The Making of Heritage Revolvers 

America needs more gun manufactures also ammo makers, well done Taurus!

I am almost 79 years old and recently bought my first revolver. I was going buy several years ago but one of my renters talked be into semi autos. My first revolver, a Heritage Rough Rider with a 4.75" barrel and I love it. The grips came pre-scuffed, so now I wish I would have bought the other one the gun shop had with the wooden grips, I can always re-do wooden grips. I bought my Heritage on sale in Columbus,Ohio and got a GREAT deal on it, so great that I've already ordered the /22WMR cylinder. I am making a switch from all semi autos to all revolvers and my Heritage is just the first. I am also planning on a Taurus 856 to replace my Ruger lc9s and maybe a Taurus 942 after that. The Heritage is replacing my S&W .22 compact. You may ask why am I changing from semi autos to all revlovers, ARTHIRITIS AND GOUT in my hands which made it nearly impossible to load a magazine. I have no trouble loading a revolver. I would LOVE to see Heritage come out with a 38 Special single action revolver that looks just like the .22 Rough Rider. I don't think you would have to go any larger than a 38 Special. Taurus already has plenty of options when it comes to larger calibers clear to the Judge. If Heritage would come out with a 38 Special Rough Rider Taurus already has 38 Special cylinders and barrels, so it would be a very easy thing to do, I know I would want one.

Heritage needs to make a break action revolver like to Schofield revolver

Rough Rider and Barkeep owner here. Love them - from the quality, to the customizations, the authenticity, performance, and really important to me, is the friendliness of the platform for new shooters, along with seasoned shooters. Don't mean to sound cornball, but this is really how I feel. I've got grandkids and I like these more than my other guns for their intro to shooting.

The first modification I did to mine was remove that safety. Not needed with a half cock function. The second mod was to fix a nub on the hammer, preventing a solid striking surface and causing impact marks on the receiver. And the third mod was to increase tension on the hammer spring to fix light primer strikes. For $150, I'm not complaining too much, but for a gun that misfired 2/3 shots and a $60 shipping fee, it simply was not worth sending back to the company and the mods were easy enough to do with a dremel, a shim and a screwdriver.

I had no idea they were owned by Taurus. Gives me a bit more confidence actually!

The customization of these guns with interchangeable cylinders, grips, and even bird's head grip frames, is pretty dang cool! Really love my Barkeep. Looking forward to seeing the line expanded with more larger caliber options.

I got one several years ago and it's awesome. There's literally tons of handle options too. I was hesitant to get one at first but it was such a good deal that I took a chance and it worked out.

I have the Heritage Rough Rider in "6.5 and "4.75 and they're both amazing. I bought the "6.5 first, fired 3 shots and the cylinder cracked. Heritage had it resolved within the week. I then bought a 22 mag cylinder and a "4.75 and they both run perfectly. I'm so happy with Rough Rider and now I'm even more impressed with Heritage knowing they have Taurus behind the name.

I have 2 with long rifle and magnum cylinders. I've put hundreds of founds through them with No issues at all. No way can you find a better revolver for the price . Love them.

I have the Heritage revolver 22lr - 22mag, also have the TAURUS JUDGE 45lc/410 revolver, and the Rossi single shot 22lr rifle/ 410 combo . Love shooting all three firearms, all three are well made, and very easy to shoot, very accurate . Will be buying more firearms from all three brands very satisfied with the quality.

Bought my dad a Rough Rider years ago, yesterday I bought myself the Settler 20" absolutely wonderful rifle.

Great value, great pistol! I wasn’t excited about having a safety on a revolver but it turns out to be very functional & easy to disengage.

The Taurus tx22 is a home run in my book! Hands down the best rimfire pistol i have owned or shot.

Keep up the great work and god bless y’all

I had to do some "precision machining" on mine pretty much right out of the box. The frame was milled so poorly it had a sharp edge around the center the long way. It had massive hang-up problems, couldn't cock it without considerable force, especially after warming it up a bit. But after the adjustment I can truthfully say I love it, runs fine, really fun to shoot.

