Wrangler Vers. Heritage

[GunnyUSMC]

Lol, What a bunch of BS, I Now you are comparing the Heritage to the Henry 22 cal? Comparing a Henry to a High Point? Seems to be no end to your smugness. And that is exactly what you are doing. No, you take YOUR advice and start a thread with Bench rest shooting the Wrangler. And again what a hypocrite. It seems you only want your opinion and then you go and slam others with the "Some Folks" etc crap. You really need to take a good look in the Mirror.
And I am not offended about anything said from you about the Heritage, what offends is your smug, arrogance.
And if you want to start a campaign against the Henry 22 then start a bash campaign on a new thread. I personally will not post on it. And Yes I do own a Henry and love it, and go yourself if you do not like it. I will let others defend against you on that one.

There you go again not taking the time to understand what you read. I never said anything negative about the Henry 22 rifles. I just pointed out the their are those that will defend them like they are on the payroll.
Henry makes a great 22 rifle.
You say that you are not upset, but you are the one calling names. Show me where I have been smug and arrogant.
I have always thought pretty highly of your post and opinions on the forum, but since the Wrangler topics have come up, my opinion has gone down.
I post on gun forums because I like guns and enjoy talking about them. I don’t post just to get into petty squabbles over trivial stuff.

 

[Jeb Stuart]

Yep, got a little upset with your sarcasm comment. And again, maybe you did not read into what I was saying. But enough of this nonsense. I will move on. If you have anything further to say to me, then you can email me. But not good for the Forum.

 

[Keith G]

You got it right.
I have a High Standard Durango western style 9 shot revolver that shoots 40gr ammo better the the 36gr ammo on the average. I know this because I spent about 30 minutes shooting different ammo through it from a bench.

To get back to civil chat on the appreciation of firearms, that is a nice revolver. I have a High Standard Double Nine that was passed down from my dad. It’s the W106 model steel frame that came with a magnum cylinder as well. That cylinder has never had a round through it. Great shooting, fun little revolver.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

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To get back to civil chat on the appreciation of firearms, that is a nice revolver. I have a High Standard Double Nine that was passed down from my dad. It’s the W106 model steel frame that came with a magnum cylinder as well. That cylinder has never had a round through it. Great shooting, fun little revolver.

Your Double Nine looks much better then my Durango model W-105. I got mine from a pawn shop about three or four years ago for around $69. They gave me such a good price because they said someone had painted it.
Mine has an aluminum frame and zinc grip frame.

 

[CraigC]

I'm not "bashing". Why would I bash Henry and still buy three of them? I'm just realistic about how they are made and don't have to believe they're "just as good" as my Winchester 94/22's to appreciate and enjoy them. In fact, my 24" Frontier is becoming one of my favorite rifles.

 

[ThomasT]

A Henry 357 single shot rifle is at the top of my next gun to buy list. I like all the Henry's I have handled and looked at. Are they Winchesters? Nope but they don't cost like Winchesters either.. If I had the scratch after I bought the 357 single shot a Henry 22 mag lever action would be next.

 

[SwampWolf]

I have a High Standard Durango western style 9 shot revolver that shoots 40gr ammo better the the 36gr ammo on the average. I know this because I spent about 30 minutes shooting different ammo through it from a bench.

And that's just about the only way to tell and know the differences between the accuracy "potential" a particular firearm inherently has (or not) when coupled with ammunition best suited for it. Another gun shooting the same ammunition types and choices will possibly, if not likely, reveal a different propensity for accuracy using different ammunition. The only way to know is to try shooting different ammunition in a supported gun.
And, to "some folks"-oops, I mean some peoples' apparent surprise, you can have just as much fun or more shooting at "Mr. Tin Can" with a handgun you know its accuracy potential with, as with one you don't. It's like having your cake and eating it too.

 

[OneFreeTexan]

A friend has several,,, well, I guess ten 22 revolvers,,,,, none newer than 20 yrs old. Hi standard, Sentinel, and not sure of the others.... he’s not the least bit interested in either Heritage or Wrangler.....Why should he be?

 

[Speedo66]

Do you remember what site you saw that on? I am curious as to weather or not the charge holes lined up with the barrel? I did read the Wrangler cylinder was .020 smaller than the single six. Thats only .010 per side. But the holes in the cylinder really need to line up with the barrel.

It was on the castboolits site, it's post # 70 on this link:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?380506-New-Ruger-Revolvers-Introduced/page4

I wonder if anyone here has tried a Single Six .22 mag cylinder in their Wrangler yet?

 

[SwampWolf]

I wonder if anyone here has tried a Single Six .22 mag cylinder in their Wrangler yet?

I wouldn't advise trying to, any more than you would with a conventional Single Six revolver not having a Magnum capability.

 

[MedWheeler]

ONeFreeTexan writes:

A friend has several,,, well, I guess ten 22 revolvers,,,,, none newer than 20 yrs old. Hi standard, Sentinel, and not sure of the others.... he’s not the least bit interested in either Heritage or Wrangler.....Why should he be?

Uh, because he already has (you guess) ten .22 revolvers?

I don't get the question.

 

[ThomasT]

I wouldn't advise trying to, any more than you would with a conventional Single Six revolver not having a Magnum capability.

What? Are you saying don't use a magnum cylinder in a standard single six that didn't come with one? You know you can send them to Ruger and have a mag cylinder fitted don't you? And you can buy both cylinders after market if you want.

 

[bannockburn]

Ratshooter

And you can buy both cylinders after market if you want.

That;s what I did with my Single Six. Found a guy at a gun show who was a Ruger collector and also a gunsmith. He had a factory .22 Magnum cylinder on his table that would fit in my gun with just a little bit of work. He didn't charge me anything extra for fitting it.

Bought the grips that are currently on the gun from the same guy at another show!

 

[Kp321]

I am waiting to see a Wrangler in person, mostly to see the internal lockworks. The weakest piece on the Heritage is the hand spring which is a copy of the original Colt design. It is a weak point on Colts too. Ruger uses a coil spring setup on their other single actions, hopefully this carried over to the Wrangler too.

 

[CraigC]

Buying a second hand .22Mag cylinder for a Single Six is no different from what Ruger will do. Try and try again until you find one that fits. Ruger doesn't do too much "fitting".

 

[SwampWolf]

What? Are you saying don't use a magnum cylinder in a standard single six that didn't come with one? You know you can send them to Ruger and have a mag cylinder fitted don't you? And you can buy both cylinders after market if you want

You can do all those things; I'm only advising that you can't just stick a .22 Magnum cylinder from a Single Six or a Super Single Six revolver at random into a Wrangler and expect it to fit without adjustment or trial and error experimentation.

 

[ThomasT]

I wouldn't advise trying to, any more than you would with a conventional Single Six revolver not having a Magnum capability.

You said a "single six revolver not having a magnum capability". Were there single sixes made that can't handle a 22 magnum round? I have never heard of one. i know the originals just came with 22lr cylinders because the 22 mag round hadn't made it to the market yet but I believe you could have them retro fitted if you wanted. And the 22 mag cylinder was added pretty quick as soon as ammo was available.

And yes about any cylinder will need a little fitting. Maybe. But I have read many times where someone bought a cylinder that dropped right in and it worked with no fitting needed. And Heritage will sell you a cylinder if you want one and no sending the gun back as far as I know. IIRC NAA will sell you an extra cylinder and no need to send the gun back. So drop in cylinders work. Will one work with a Wrangler? Who knows. But someone here will try it and report back.