420Stainless
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A friend's father left him a few nice guns and a H&R Arms 922. He doesn't know much about guns so he asked me to look it over and see if it was safe to shoot. I had to confess I couldn't say for sure if its was ok or not and told him to check with a gunsmith. It is a 9 shot double action revolver with a 5-6" barrel (appears to be .22lr) but the cylinder doesn't swing out. Instead, it looks like it has a single action style loading port (no gate). The cylinder locks up nicely and aligns with the barrel bore at full cock everytime. But while examining it, I noticed the cylinder rotates freely in the clockwise direction with the hammer all the way down. Is this proper for this type of revolver? It also has a half-cock position that appears to allow the striker portion of the hammer to clear the cartridge rims for loading.
I am assuming that this was a low end revolver that may have originally come with some kind of loose rod to eject the empties out of the port as there doesn't seem to be any convenient mechanism to eject from the cylinder. It appears to be in decent condition with 90% blueing and no noticeable wear to the bore.
Any info someone could give me to relay to my friend would be greatly appreciated.
I am assuming that this was a low end revolver that may have originally come with some kind of loose rod to eject the empties out of the port as there doesn't seem to be any convenient mechanism to eject from the cylinder. It appears to be in decent condition with 90% blueing and no noticeable wear to the bore.
Any info someone could give me to relay to my friend would be greatly appreciated.