Own a Taurus mod 66, blued 6" target 357... Amazingly accurate at 40yds. Also a Rossi mod m971 357, 4"bbl. Circa 1990. And have had many Rough Riders. All great guns.

These are some of the best revolver's out there you can put a 1000 rounds through them and they just keep on shooting and there made in the usa

I'd love to have one all chrome with pearl handles. I just bought a bar keep and I like it

I have 2-Rough Riders. Never an issue in 2 years and thousands of rounds!! Glad I bought them!!

I have a heritage that is 4+ years old and has well over 6,000 rounds of LR as well as 1,500 rounds of magnum through it and it is as tight and shoots as good as it was brand new.

I've been a big fan of Taurus for many years. It's great to know that they own Heritage. 'Murca !!

I love my heritage! It’s a fun little gun to shoot and you can customize it any way you’d like.

Do they still make the heritage big bore

I bought mine on a Monday withrough a 3 day waiting period. Sent the info in for my free 22 magnum cylinder and they got it to me same day I picked up my revolver ! Never had faster service !

I have 2 of these gems. One is a plain ol Rough Rider 22/22mag and the other is the Rough Rider tactical w/a holo sight. I had a kydex holster made for the gun. The holster has a slot on top to allow the rail and sight. I made it a sling holster for hunting.

I love my heritage 22 it shoots accurate I like the safety it's a great gun.. I own a Colt 1870 3:00 a.m. I own a Kimber Grand raptor 2.. And I'm telling you this little gun is a great gun for the money.. The trigger on my heritage is a great trigger I was amazed and surprised how good of a gun this little gun is and how much I enjoy it... I'll probably buy a couple more of them with different barrel lengths

It’s a very low cost gun. But still a good quality gun. I have two of them myself. And the Ruger wrangler.

All the new guns your coming up with are great, but when will they start showing up on the shelf. Been looking for a 942-22mag for over a year

Rough Riders are great revolvers, but, the plastic on the ejector rod needs to be replaced with metal.

I purchased a Barkeep and love it. The 6" rough rider had to be replaced and the replacement misfires as well. Basically, 2/3 don't work as they should

I would like to see them made in larger calibers, especially 357 mag, 45 ACP and 44 mag.

great video love the heritage

Put 100 through my new RR bought 24hr ago. Slick video, here is some real world data: 1. Cylinder constantly locks, either lr or wmr. It seems the slight deformation of a spent round will catch in the cynlinder frame. Also some misfires with no strike mark at all- can be reloaded and fired. Cylinders spin new rounds fine but fired casings cant spin through the frame. I mean its called a 'revolver', should any of this really be a problem? 2. Also the ejector assembly fell off the gun mid session, kind of sad , hilarious (found the screw in my casings). 3. Lots of blow back of metal shards or something, makes me nervous using it. Any solutions? Was thinking of a new 9mm you make with optics but this makes me wonder what you are doing over there.

Great video. Informative with visual backing.

I wish they still made the steel frame guns rough riders. I guess those were discontinued. I had one with and alloy frame from around 2000 and it was a great gun. Unfortunately I lent it out to my younger daughter and she 'lost' it supposedly.

Yeah, I just tried calling their numbers. Recordings for all of them. That was during regular hours. I just wanted to tell them that they have a 6 shot magnum cylinder pictured with their 9 shot revolver. Lol Details, baby! That's what sets a manufacturer apart from the competition.

I think you are doing a wonderful job. I,personally, have a G2C, in 9mm, and a Heritage Bar Keep on the way. My only regret is that the TX22 is not available in my area or none around my, and if you do happen to see one, they are asking prices that only wealthy folks can afford.

Firearm manufactures should spread throu out the country like new mexico, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Nevada places like that would be great and could make delivery of product fast for the ffl deals

Great little gun. And a fun little gun to shoot also.

