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Mint H&R 9 Shot .22
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Shamus2022
Single-Sixer
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.
My 1st handgun was a Harrington and Richardson 922 Bantamweight that I got for $10 & a case of cheap beer from a migrant worker over 50 years ago.
A friend of my grandpa's had a 922 Camper. He used to use it to butcher hogs.
A friend of my uncle had the largest size 922 with a 6" barrel. All of them had the firing pin as part of the hammer so had to be carried with an empty chamber under the hammer as a safety precaution.
A friend of my grandpa's had a 922 Camper. He used to use it to butcher hogs.
A friend of my uncle had the largest size 922 with a 6" barrel. All of them had the firing pin as part of the hammer so had to be carried with an empty chamber under the hammer as a safety precaution.
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!
Star43
Buckeye
Yes, that little retainer that was nylon obviously cracked. I bet when you took off the grips and looked at the the old retainer it was all cracked or in pieces, correct.......It makes you wonder why they used that plastic part in the first place...then again, why do the manufacturers today all for the most part use "polymer"...which is plastic...to cut manufacturing costs.....it's always about money.
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.
I learned to shoot with a very well-worn Colt full-size 22 revolver---I learned later that it was an Officers Model Match revolver... Very fine gun...
My friend had an H&R break-top 9 shot 22 revolver that I shot many, many times in my early years. His uncle had a farm east of East L.A. back in the days before urban sprawl... We would spend a day or two out there shooting guns and learning the farm environment---completely different for me as a city kid... His uncle also had an H&R break-top 9 shot 22 revolver that he used to kill cattle and farm pests... His gun was really beat and had never received any TLC in it's life---it was simply a farm tool, like a hammer, nothing more, but it served it's purpose... And despite it's condition, it continued to function as needed...
My friend had an H&R break-top 9 shot 22 revolver that I shot many, many times in my early years. His uncle had a farm east of East L.A. back in the days before urban sprawl... We would spend a day or two out there shooting guns and learning the farm environment---completely different for me as a city kid... His uncle also had an H&R break-top 9 shot 22 revolver that he used to kill cattle and farm pests... His gun was really beat and had never received any TLC in it's life---it was simply a farm tool, like a hammer, nothing more, but it served it's purpose... And despite it's condition, it continued to function as needed...
Star43
Buckeye
That sounds like an H&R to me........
pisgah
Buckeye
Beautiful. I once owned its sister in .32 S&W long, a wonderful little trail gun.
These cheap, basic, and very stout litt 9 shot .22's are just so cool.
Star43
Buckeye
I still have that gun in 32 S&W Long. The model 833.......a very stout and well made gun. It has the 3 inch barrel and looks just like the picture but in a nickel finish. Same design and same rugged liitle gun though.
Anyone else notice how much the Henry revolvers look like some of the H&R revolvers?
TINCANBANDIT is back
Single-Sixer
999 Sportsman 9 shot, 1930's vintage, looks like hell, but is tight and shoots good
Star43
Buckeye
I think it looks pretty darn good. From the 1930's and still is tight and shoots good.......That is a testimonial in itself !! 
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.
Star43
Buckeye
I was just looking at some old H&R catalogs from the late 70's and early 80's. It is amazing to see what they offered back then in rifles and all the revolvers !! Some real quality stuff !!
I have its brother in .32 S&W Long around here somewhere, too.
Bought this one here on the forum recently. Looks like probably 1934-35 vintage.
coach
Hunter
I have a 999 that I haven't shot for ages. I should dig it out and dust it off. As I recall the DA was horrendous but the SA was serviceable.
