H & R Revolver Identification

[Gaheiras]

I have a H & R revolver I'm trying to fix up for a friend he likes it because there is history attached to it and is fixing despite the fact that it is in bad shape. It is listed as a H&R target model on the barrel, and is a 7 shot, 22lr, top break with a 6in barrel. I'm trying to figure out which model this is based off of so I can get parts that are missing or to badly damaged to duplicate or repair. I have found that numrich carries parts for these, but I can't tell which parts will work with this revolver for certain.

 

[Jim K]

If you have Numrich's catalog, you should be able to figure out which model you have. Even with the use of different names, H&R made many guns on only a few different frames. Once you eliminate the large frame models, only a few are left and you should be able to tell which is the kind you have by comparing the parts pictures.

Jim

 

[Gaheiras]

Numrich is updating their website and I think I have a better idea which are possible candidates for being the correct parts (looking in new and old model small frame top brakes). I just don't know what the differences are between the new and old style top break revolvers, and if there is anything special about the Target model. Any history on this model would be appreciated as well. I don't have any experience with the H&R top breaks so I'm kinda groping in the dark on this.

 

[entropy]

My Mom threw one of those away when she found the Baggie full of parts I had taken it apart, and was going to redo it, but my Mom though it was junk. I was 10 years old at the time, and yes, I could have done it then. What's worse, it had been her Dad's gun, he'd given it to my Dad as part of the wedding. The parts should be the same as Victor Small Frame and .22 Special.

 

[Jim K]

I think that is the old "premier" with a long barrel and grip. The (old) Numrich catalog shows the Premier and the New Model Hammerless (which share a lot of parts). Examine the parts in your gun and compare with the pictures, and READ the comments. It would help to know the parts that are broken/worn/missing as some parts are more common than others. Flat springs can usually be made if money is not an object, but making them is a big PITA with a lot of frustration, which reflects in the cost. Good luck!

(P.S. When you disassemble that gun, keep a written check of what you do. Note that re-assembly is tricky if you don't follow certain procedures exactly, especially in the use of slave pins (now called ":helper pins" to be politically correct!).

Jim

 

[Gaheiras]

I found time to remove the trigger guard and it looks like it's a new model small frame based on the pictures in numrich.