Great guns.

Awesome TY for sharing

I have one of the first heritage rough riders before Taurus bought them, bought it like 15 years ago at least

The fact that they use Milwaukee tools to make these really does it for me 👏

Love em!

Gotta love these dependable, affordable, customizable American made guns. ❤️ 👍

My wife has been looking for one of these for a while.

I enjoy my Heritage Rough Rider , , it's fun to shoot , wish I could find more 22 WMR rounds . And I'm considering getting a new EDC gun and thinking about getting either a G2C or G3C I have shot the G2C and it's sweet and it's a good price

Taurus has really been setting the bar the last few years. 👍🏻🇺🇸

I've been a happy Taurus customer for over thirty years. I have a G2c 8 shot semi auto that helps me protect my life and home everyday. Great concealed carry firearm. Good to see the Heritage brand in such great hands. I look forward to getting a Heritage with both cylinders very soon. Keep up the great work,people.

I own a Rossi lever action rifle in .357/.38. Excellent rifle and if I do my part, accurate rifle. Now I want a Rossi .22 lever action rifle. I own two Heritage revolvers in 3 1/2 and 6 1/2 inch barrels.

I am a big fan of Taurus Firearms! I own a half a dozen. Living in Northern California however restricts my Taurus choices. I would like to purchase a Taurus Spectrum 380 Auto but it is not on the CA DOJ habdgun approved list.

I knew Taurus owned Rossi but I didn’t know they owned Heritage too. Little 9 shot revolver capable of running .22mag with a cylinder swap is arguably a formidable little handgun too.

I love these revolvers !! I got the rancher the 16" revolver ,6.5" 4.75"and the bar keep. And i love the safety on them ! My bar keep needs looked at it miss fires alot and something else. Does anyone else have this trouble ?

This IS NOT a video about how the Heritage revolver is made. No. This is a Taurus commercial.

Great job Salem Lakes!!! Very cool!!! Tc from Nevada

So awesome love it my brothers and sisters thank you very much so awesome

The Heritages are good shooters for the price range Lots of fun to shoot. The manual safety isn't a real big deal. But, I would like to see them replace it with a transfer bar, similar to Ruger's. Even the little RIA .38 revolvers have the transfer bar.

Did they stop making the .45 long colt? I have 2 of them.

Heritage, / Taurus, please make some 22wmr 9 shot cylinders please.

The thing about these silly little guns is they are like a Doritos. Next thing you know you have a couple of them

I want a nice heavy bulky handgun, it proves that it is solid and durable and Also absorbs recoil

Very best revolver? I don't know about that, but for the price it is a great little plinker! I love mine but from the fit and finish to the materials used you can tell why it's a quarter of the price of the competition.

I have asked this question for years but never received an answer. How is the slot to hold hand which turns the cylinder by the action of the hammer cut? The frame prevents a milling machine getting in from the top so the only access appears to be from the bottom. The slot is curved at the top to push the hand against the cylinder ratchet. Does anyone know?

How are the barrels on the heritage attached to the to the frame? Threaded, pressed and pined?

Own 2...a 6 shot and a 9 shot...only gripe i have is the 9 shot doesnt line up with the ejector rod when indexed around...you have to turn it just a little more after it clicks...im thinking its the hand spring...if it was a little flatter,it would give more cylinder play and line up then.however ive seen some on you tube videos that did line up...but most dont....can you tell me why?..thanks.

Love my RR 22mag. It's even my EDC. Tough no nonsense platform. I treat mine like crap and it's never complained or failed. Always shot true. Btw if your sights are off, don't bend them. Your barrel just isn't seated all the way.

“We use MIM and stamped components to make the very best revolver” What a contradiction 😂

Hey ! If it’s easy for you to write what is the diameter of the drum 22 lr and the curd of the revolver and what is the length of the drum ?! thanks for the answer!

