I' m picking up my Ruger on Monday.
I don' t know how that Heritage Rough Rider got into such bad condition. My assumption is that it showed up in bad condition and the few rounds I put through it just made the flaws show up. I honestly don' t think I put more than 300 rounds of 22 lr through it and I know it never spit out more than 50 rounds of the 22 mag ammo. That is clearly not enough shooting to do damage to a decent gun. Heritage admitted that they had problems with their early models...which mine was. Even though $95 isn' t hat much to have it repaired, I' m reluctant to believe that it would stay in working condition.
My Ruger will prpbably help me in decide to turn the Rough Rider into an additional bench " hammer" .