RE: Heritage Arms Rough rider is awesome!
What a joke.
My boys each have one of the little 22s. They are not bad little guns for what you pay. But, shoot them a couple hundred times, you start getting endshake and other wear problems.
I also have three stainless 357 vaqueros. Each has probably been shot an excess of 30,000 rounds. I shoot cowboy action and I shoot allot. These have been my match guns for seven years and I shoot between 1500 and 3000 rounds a month between practice and matches, this does not include dry fire practice. The only malfunctions, including endshake, I have ever had include one broken firing pin and one broken transfer bar.
Comparing an alloy framed, cheaply put together 22 to an investment cast, high quality steel Ruger is about like comparing a CVA to an Thompson Center Encore!!! Oh, we've been there before too haven't we.
Anyway. For a little plinking gun to play around with, they are fine. When new, they'll shoot accurately and be tight. But, if you want a revolver that will last your your life and the life of you kids, get a Ruger, S&W, or other high quality handgun.
Hank