[Avenger29]

My Harrington & Richardson Model 923 .22 revolver split its barrel today, so I my gun collection is less one functioning firearm:(

Oh well, at least the gun grabbers did not get her...

[Backfired]

Hmmm, hard to believe something as relatively weak as a 22 (compared to magnum center-fire caliber) would have split for no reason such as an obstruction in the barrel. We didn't do something unsmart did we?

[Avenger29]

No, did not do anything stupid like plugging the barrel or anything- just regular plinking with factory ammo. Wish I had a digital camera to show you- it split from muzzle to rear of barrel in an almost perfectly straight line. Mind you, its not a huge split or anything like that- just enought to be all the way through- I am shocked myself.

[R. W. Simms]

Numrich shows that they have 923 barrels for $25, but they don't specify the length. Might be worth a phone call...

-Bob

[Avenger29]

Thanks- I'll take a look at Numrich and maybe call them...

[sgt127]

Please get ahold of a camera. I have never seen a .22 split the barrel. Even with a bore obstruction, it will generally only ring the barrel. That had to have been a bad piece of steel to start with to split like that. Not saying it couldn't happen, but...wow, that was just really bad luck.

[XavierBreath]

I'd like to see that too!