information on H&R revolvers

Welcome to the forum carpintero. Rules are simple, be nice and join in. I've worked on several of these along with other gunsmiths. My best advice is don't just walk away from them run. Parts are all most impossible to get and once they get out of time it takes a person with three hands to get one back togather once taken apart.

My 2 cents and 27 years experience running a gunsmith business.

Can tell you the two places they are likely to eventually break and need repair (the hand spring and the mainspring strut)....can give dissassbly tips (NEVER go in there unless something needs replacing...and you'll have to make a set of slave pins)....that they are pertty well made basic guns that work on a design that dates "way back". Think of them as solid "blue collar" guns, made of steel and long woking.

2nd faucettb, was working on one last week, not done yet either...

The big problem I found with them is people can't leave them alone. Every body who thinks he might be able to make it work better tries. Then they can't keep the parts together.

If a guy was trapping they work ok to dispatch critters,but are cheap enough to lose if say, you were drowning and had to shed equiptment. They are also reliable enough for this purpose.

They seem to handle rough conditions well. I have one that was affected by all of the above and still shoots, not real accurate, but if I was trapping again, it's good enough to kill a skunk thats out of range for the skunk.

Regards,
Gene