[RancidSumo]

I found a .22 LR revolver in my closet today. I have never heard of the brand so I was wondering what you guys know about it. It isn't very old (I don't think). It is a H&R Model 649. Is it any good?

[parisite]

Harrington & Richardson.........is it a nine-shot?

You bet they are good. Classics

[Im283]

How does one go about finding a gun in the closet?

nothing like that ever happens to me.

[RancidSumo]

It is a six shot not nine.

[woad_yurt]

H&Rs are great. Not the slickest but they never die. BTW, cool closet you have there.

[RancidSumo]

I have looked all over the web and can't find anything on a Model 649.

[wheelgunslinger]

Very cool.
Post some pics if you get a chance. I like the HnR stuff.

[RancidSumo]

Some more hopefully helpfull info, it was made in Gardner, Mass. says H&R Inc., Model 649, 22LR, 6 shot, little door on the side to load.

[Camjr]

5 years ago, a friend of mine was moving into a new house (About 20 years old, but the house was new to him). He was putting stuff in the attic and and found a vintage Winchester Model 97 pump shotgun (well used with discolored stock and fore-end from sweat and hard use, but a great find just the same) and a six foot two-person cross-cut saw. Because of the warm, dry attic in Texas, no rust at all on either. Former owner had lived there 15 years and had no idea they were there when he tried to do the right thing and return them.

[19-3Ben]

The only thing I find in my closet are stinky shoes. Some guys have all the luck...

[Sans Authoritas]

In my intemperate and boisterous youth, I did a lot of house cleanouts for people. In one closet, I found an 1866 French Chassepot bayonet with scabbard in one closet. In an old desk we were hauling out to be thrown away, an H&R .32 S&W.

-Sans Authoritas

[Novus Collectus]

http://books.google.com/books?id=eWFt_wO2eK8C&pg=RA3-PA782&lpg=RA3-PA782&dq=h%26r+model+649&source=web&ots=363WZLlJ56&sig=cOoVa-pRako9vAjuZJDJ0c-XdyE

It was made between 1976 and 1985 according to the link above which cites the Blu Book of Gun Values.
If I read it right, if you had the second cylinder you could shoot .22 mag out of it.

[RancidSumo]

Thanks, any where that you know of where I can buy the .22 mag cylinder, I don't have it, just the LR one.

[Novus Collectus]

http://www.e-gunparts.com/productschem.asp?chrMasterModel=1560z649

[Moonclip]

Guy I knew his friend found a RG .22short revolver while doing construction. Cleaning out a indoor shooting range after old owners vacated found a non functional Colt DA revolver in .41lc and a NIB Marlin Camp carbine .45acp. After a talk with the old owner ended up with the guns. Sold both though.

[ArchAngelCD]

RancidSumo,
Come on now, you can't keep ignoring the question. You said you "found" the revolver in your closet... You just have to explain that one!! ;)

[Diggers]

I just checked my closet, no new guns showed up........I will check again later. ;)


But yeah how about the background story on having a gun show up in your closet.

I like a good story. :p

[Freightman]

I have heard of a "gun fairy" had a 45 Charles Daly stolen and the police caught a man with it and his story he just woke up and the gun was lying on the headboard of his bed. I got the gun back and though the police didn't prosecute on the charge as it would have been redundant as he was a paroled life sentencer (never understood that) how do you get paroled from a life sentence? but he went back to spend the rest of his " life sentence" so yes there is a "gun Fairy"

[noskilz]

You sure you found it in YOUR closet? If so, I'd think twice about reaching into the back corners behind the long coats, never know what could be hiding back there. :)

[RancidSumo]

When I found it, I was reaching up in the top shelf of my closet to clean in out and found a draw string bag. I pulled it down and opened it up and there was this revolver in it with a holster and all. We have lived here for about 10 years so my only guess is that it used to belong to my brother who moved out several years ago and forgot it but he doesn't remember having it so I don't know and I have never seen it before even when he used to take me shooting with him.

[RancidSumo]

Also, thanks again to Novus. I have been wanting a .22 mag for a while and now I can get one for $30. I won't need the 22 mag barrel also will I? The barrel of the guns just says .22 calliber, not .22 LR or anything like that.

[bannockburn]

I found a description of a H&R Model 649 in the 1977 edition of The Gun Digest. It was similar to the Model 666, which was also a .22LR/.22Mag., six shot with a 5 1/2" barrel, one piece wrap around walnut grips. western-type blade front sight, and an adjustable rear sight. Weight is 32 oz. Retail price in 1977 was $69.50 for the polished blue finish.

[Im283]

Rancid if it is anything like a Ruger single action six the barrel is a hair bigger than .22 and made to accomodate the .22 magnum. You probably will find greater accuracy shooting mags than LR's.

[Jeeping]

""The only thing I find in my closet are stinky shoes. Some guys have all the luck..""


You not alone man, some times I get lucky and find socks to go with shoes.

[Tribal]

How used is it? I had a very old HR my dad gave me; the hammer wouldn't always stay back and so the gun was unsafe.

In fact, a friend of mine cocked it on a loaded chamber to see the movement of the cylinder before I had my hearing protection in properly and it went off. Luckily it was pointed downrange, but my ears hurt pretty badly for the next few hours!

[RancidSumo]

It is very lightly used.

[Steve C]

Generally a extra cylinder needs to be fitted and timed to a revolver. H&R must have made these in the .22 Mag offering later than 1970 as the picture below comes from the 1970 Guns Digest and doesn't mention the magnum option.

I once owned a Ruger Single Six with the .22 mag cylinder and at 6X the cost of the LR ammo, magnums where seldom shot.
http://members.cox.net/scollins15/Pictures/H&R949.jpg

[RancidSumo]

That is a different gun. Mine is a model 649, that is a model 949. So any time I want to change the cylinder I have to take it to a gunsmith? If so, that is a pain in the ass.

[bannockburn]

I think what Steve C meant was the extra mag cylinder would have to be fitted to your revolver (initially), as to ensure that it fits and indexes properly with your gun. After that, it should be easy enough to swap out cylinders yourself. I'm somewhat sure that your 649 was available as a convertible at some point in its production.

[GunTech]

I once found an old 22 autopistol I forgot I had in an old shooting bag. It must have been there at least 5 years.