Heritage Manufacturing introduces 9 chamber cylinders by AnthonyT

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Heritage Manufacturing introduces 9 chamber cylinders

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 7:00 AM

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Hello,

This probably sounds like an advertisement. I promise I don't work for the company. I'm just an owner of some of their models.

Heritage Manufacturing (builders of some of the least expensive and most innovative single-action revolvers in the U.S.) have recently introduced 9 shot cylinders to their lineup. I have placed an inquiry as to whether these can be retrofit to existing models. I'll let you all know when/if I hear back.

The Heritage was the first handgun I ever bought, 100 dollars brand new at the time. Now they hover in the 250-350 dollar range depending on options.

--Anthony

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 7:16 AM

ANTHONYT

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Hello,

Sadly, the 9 shot cylinder is not just a drop-in. I guess I would have known this if I better understood the revolver mechanism.

So if you want the 9 shot, you have to get the whole gun. Well, they're not very expensive. Might be worth it...

--Anthony

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“If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all”

Jacob Hornberger

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.”

Mahatma Gandhi

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:51 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

But my 9mm semi-auto holds 30...

But yeah, a 9-shot revolver sounds pretty kewl. How do you like the Heritage, quality-wise? I've shied away from them if anything because they're TOO cheap, it seems, and I worry that they won't hold up. But then I look at a Ruger Blackhawk and have a hard time laying out $475 or so...

Not that I'm likely to be buying anything anytime soon.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 4:10 PM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up

Is this a .22? Harrington & Richardson made 9 shot double action .22s for quite a while, although they're out of the handgun business now. I have a J.C. Higgins (Sears) branded 9 shot .22 made by H&R that I inherited from my father-in-law. This thing has gotta be 50 years old.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 4:16 PM

ANTHONYT

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Hello,

I have two guns from Heritage, although the first is in my father's custody, as I didn't bring it with me when I moved.

The first was a combo .22 with a 9 inch barrel. It has never needed repair or maintenance, and continues to be accurate and reliable some 15 years after I bought it.

The second is only about 10 years old, but it has likewise proved reliable and accurate. (3.5 inch barrel, bird's head grip. I actually use this as my late night 'what are the dogs barking at' gun when I don't feel like hefting the shotgun.)

These guns have the interchangeable cylinder that allows either .22 LR or .22 magnum to be used.

I probably never would have bought the first one except it was the only gun I could afford at the time. Now I'm a believer.

Their coolest feature is the thumb-actuated hammer-block safety. It's the only revolver I've ever handled that had one.

--Anthony

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“If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all”

Jacob Hornberger

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.”

Mahatma Gandhi

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 6:01 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Hmm, guy I used to know had a Webley that had like, I forget if it was seven or eight shots, in .38 of some sort, dunno if it was custom ammo or not.

He used to call it "Lucky Seven" though, I remember that - bet it woulda really put off someone counting your shots in a gunfight way back when though, heh.

-F

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