It's a Square butt like the 6"
Learned to shoot with a Sealed Eight when I was fiveish. We lived deep in the woods with no telephone or neighbors and my father worked 24 on 24 off. He drew a Bobcat on the end of a wooden apple box and propped it up on the steps into the cabin. I had to be able to shoot him in the head and shoulders with all eight.Not an H&R but I picked up this one from a forum member a few years back. Fun to shoot but the double action trigger pull is terrible. Still like it though. Iver Johnson Sealed Eight.
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Had the same problem with mine. I bought at a gun show for very little cause the dealer knew it was broke and didn't know how to fix it. Numerich came to the rescue for mine too.Is the hammer strut in the handle?? I got an H&R 9 shot 22 revolver when my mother-in-law passed away around 2014! It would fire about every third time! From the internet I found that I need a metal part that had a plastic piece that commonly broke on those gun! I found and ordered one on Numerrich and installed it and the revolver worked fine!
Beautiful. I once owned its sister in .32 S&W long, a wonderful little trail gun.
Great revolver! Harrington and Richardson made a single action version of the 999 called a 199 and a version called a 196 Eureka that was hand fitted with extra care for target shooting. There was also a 2 inch barrel version called a 299 New Defender.999 Sportsman 9 shot, 1930's vintage, looks like hell, but is tight and shoots good
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