I was only partially incorrect,,,

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aarondhgraham

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Way back in the dark ages,,,
When I was a young kid,,,
My neighbor had a gun.

It was a break-open single-shot pistol,,,
Very pretty and made by H&R.

I would have bet a C-note that it was chambered in .22 LR.

Anyways I have been trying to find something on this for ever,,,
None of the searches I Googled came up with anything,,,
Then by accident I found a reference and picture.

From the movie, "The Shadow"
handigun.jpg


That gave me a name to Google,,,
It was the H&R Handi-Gun,,,
Chambered not in .22,,,
But in .410 gauge.

It was also a smooth-bore.

It's nice to know I wasn't completely incorrect,,,
It was a single-shot pistol,,,
And made by H&R.

I believe the single-shot .22 I remember had to have been a Stevens target pistol.

There are so many guns I vaguely remember from my childhood,,,
I lived in Rural areas mostly and everyone had guns,,,
I have some fond memories of those times,,,
Unfortunately time has made them fuzzy.

Aarond
 
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Cool gun. A google search on one site confirmed that it was also sold in 28ga and in .22 cal. Your neighbor could easily have had the .22 version.
 
+1 on that.

My step grandfather had both an .22 H&R and a Stevens in .22 that I coveted greatly as a teen. Unfortunately, he sold all his great stuff, including a German Luger with shoulder stock before anyone could stop him.
 
I want one!

I have a great affinity for single-shot guns,,,
Especially for break-open actions.

My uncle had a pair of single-shot .22 pistols,,,
He bought them somewhere in Europe back in the 1950's.

I have extremely fond memories of us sitting in his backyard,,,
Popping away at tin cans and other targets of opportunity,,,
He used to take me for walks in the woods to shoot,,,
I really thought he would leave me those guns,,,
They went to a cousin who sold them.

I can't fault him for that though,,,
I had to sell a family heirloom rifle one time,,,
It made a couple of house & car payments during the Reaganomics era.

I sure wish H&R would come out with a pistol line,,,
I would buy a pair of .22 plinkers in a heartbeat.

Uberti made a single-shot .22 pistol a few years back,,,
They were expensive as all heck though,,,
Somewhere in the $350 range.

Aarond
 
I have a Stevens .22 "target" pistol. Single shot break open. Neat little gun.

The pistol in the picture you attached appears to be a Remington Rolling Block. Only pistol version I know of were made in .50 caliber for the US Army and Navy, using slightly different cartridges. Procured in the days when the Army and Navy saw themselves as nations that didn't share with the other nation...
 
My eyes may not see it right,but dang if that does not look more like a Rolling Block pistol to me.
I might be wrong,but seems Stevens may have made the Game getter,or Iver Johnson,anyway,follow those leads,see where they go.
IIRC,maybe 60's,70,s Numrich or Dixie sold a repro.
 
HiBC, of course !! That is a Remington Rolling Block pistol .Target version ,most likely in 44 Russian from the looks of the large bore ! The 44 Russian was considered the most accurate handgun cartridge for at least 30 years until replaced by the 44 Special. The pistol was made in 22LR, 44 Russian and a couple of others .Back in the days when people could shoot and didn't need more than one shot !! :p
 
The rolling block pistol was also chambered in .50! The .50 Rem Navy was a rimfire round, and within a couple years a centerfire version was produced, usually called the .50 Army.

Load was about 25gr of black powder, bullet was about 300gr, and MV about 600fps. Slow, but a pretty good thump, I would think.

THe "Gamegetter" was made by Marble, who were famous in their day for sights.

Iver Johnson, had a version I believe, and probably H&R as well. There were several single shot tip ups, in various calibers, sometimes with skeleton stocks, mostly intended for bicycle riders and of course, us po' folks.

One was even made by Quackenbush, who mostly did pharmacy stuff.
 
Rolling block pistols were chambered in a variety of cartridges, including .22 rimfire, a couple of versions of .32 rim and center fire, and a few others, in a half dozen or so different models.

However, those chambered for anything other than .50 or .22 rimfire are exceedingly rare. Some estimates I've seen indicate that no more than 100 were made in .44 Russian, with similar or lesser quantities in the other calibers.
 
aarondhgraham wrote: "I have some fond memories of those times,,,
Unfortunately time has made them fuzzy."

I'm sure glad that's not happen'n to me!!;)
 
It was a break-open single-shot pistol,,,
Very pretty and made by H&R.

I would have bet a C-note that it was chambered in .22 LR.
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Aaron, maybe your memory isn't so fuzzy afterall...

There was a H&R 22 single shot target pistol....the model 195 aka USRA model which was made to compete with the S&W single shots and the Colt Camp Perry....

Here is an exquisite one: (completed auction)

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=201583190

I myself never heard of this model until recently. They were supposed to be very well made and they're apparently one of the more sought after H&Rs.

Is this the one?
 
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