As with the Barkeep, the Barkeep Boot does not include an integrated ejector rod. Half-cock the hammer, pull the cylinder rod, open the load gate, and remove the cylinder for cleaning. Since the Barkeep Boot utilizes the proven Rough Rider frame, all operation is the same for those familiar with the latter model. Not bad considering the 1-inch barrel length and a sight radius of zero. Moving up to 15 feet, our group tightened to 1-1/2 inches. We started out shooting the Barkeep Boot at 30 feet, which delivered a 6-shot group measuring 3-1/8 inches. Just nestle the target in the sight groove and pull the trigger.

As a result, don’t expect much accuracy beyond 15 feet or so. The rattlesnake design not only looks cool and fits the revolver’s Old West theme, it also provides a bit of texturing for an improved grip.ĭue to the stubby barrel length and short-engagement-distance nature of the revolver, the Barkeep Boot’s sight is a machined groove running along the top strap. The engraved grip is the one that won us over. The smooth, ergonomic contours provide a comfortable fit and easily balance the front half of the gun when shooting single-handed. The laminated wood bird’s head grips are simply a pleasure to hold. The grip options include custom black wood, gray pearl, and engraved wood. 22LR chambered cylinder, manual safety, and a top strap groove sight. Everything else is standard across the line: 1-inch barrel.

Three models of the Barkeep Boot are currently offered the only difference between them being the grip. Due to its small size, the gun comes with a bird’s head backstrap instead of the traditional plow handle version. Like the original Barkeep, the Barkeep Boot is built on the small-bore Rough Rider single-action revolver frame and is chambered for.

You wouldn’t want to carry it in your boot, but as an easy-toting pistol well-suited for dispatching close quarter varmints or even keeping two-legged varmints at bay, the Barkeep Boot has grit. OK….while this is not exactly a “boot gun” like those teensy Deringer-style pistols the card sharps drew out of their boots in the old Western flicks, the spirit is there. By slicing off yet another inch of barrel length and exchanging the conventional plow grip for the bird’s head variety, they came up with the Barkeep’s offspring-the Barkeep Boot. The Barkeep is, essentially, a standard Rough Rider with a bobbed barrel-sort of a modern take on the old Colt “Shopkeeper” but with a 2-inch barrel.įor 2022, Heritage decided to take the diminutive approach one step farther. In yet another spin on the Old West classical single-action revolver, Heritage Manufacturing goes “mini”Ībout this time last year, the folks at Heritage Manufacturing, makers of the popular Rough Rider series of single-action revolvers styled after the original 1873 SAA handguns that “won The West,” introduced a novel little variant called the Barkeep.

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