Röhm RG-14

Röhm RG-14
Röhm RG-14
	A Röhm RG-14 displayed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library,
Type	Revolver
Place of origin	Germany
Production history
Manufacturer	Röhm Gesellschaft
Variants	3-inch barrel; 1.5-inch barrel;
Specifications
Mass	15.2 ounces (430 g), short-barrel version
Length	5 inches (130 mm), short-barrel version
Cartridge	.22 caliber

The Röhm RG-14 is a double-action, six-shot revolver chambered in .22, formerly made and sold by Röhm Gesellschaft of Sontheim/Brenz, Germany. It is known for being the gun used by John Hinckley Jr. to shoot U.S. President Ronald Reagan on 30 March 1981.^[3] Until 1968, the guns were made in Germany.^[2]

Notes

↑ The gun pictured is similar to the one John Hinckley used in the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. However, Hinkley's actual weapon is in the possession of the US Secret Service and is not on public display.^[1]

References

↑ "The Secret Washington Museum That Tourists Can't Visit". Voice of America. 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Marshall, Tom (2022-02-03). "The RG-14 Revolver: The Gun that Got the Gipper". Recoil. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
↑ Delahanty v. Hinckley, 564 A.2d 758 (D.C.App. 1989), judgment hosted by Carnegie Mellon University here. Also available here.

[2] The gun pictured is similar to the one John Hinckley used in the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. However, Hinkley's actual weapon is in the possession of the US Secret Service and is not on public display.^[1]

[1] "The Secret Washington Museum That Tourists Can't Visit". Voice of America. 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2024-03-27.

[Marshall-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Marshall, Tom (2022-02-03). "The RG-14 Revolver: The Gun that Got the Gipper". Recoil. Retrieved 2022-03-16.

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

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