Collectors dream find

[therevjay]

Today I came home from the gun show with a prize I have searched for for yrs. A R.G. .22 short rev. IN WORKING COND!!!!!!!!!!

At first I hesitated to pay the price the saavy dealer demanded. But after thinking about how proud and happy my grandchildren will be after this masterpiece of firearms engineering passes down to them, I 'cowboyed up' and payed the $10

I'm eating off the dollar menu tonight. But someday.....Yes someday, my investment will benifit others.

 

[rburg]

A R.G. .22 short rev. IN WORKING COND!!!!!!!!!!

It is a rarity. It very well could be the only one still working. But don't test fire it, you might change it to the much more common non-working variety.

 

[fat tom]

One man's trash.......
f.t.

 

[charlie sherrill]

Years ago we went catfishing and needed some weights for the trot line. I went to the evidence locker and got a bunch of old cheap guns that had already been through court. At that time we auctioned the good ones and destroyed the crap. There were a lot of RG's on that trotline. That said, of the several dozen homicides I have been involved with in my almost 41 year career, many were accomplished with RG's. I have two such guns in my collection. One is a .38 and the other a RG14. (.22 cal.)

 

[moosedog]

Cool. That was my first CCW arrest in 1978. Got it out of a junkie's purse in front of a methadone clinic on Jefferson in Detroit while walking a beat. Her boyfriend had her hold it for him.
Those are "part time" guns. Only work part of the time.

 

[50 target]

Don't laugh. My riding buddy at the S.O. collects them. Of course his nickname is "agent orange" which may account for some & only some of his behavior. But on the other hand they are a step up from a Clerke. Remember those?

 

[moosedog]

Clerkes in 32 S&W and nickel plated were the true BarB Que guns. Especially with a nice wad of electrical tape around the grips.

 

[s&wchad]

I was at the indoor range when someone shot the barrel off their RG .22 revolver.

"Where's my front sight?"
"Where's my barrel???"

 

[mountaingun629]

I bought one of those junkers when you could still buy guns through mail order - ($12.95 new). Shot it a few times, but it literally wouldn't hit the broad side of Dad's barn!
I finally took it apart and put the pieces in the trash.

Myron

 

[Bekeart]

on the other hand they are a step up from a Clerke.

Yes, I have one waiting for a gun buy back.

Bekeart

 

[canoeguy]

I had an F.I.E. "Titan II Tiger" revolver, 2" barrel in .38 Special, imported by Excam, Hialeah Fla. Don't know the country of origin, but it was a good canoe gun for a few years. It was reliable, and reasonably accurate. Bought it from a neighbor along with all of his guns when he started seeing enemys and adversaries in his house. One night he got drunk and saw invaders in his house, using the F.I.E. revolver, he shot up all of his dining room furniture. His family thought it best he not have guns any more, so he sold me the revolver, a Smith and Wesson .12 gauge shotgun and a .22 rifle for $100.

I traded the F.I.E. revolver for an battered SKS rilfe back when they were cheap and plentiful, found it was a better canoe gun...

 

[truckemup97]

I have two RGs, and one I actually like. The RG-23 is a snubby .22lr. Supposed to be single or double action, but only fires about 75% of the time on double. Always fires on single. The good one, though, is an RG-66. Single action .22lr, 4" bbl. Accurate, fun, reliable, and cheap.

 

[gjamison]

i must be to young, what is an A R G 22 short. please post pics...

 

[mod34]

What, no pictures!! Read the rules!

 

[truckemup97]

i must be to young, what is an A R G 22 short. please post pics...

RG (Rohm Gunworks) made cheap revolvers in Germany and sent them to the US in the 50's and 60's. Most were quite unreliable. Some were offered in .22 short only. Others were made in .22 lr, .22 WMR, and .38 Special.

 

[tom turner]

Here's the RG .22 Short.

DISCLAIMER: Not mine, I got the photo off "Google Images!"

T.

PS: "Back in the day," I needed a .38 Special for protection. Being a poor college student, I got an RG from someone I knew. What a POS it was!!!

As someone said, you truly couldn't hit the side of a barn with it . . . and I'm a good shot with handguns. Ten yards out, the bullets were already keyholing!!!

I finally took it all apart and threw all the little parts away in various parts of the county . . . so no one would get hurt on it and have it blow up in their face. The frame and barrel . . . I smashed into oblivion.


PPS: John Hinckley shot Regan and Brady with an RG .22 revolver . . . I believe in .22LR. Unfortunately, that one WORKED that day.