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

05-30-2022, 03:34 PM	#2
GBob01 Coonass Crusader Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: backwoods of south Louisiana Posts: 4,204	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: 48,033	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. __________________ *That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.*

05-30-2022, 04:03 PM	#4
RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 42,213	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 slug Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 35,669	Guns are Bad __________________ .......

06-15-2022, 07:08 PM	#8
ColonelKorn High Priest of Honkydom Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Cheetahstan Posts: 8,849	Looks like the J.C.Higgins my dad bought in El Paso back in the early 50's __________________ People are waking up, buy colloidal silver.

06-09-2022, 08:15 AM	#5
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 62,502	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!

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