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Post by sierra11b on Mar 1, 2018 0:23:44 GMT -5
I’ve done a lot of research on this .22 convertible. Unfortunately, I only have the .22LR cylinder for it, but it really is as basic a gem as it gets, and mine (handed down from my grandfathers sock drawer) appears solid and in great shape.
I really have no use for the gun and would rather have any money in it go toward another gun of my liking.
Problem is I’d rather sell it for a bargain price to someone who appreciates H&R as opposed to keeping for myself.
Does anyone know the best avenue to try and give this gun a new home where it can be appreciated? The alternative is to use it as a permanent kit gun.
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Post by COR on Mar 1, 2018 6:47:51 GMT -5
I believe Boge Quinn has a soft spot for them. He sings gospel music so he can “exercise” out them demons. I don’t know how much he checks in here but I think you can get in touch with him on the Gunblast site.
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Post by bushog on Mar 1, 2018 13:19:21 GMT -5
I believe Boge Quinn has a soft spot for them. He sings gospel music so he can “exercise” out them demons. I don’t know how much he checks in here but I think you can get in touch with him on the Gunblast site. Same thing I was thinking......he got me interested a while back but I never pullled the trigger on one. They're regularly available at reasonable prices on the normal online places.... Didn't Bradshaw comment on them lately too....If I recall it wasn't the most favorable.... |
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Post by Boge Quinn on Mar 1, 2018 17:09:20 GMT -5
Thanks, fellas.
Sierra, email me at boge@gunblast.com.
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Post by bradshaw on Mar 1, 2018 18:30:05 GMT -5
I believe Boge Quinn has a soft spot for them. He sings gospel music so he can “exercise” out them demons. I don’t know how much he checks in here but I think you can get in touch with him on the Gunblast site. Same thing I was thinking......he got me interested a while back but I never pullled the trigger on one. They're regularly available at reasonable prices on the normal online places.... Didn't Bradshaw comment on them lately too....If I recall it wasn't the most favorable.... ***** My experience is with the H&R Model 999 Outdoorsman breed, a tip-open 9-shot .22 LR. Having been thrust into the grim position of repairing a Model 999, and finding it impossible to forget the fundamental beauty of Smith & Wesson lockwork, even the more complex timing arrangement of the Colt Python and its ancestors, and having my paws on various Ruger and Dan Wesson double actions, it takes the threat of strong drink to tackle the byzantine innards of a Harrington & Richardson. Now here comes a Model 666 H&R. Reckon someone turned the numbers upside-down and fired for effect. But no, the Model 666 is a real revolver, with cylinder fixed in the frame like a traditional single action. Students of Civil War armament will see, visually, the 666 resembles gray market revolvers, especially as produced in small shops in the Confederacy, lacking both aesthetic and design refinement of Colt, Remington, Smith & Wesson, etc. Huge quantities of .22 and other small bore revolvers came out of Gun Alley from the 1800’s into the 1900’s. Harrington & Richardson, Iver Johnson, and others supplied substantial blue collar demand. H&R revolvers I’ve shot are accurate enough for plinking, nailing rats around the barn, a good weave into our Constitution. Chambers and groove diameter of the 999 are generous by S&W, Colt, and Ruger standards. Chamber-to-bore alignment of H&R’s I’ve shot is better than the alignment of pot metal junk from West Germany, which washed ashore in the 1960’s. Don’t have the experience to compare with Spanish products of the era. On the whole, better steel in the H&R. The double action on an H&R is useless. Cock the hammer before you squeeze the trigger. A gunsmith could slave for years on the DA stroke of an H&R, without sneaking up on an S&W, a Colt, or a Ruger in its sleep. The DA is an affectation on the H&R, and the gun would have cost much less to make without it. Still, H&R made a shootable handgun at a price which helped to keep America armed. David Bradshaw |
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