Röhm RG-14

The Röhm RG-14 is a double-action, six-shot

.22 LR formerly manufactured and sold by Röhm Gesellschaft of Sontheim/Brenz

One was used by John Hinckley Jr. to shoot Ronald Reagan on 30 March 1981.^[1] The RG-14 is known as a Saturday night special, a general category of cheap, low quality handguns.

The RG-14 was available in a snubnose configuration with a 1.5-inch (3.8 cm) barrel as well as a more typical configuration with a 3-inch (7.6 cm) barrel.

The RG-14 had a swing-out

ejector

, meaning that each spent casing or unfired round had to be manually pushed out of the cylinder with the pin or a similar tool during unloading/reloading.

References

^ Delahanty v. Hinckley, 564 A.2d 758 (D.C.App. 1989), judgment hosted by Carnegie Mellon University here. Also available here.
^ Marshall, Tom (2022-02-03). "The RG-14 Revolver: The Gun that Got the Gipper". Recoil. Retrieved 2022-03-16.

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[1] Delahanty v. Hinckley, 564 A.2d 758 (D.C.App. 1989), judgment hosted by Carnegie Mellon University here. Also available here.

[2] Marshall, Tom (2022-02-03). "The RG-14 Revolver: The Gun that Got the Gipper". Recoil. Retrieved 2022-03-16.

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