needmorecowbell
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Thinking about picking up one of these in excellent condition for $200. Purpose is just for plinking out back. It’s the 4” 22lr model. Opinions appreciated on both the gun and price. Thanks.
H&R 929
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muzzleblast...
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I'll take it.
Seriously, I'd take two for that price.
Seriously, I'd take two for that price.
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needmorecowbell
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I did and just got done shooting it out back. All I can say is wow. Really nice gun. Some reviews had concerns with accuracy, but I am happy after 1st time shooting it. Here is at 10 yards both sa and da.
243winxb
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Funny looking "autoloader" 
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Nice shooting. Looks like it shoots close to point of aim. So don't.
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Nice shooting. Looks like it shoots close to point of aim. So don't.
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needmorecowbell
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Dang you’re right. All my others are autoloaders so my muscle memory went straight there I guess. Gonna have to get used to being the owner of a wheelgun
NIGHTLORD40K
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Nice! Ahhhhhh...now the revolver addiction has begun!
The H&Rs are quite nice considering they were "cheap" guns in their day. The swing-out models are somewhat uncommon as well. Nice find!
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needmorecowbell
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Thanks. It’s an AE serial number so I guess from 1968. It seems to be barely fired and is near perfect.
herrwalther
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I had a H&R 929 with a 6" barrel. Bought for $60 with 1400 rounds in 2011. It is probably the only firearm I regret selling. It was a great plinker.
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Monac
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I did not know anyone made grips for that kind of H&R, needmorecowbell. They probably enhance its handling, because that's some good shooting (or at least it would be for me).
And it's in good shape for a blued H&R 22. I wonder when H&R stopped making those? More than 20 years ago, I suppose.
And it's in good shape for a blued H&R 22. I wonder when H&R stopped making those? More than 20 years ago, I suppose.
captain awesome
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wow now I feel bad. I bought one from a client in great shape (doubt it was fired more than a cylinder full) for $120 2 weeks ago.. included a leather holster 200 rounds of 380, and 250 rounds of 22. he threw in the 380 ammo since he doesnt own one any more. I had no idea they were worth twice that. I took it to the range and was surprised at how good it shoots. turned out to be a real tac driver
Whiterook808
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The originals would have been plastic. When I was ten or eleven I saved up my allowance and bought a 622 for $27, brand new. You had to remove the cylinder to load it, but I didn't care, i had my first pistol. I traded it a few years later on a Ruger Standard Model. These are solid pistols, made from steel in the USA.
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needmorecowbell
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I do really like the gun a lot. Not 100% sold though yet on the target style grips with thumb rest. Puts my thumb very close to hammer and changes my grip a bit. May change these if could find normal wood grips. Don’t want the plastic ones on line though.
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Nice Plinker
I bought a 929 a couple years ago, but mine's a "Sidekick"
Came with box and papers and a price tag of $38.97
I think I gave $200
I bought a 929 a couple years ago, but mine's a "Sidekick"
Came with box and papers and a price tag of $38.97
I think I gave $200
Monac
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Those grips remind me of the ones H&R used to put on its high-grade swing out cylinder target 22 revolvers. Them made them with a slab-sided rectangular barrel and a ventilated rib, and sometimes a key-lock in the bottom of the grip frame. (Time out for a quick Google search). Yes, they look like H&R Model 939 grips. Boy, I had forgotten about the....well, let's say "distinctive" rear sight on those. I wonder if the 929 and 939 grip frames are identical, or just pretty close?
https://www.thefirearmsforum.com/threads/h-r-939.94021/
The link is to a post by the late Jim Hauff, a gentleman and a scholar of H&R revolvers.
https://www.thefirearmsforum.com/threads/h-r-939.94021/
The link is to a post by the late Jim Hauff, a gentleman and a scholar of H&R revolvers.
I bought this 929 sidekick as a project piece and spent the equivalent amount on grips and parts to get it going again. Fun and frustrating project. Got lucky and found a set of NOS Eagle Grips for it, significantly enhancing the value of the gun! Even with an all steel hammer strut it wouldn't reliably ignite most .22 ammunition so it is double spring for reliability. The trigger tells me I would spend $200 on something else if I had to do it over again.
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