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Guns International #: 102284361
Seller's Inventory #: 9-20-15
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Guns International #: 102284361
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Seller: Farmington River Trading Company
Company: Farmington River Trading Company Member Since: 3/11/14
State:
Connecticut
Zip: 06002
Country: United States
Phone:
(860) 242-1500
Phone2:
(860) 305-9111
Fax:
(860) 242-1156
Premium Seller
Active Listings: 203
Total Listings: 2245
Seller Type: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns and accessories.
Payment Methods: Credit Card, Bank Check, Cashier Check, USPS Money Order preferred
H&R 195 USRA 22 Single Shot Target Pistol Beauty. Ex Condition
Perfect Bore
Description: SALE PENDING MARTIN T. MN. 4/21/23 See the repringt below: these were considered to be the rinast 22 sintgle shot target pistol for half a centry from the late 1880's to the 1940's This gun is in exceptional condtion for its age with some modest loss of blue but no menaningful flows of any type. It is super tight and locks up like a vault. Bore is excellent. Marked to shoot shorts, longs or long rifle. Barrel is 10" overall Shipping is $ 35.00 including insurance The following is a reprint of an article about thses fine pistols "The finest, most highly evolved and developed single shot match target pistol produced in the U.S. from 1880 to 1940 was the H and R "U.S.R.A." Commonly called "U.S.R.A. Single Shot Pistols", the U.S.R.A. marking did not appear on the early models. Production began in 1928 or perhaps 1929 and ended in 1941 with about 3300 of the pistols produced. The factory records were destroyed in a fire and this pistol of constant evolution and change makes an interesting study. Officially it was the Harrington and Richardson Model 195 although it appears that the model number was never put on a pistol. After about a year or so of production, in 1930, H and R hired Walter F. Roper, a talented mechanical engineer, designer of custom target grips and an expert pistol shot with many years experience in the firearms industry. For the last 10 years he had worked for Smith and Wesson. H and R wanted the Model 195 developed into the best single shot target pistol. This was an era when competitive pistol shooting in this country was largely conducted under the auspices of the United States Revolver Ass'n (U.S.R.A.) Roper was provided with adequate funds to experiment and develop the pistol. This he did with a passion. Sometimes, only 5 or 10 pistols were produced with a certain feature. Sometimes only one! Besides some of the readily visible features discussed below, there were features not readily apparent to the naked eye. There were combinations of bore size, rifling twist rate and chamber design. The rifling equipment used in making the barrels for this match pistol cut the grooves while simultaneously scraping the top of the lands to remove marks. Barrels for this pistol were so smoothly rifled that lapping was unnecess" SOLD |
Guns International #: 102284361
Seller's Inventory #: 9-20-15
Guns International #: 102284361
Seller's Inventory #: 9-20-15