I made a great trade yesterday,,,

[aarondhgraham]

I made a great trade yesterday,,, Here is the picture.

I made a great trade yesterday,,,
Or it was a trade I am happy with,,,
So I suppose the word "great" can apply.

I traded a 4" H&R 929 Sidekick,,,
Straight across for a 6" H&R 922.

I saw it in The Evil Pawn Shop two weeks ago,,,
The gun is extremely clean and tight as a new boot.

I had a 4" H&R 929 that I got at The Evil Pawn Shop a few months back,,,
The 929 was also a very clean gun and it performed very well,,,
But I already owned several fine 4" rimfire revolvers,,,
That oddball 6" 922 really caught my eye.

I noticed that the 922 cylinder spun freely in half-cock mode,,,
The Evil Pawn Shop Guy told me this was normal,,,
Now it's not that I don't trust the EPSG,,,
But that was a thing I had to check.

Sure enough every web resource I hit said the same thing,,,
It supposedly has something to do with removing the cylinder to load it.

There is a small lever on the front of the frame that releases the cylinder pin,,,
Pull the pin out and the cylinder slips out of the frame very easily,,,
Having the cylinder spin freely at half-cock facilitates that.

At least that's what I read on two different places.

I paid $229.00 out the door for that 929,,,
The EPSG was asking $200.00 even for the 922,,,
I let it sit in the case for two weeks before I offered a trade.

I offered the trade of an even swap,,,
I probably got the fuzzy end of the stick on that one,,,
But I like the 922 so much better than the 929 that I am okay with it.

I didn't have much time after work yesterday,,,
But I did get to the range and fired 18 rounds downrange,,,
17 of those rounds hit a 4" spinner target so the gun is as accurate as I need.

It's an odd duck, that's for certain,,,
My research says it was designed to be loaded,,,
By removing the cylinder and using the pin to punch out the empties.

I did find out you can use another small rod to push the empties out,,,
There is no loading gate cover but there is a small gate,,,
You can punch the empties out and reload there.

Very old school,,,
Which I kind of like.

Aarond

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[bedbugbilly]

Aarond - congrats on your find! It's nice to run across something that really catches your eye and "make a swap".

I had a H & R 929 with a 6" barrel - neat revolver but with mine, you could plow with it as it shot LOOOOOOOW - almost like the barrel was bored off center on one end but it wasn't - and the sights were fine as well - it just wouldn't shoot straight (unusual as these are usually nice shooting revolvers). I could never figure out what was with it nor could 2 different gun smiths. That one became trading stock for a Heritage RR. If my 929 had been a good shooter, I'd have kept it. The RR works fine and I'm much happier with it for a "knock around the farm gun". Only problem is, I can re-load 38 spls. cheaper than buying 22 ammo here - if I could find it.

If you can, could you post a photo of your new "find"? I'd love to see what it looks like. Sounds like a nice one!