Need some help with Revolvers

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bamf

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I've been mainly an auto loader type of guy, but I've always wanted a top break revolver. Well I got an old HR top break .22(didn't want to go through all the FFL BS and paperwork crap)...

Well it looks great, but it needs a trigger return spring, do you guys know where it is located? The bore is fine, the action locks up nice and tight and works in both SA/DA mode, any other thing I should look for to make sure it will be safe to fire?

Now for a really dumb question, its a .22 so I assume its meant for a .22lr...is this a proper assumption to make?

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[This message has been edited by bamf (edited October 06, 2000).]
 
Have a good gun smith check it to make sure the cylinder is timed perfectly. Otherwise you'll be shaving lead as the bullet leaves the cylinder and enters the barrel if it's not lined up correctly. That makes other shooters (or bystanders) next to you unhappy when their cheeks catch the shrapnel. Sorry, have no idea where the trigger return spring would be on your revolver. Good luck and best wishes.

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bamf--

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The catalog is really a valuable reference tool in and of itself. It costs $9.95 for the catalog, but you'll never regret owning one. Unfortunately, I loaned mine out, so I can't check to see if your part is listed.

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Your revolver should be safe with .22 LR ammo. Buy standard velocity or "Pistol Match" and test with that. Fold light-color cardboard around the barrel-cylinder junction, a few inches from the handgun and shoot a cylinder full, checking after each shot. If the cardboard shows cuts by splinters of flying lead, you probably have a timing problem and will need services of a pistolsmith.

Good luck. Let us know how you do.


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Absolutely DO NOT fire this thing with .22 Hyper Velocity ammo.

You'll destroy it in short order.

Stick with either target or standard velocity ammo.

The "Very Early Production" tag on this gun means, if I remember correctly, sometime in the late 1880s to early 1890s.

Back then .22 ammo was still mostly black powder, and the priming corrosive.

How's the barrel look? I'd be very surprised if it's not pitted and/or hazy.

Within those parameters, though, these old breaktop revolvers can be a LOT of fun.

For years I had an Iver Johnson breaktop .38 S&W. I finally gave it to a coworker at NRA who loved them.

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The triggerr return spring should be a leaf spring witha hole in it.the small screw that hold the front of the trigger guard in(comes from inside the frame)goes through the hole.The spring has a curve in it and the other end sits on the front of the trigger on a flat spot.A old peice of clock spring and a carbide or tin coated drill bit should cut the hole and from there on it a matter of hand fitting.The old one might even still be in there but needs to be bent to put more pressure on the trigger.
Hope I made things a little clearer of maybe I mudded up the waters even more.

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Thanks guys for the help...like I said I'm pretty clueless when it comes to revolvers. I'll be sure to bring it to a gunsmith and have them check it out. Any other suggestions would be welcome.

~bamf
 
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