Would you buy a Ruger top-break 22lr revolver

if it were priced similar to a Wrangler? Might be even more fun than a Wrangler.

Well, most top breaks work well for southpaws. If they made something like this, yes.

codebreaker said:

if it were priced similar to a Wrangler? Might be even more fun than a Wrangler.

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I don't look for that to happen. I might be wrong but IMHO, a top top-break revolver would be more expensive to manufacture than the Wrangler, Super Wrangler or even the Super Single-Six.

I would buy one in a New York minute!

.....No......I agree with 'hpman66'............

Oh hell no. Not a chance.
There's a lot of OMs and Six Series guns yet to be had.

I fall into the "no" category. hpman66 gave a short but sweet reason as to why not.

Well, I MIGHT get one,, as I think they'd be a marketing failure, and as such, would turn into a collectable item.

With the more "modern" attitude of the majority of younger gun buyers,, and semi-auto shell shuckers being THE most common design,, a step back like that is more of a niche market.

To answer the OPs question, yes I would buy one. I have an old Iver Johnson Sealed Eight and love shooting it despite the horrible trigger.

I would prefer one in centerfire calibers. Many, many moons ago, there was talk of a new top break centerfire revolver....basically and updated Webley, if you will....talked about being produced. I want to say AMT, but not sure.

I have no idea how difficult or expensive it would be to manufacture but if they could keep the price down, I think I would be a buyer. Single action 22lr revolvers were kind of a niche item too before the arrival of the Wrangler and it seems like everybody bought one of those although many probably bought because of the price.

If it looked like a "Rugerized" Schofield, then yes. But in .22 it would end up as a heavy gun. Maybe with a 10 rd cylinder…

And if it was well made, yes I'd consider one. Top breaks are old school, but they were really easy to operate. And as far as being more expensive to make? The cheapest revolvers of the late 1800's and early to mid 1900's were top break.

Sign me up for one, the H&R Sportsman single action was on of my first revolvers and remains one of my sentimental favorites. So much faster to load and unload….

I wish Ruger would also sell the single shot Revolver that WBR Sr developed BEFORE the single six….that would be so cool for teaching kids to shoot….

Top break in 22? No. Top break in 32-something center fire? A strong maybe. Am I holding my breath? Nope.

Id expect maybe Henry might try to make one well before Ruger does

I'm pretty much done buying any more guns, but if Ruger offered a .22 top-break revolver of Ruger quality and priced right I would consider it. I'd have to handle one and check out its design and build quality, of course, but I'd at least check one out. Why not? Costs nothing.

You can still find a .38 (.380/200) Webley for probably $4-500 , a lot were made for export out of GB and were re-imported a few years ago. They made lots of them and they aren't hard to get.

I hear Pine Tree castings makes the frames for NAA so the "Ranger" is a "Ruger bloodline" .22 WMR top-break and the only new one made to my knowledge besides the Uberti Schofields

If Ruger was to make an all steel model like the H&R 999/Single-Six, I would hazard to guess the prices would start at $1K to $1.2K. I also wouldn't think there could be too much polymer used to design a top break revolver(possibly the grip frame?) to reduce costs.

I have a real old .22 LR H&R and two Wesleys in .38 S&W. They are OK to shoot but I wouldn't get another one. Like a lot of ammo .38 S&W is getting hard to find and pricey.

If it was Single Six quality wise, I'd be up for one. It was was in the Wrangler family, I'd pass.