If there’s one particular rimfire handgun that has taken off in the past two years, it’s the single-action revolver. They’re fun, reasonably priced, easy to shoot, and give the shooter a sense of nostalgia.
One company that really dominates this market segment is Heritage Manufacturing. They took 2021 21 by storm with their Barkeep line of short-bar-reled rimfire revolvers chambered in 22LR and 22 WMR, but in January of 2022 they released a radically different model called the Tactical Cowboy. It has simulated carbon-fiber grips, a matte black finish, a fiber-optic front sight, a Picatinny rail for mounting optics, and a 6.5-inch threaded barrel. Wait, what?
You read that right — Heritage’s Tactical Cowboy features a threaded barrel (½x28) so the shooter can mount a compensator or suppressor. We tried a