I love the Heritage Company i just wish they could spread out and make a few more rifles and maybe a few different types of pistols

I have been looking for a 942 for over a year. Are you still making them?

what kind of metal is the frame made from?

On the heritage 6/1-2 and the g2c looking at the big bore heritage 357

Retired Machinist, what is non- precision cnc machining?

I'd be careful buying a new one. According to their Facebook page, people have been getting a bunch of lemons here lately and having trouble with customer service. I bought a used one last year. Had to replace the cylinder hand spring on it after shooting around 1000 rounds. Not sure how many were put through it before I bought it. Pretty fun gun. However, if I was going to buy a new .22 SA revolver, I would probably go with the Ruger Wrangler.

I just bought one last month and the fit and finish suck. I had to sand the rough finish left on the grips and the blueing on the frame is scratched right down to the silver metal underneath almost like it's painted on.

I like how they say nothing needed to be changed on the gun. The shell extractor is cheap plastic and could be cnced out of aluminum. The locking bar is mighty cheap and could be made as a full bar instead of two tabs of 1/8 in steal. If we had this solid bar design it would open up race gun mods, which they could make and market themselves

thank you .

Got to buy another one now , my wife decided she liked it so much she claimed it

Heritage needs to fix the lose screws in their heritage rough riders including the Rancher.

Please ring back the old, original style Taurus 94 revolver.

My dream…all steel, full size (1873 size), no safety Rough Rider at Wrangler price point. You would sell all you could make!

Watch out, Ruger!!

Good little revolver. Very accurate up to 30 yards for new shooters. Experienced shooters can get decent accuracy beyond that. It fires reliably. Only complaint I have is the bluing wears off the body fast and the aluminum body is very susceptible to scratching and marking. Otherwise, great piece.

Interesting that it took them soo long to “listen to their customers”. For a while there the QC was really taking a hit. Would like to see them soup up the PT 92, in competition style model.

“It’s a very well built revolver” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I bought a Barkeep model about 7 weeks ago. The problems with it have progressively gorwn worse. Flat out jam ups. Was working better with the mangum cylinder I purchased extra BUT now the hammer isn't clicking in consistently including one time the pistol actually fired the next round. This is a slow and deliberate gun. I shouldn't have to try 3 times to get the hammer to work. Calling Heritage on Jun 21st, 2021 and get an RMA to send it back. Hopefully, they will decide to just quickly replace the entire pistol instead of just trying to 'fix it".

Best 22 revolver ever made accurate and reliable

The thing I gotta say about the spectrum from Taurus...extremely unreliable yet I still love it. Very weird

Why are they going up so much in price recently though?

I got my own 22 revolver heritage.its perfect to practice my shooting and cheaper.😁

Anyone know name of music playing in background at beginning of vid (especially around 01:30 +/-)

Why doesn't Heritage make the Rough Rider frames of steel?

Heritagemfg make stainless steel 22s agian also consider a small derrenger

Awesome

Explain to me why a single action revolver needs a safety. Sounds like Alec Baldwin saying that he didn’t pull the trigger.

I have it. I like it 👌

I love heritage revolvers, but I can definitely say their quality seems to have gone down over the years, I got a 6inch rough rider back in 2012 made in Miami FL, and it was amazing, great quality, then I got a 16inch rough rider, made in Bainbridge GA in 2019 and the build quality was definitely lower and the action was nowhere near as smooth

i want to see 45 long colt single actions from them

Terrible quality control. I ordered the Rough Rider 22 long rifle with a 6.5 inch barrel. I went to the local gun store yesterday to pick it up and upon inspection I found the head of the screw that holds the slide ejector to the barrel was completely damaged as if someone had over tightened, or cross threaded the screw and kept forcing it into the barrel. The sales associate brought out another Heritage Rough Rider and upon inspection I found that when trying to decock the revolver to avoid dry firing, the hammer would stick and I had to manually push it back down toward the firing pin. The salesman agreed that these were both quality control issues and they would be sent back to the manufacturer.