarkably good condition.
It's just as it left the factory.
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Post by bigbore5 on Nov 22, 2024 16:05:58 GMT -5
I might know where a mint Rohm is 😜 Didn't know they were "mint" even when they were brand new! |
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