Diamondback’s New “Sidekick” Nine-Shooter Combines Old School Looks with New School Features… For Only $320 MSRP!

Sanders · 05-30-2022, 10:26 AM

This is an interesting .22 - looks like a single action, but is a double action with swing out cylinder.

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There is no more iconic revolver than Colt’s Single Action Army. With its plow handle grip, extended trigger spur, and prominent ejector rod, Colt’s famous gun is probably the most recognizable wheel gun in the world.

Diamondback Firearms took that classic profile and modernized it. The Florida-based company’s recently released Sidekick looks like a Colt, but its features and functionality take cues from more modern roots.

The double-action revolver comes with interchangeable nine-shot cylinders in .22 LR and .22 Mag. that swing out for easier loading than Colt’s one-at-a-time gate system. The Zinc frame, Cerakote finish, and nylon grips also depart from Colt’s original design, but each of these features keeps the MSRP down to a very reasonable $320.

While revolver snobs pucker at Diamondback’s new Frankenstein wheel gun, the rest of us will be enjoying quality range time at a price that won’t break the bank.

https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/d...only-320-msrp/

GBob01 · 05-30-2022, 03:34 PM

Zinc frame, cerarkote finish, cheap grips, fake ejector....interesting, but I think I'll skip it for now at that price. Drop it to below $200 and I'll check it out

aviator · 05-30-2022, 03:48 PM

I had their pocket 9mm that someone who worked for my son said was a piece of crap, after I replaced the barrel and mags that thing was sweet and accurate, gave it to my BIL when the BLM riots started.

RetVet · 05-30-2022, 04:03 PM

Well, at least they didn't stick an ugly safety lever on it like the Heritage 22s.

Sanders · 06-09-2022, 08:15 AM

It's been nagging at the edge of my subconscious as to why this gun looked familiar to me, and I thought I had seen this design before.

Then it dawned on me that I had a cap gun when I was a kid that had a swing out cylinder and it took a plastic ring of caps. This looks just like that one did. It appears to be made of the same pot metal, too.

JD Miller · 06-09-2022, 08:52 AM

Guns are Bad

tx_oil · 06-14-2022, 10:28 PM

I'll stick with my Ruger Single-Six. Forged stainless and stag grips-my kinda single action .22!

ColonelKorn · 06-15-2022, 07:08 PM

Looks like the J.C.Higgins my dad bought in El Paso back in the early 50's

dinkydow · 07-04-2022, 03:30 PM

I must be a revolver snob. I prefer blued steel to painted pot metal. When it comes to .22LR pistols...I pretty much lean towards the Ruler MkIII. I have one of their bull barrel target models. I sold off my S&W model 41 during a time of need. I REALLY liked that S&W.

Rick-a-Roo · 07-22-2022, 06:09 PM

https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/d...only-320-msrp/

That's the ugliest revolver I've ever seen...either double or single action.

dinkydow · 08-29-2022, 03:01 AM

THAT would never be a popgun that gave me an erection. Cheap funkyjunk.

aviator · 08-29-2022, 08:50 AM

Ah heck it looks like something a kid could learn with, not pretty but it works.

Sanders · 08-29-2022, 10:06 PM

If it were priced around $200, I might consider giving it a go, but I wouldn't drop 3 bills on it.

dinkydow · 10-07-2022, 07:55 PM

Yep. Too high of a price for a "Saturday Night Special," or a kids intro pistol. If...THAT... is all your budget might afford. Then, any gun is better than none. No?

For me...nope.

05-30-2022, 03:34 PM	#2
GBob01 Coonass Crusader Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: backwoods of south Louisiana Posts: 4,501	Zinc frame, cerarkote finish, cheap grips, fake ejector....interesting, but I think I'll skip it for now at that price. Drop it to below $200 and I'll check it out __________________ I do not believe that the Democrats are single-handedly destroying this country. I know that they, like the Republicans, are using both hands! *III DEO VINDICE*

05-30-2022, 03:48 PM	#3
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,558	I had their pocket 9mm that someone who worked for my son said was a piece of crap, after I replaced the barrel and mags that thing was sweet and accurate, gave it to my BIL when the BLM riots started. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

05-30-2022, 04:03 PM	#4
RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,702	Well, at least they didn't stick an ugly safety lever on it like the Heritage 22s. __________________ ^^^ For entertainment purposes. Use only as directed. ^^^ III

06-09-2022, 08:52 AM	#6
JD Miller Fake Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: PNW Posts: 39,219	Guns are Bad __________________ .......

06-15-2022, 07:08 PM	#8
ColonelKorn High Priest of Honkydom Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Cheetahstan Posts: 9,555	Looks like the J.C.Higgins my dad bought in El Paso back in the early 50's __________________ I am an enraged asswipe

06-09-2022, 08:15 AM	#5
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,557	It's been nagging at the edge of my subconscious as to why this gun looked familiar to me, and I thought I had seen this design before. Then it dawned on me that I had a cap gun when I was a kid that had a swing out cylinder and it took a plastic ring of caps. This looks just like that one did. It appears to be made of the same pot metal, too.

06-14-2022, 10:28 PM	#7
tx_oil Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 120	I'll stick with my Ruger Single-Six. Forged stainless and stag grips-my kinda single action .22!

07-04-2022, 03:30 PM	#9
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,514	I must be a revolver snob. I prefer blued steel to painted pot metal. When it comes to .22LR pistols...I pretty much lean towards the Ruler MkIII. I have one of their bull barrel target models. I sold off my S&W model 41 during a time of need. I REALLY liked that S&W. __________________ Our forefathers would have already been shooting...by now. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed,strength, surprise and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy...any fighting technique is useless unless you totally commit to violence of action." Burning huts in commy vills worldwide since 1968

07-22-2022, 06:09 PM	#10
Rick-a-Roo Gaw' Blimey Limey Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Round behind the sleazy bars of Telephone Road Posts: 25,898	https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/d...only-320-msrp/ That's the ugliest revolver I've ever seen...either double or single action. __________________ zulu6 out

08-29-2022, 03:01 AM	#11
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,514	THAT would never be a popgun that gave me an erection. Cheap funkyjunk.

08-29-2022, 08:50 AM	#12
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,558	Ah heck it looks like something a kid could learn with, not pretty but it works.

08-29-2022, 10:06 PM	#13
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,557	If it were priced around $200, I might consider giving it a go, but I wouldn't drop 3 bills on it.

10-07-2022, 07:55 PM	#14
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,514	Yep. Too high of a price for a "Saturday Night Special," or a kids intro pistol. If...THAT... is all your budget might afford. Then, any gun is better than none. No? For me...nope.