9-shot break-action .22lr revolver H&R Sportsman

[uberpeck]

My buddy acquired one of these, for free, the other day and knows nothing about the gun; any information?

 

[giovani]

They are fun little shooters, not worth big bucks, hence the purchase price.
I know they made them as late as the 1980s, probably a model NO. Like 969

 

[Wysko]

A fun low cost .22 that is no longer made. Not worth that much but a good basic revolver. Top breaks a cool. Have fun with it.

 

[Cat-Herder]

They're really nice, quality 22s. They also tend to fetch a decent price. H&R made really decent quality guns until sometime in the 60's...

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[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Choot 'em Uber, choot 'em!!!

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Pretty much what the other guys said. It's a great woods companion, fun backyard target shooter, well made, accurate, all of the above. Just a good line of revolvers from a quality manufacturer.

 

[pudly]

I have the H&R 949 (side-open gate). Really enjoy shooting it, but not reloading. The Sportsman is much easier to reload. If it is in good shape, he should enjoy it.

I read the history of H&R. Good company in it's day, but couldn't make the transition to newer style revolvers with S&W and others.

Edit: The best site I've found for H&R info is http://www.go2gbo.com/forums/index.php/board,135.0.html

 

[freeclimber57]

The sportsman is a great gun! I shoot tight groups with mine. great trial gun. enjoy

 

[Cavman]

I would love to have one of these. I do not now why but i think break actions are cool

 

[malern28us]

Agreed. Something very cool about break action pistols.

 

[steveIU]

I have a 999 that's in great shape. It was my great-grandfather's. Pretty cool gun

 

[indianaarsenal]

just did a transfer for a 929 H&R.. cool little gun for the money

 

[deerslayer74]

I have a 7 shot, very fun gun.

 

[Claddagh]

When I was a boy my stepmother's dad always kept a 6" H&R Sportsman hanging on a nail in the feed locker of his barn in Henry Co., MO. It was loaded with "ratshot" and/or SV .22 Shorts and used to dispatch rats and other pests in and around the barn.

Maintenance consisted of wiping it down with an oily rag and running a couple of patches through the bore and chambers occasionally. It got to looking sort of "sorry", but it always worked, hit where it was pointed and never wore out despite the more than thirty years of benign neglect and hard use it got while it hung there.

It was the first handgun that I earned permission to use unsupervised when I was about 12, and I did a bunch of woods walking and plinking with it. Grandpa Cecil would pay us a 'bounty' of $0.02 on every starling or pigeon we killed in the barn or feed lot, as they'd congregate on the calf feeders and their droppings ruined what grain that they didn't eat. We'd usually "invest" our earnings in more BBs and .22 Shorts at the Western Auto store in town.

IMHO,the old H&R top-breaks make great utility working or recreational tools. Tough, durable, reliable and more than accurate enough for most tasks. It's a real pity that they don't make them anymore.