Firing older revolvers

wear a really good leather glove

you should have no problems if they were taken care of

old revolver

Hello
for a small fee you could have a local gunsmith take a look at the gun before shooting.
might be worth it.
good luck

Visor1,

I happen to have a H&R 922 that I got from my Pop years ago, like about 46 years. It was definitely used, when I got it the hammer spring was broken, I had my Pop take it to a smithy he knew and had it fixed. Shortly after it was fixed, and was getting shot pretty frequently, the barrel came loose, it came loose and one could see the barrel threads. It took some red Loc-Tite and put on the threads, screwed it back in and tightened the barrel up, never had a minutes problem since. Its had the tar shot out of it too! Have a smith checkout the revolver, make sure no cracks or whatever. Good luck!

H&R is generally a cheaper/lower end brand compared to a Colt or Smith & Wesson, but that doesn't mean they are bad at all. They are pretty good, affordable, shooters.

Unless something on the gun looks/feels very suspiscious, you should be fine. Your local gunsmith should also be able to determine whether an older piece should be fired, if you think you want to spend the $.
Most of the time, if it looks good, feels correct, functions properly, you will be fine. Only thing I would be worried about in an old gun like that is the load pressure, but since your looking at a .22 I don't really think that matters too much anyway.
I can't speak specifically for the H&R but I regularly shoot my 1923 Colt Police Positive Special with regular ole' American Eagle .38 Special with no problems.

It's not like .22 ammo has changed a lot since back then. And metal doesn't degrade if it isn't exposed to rust causing conditions so if the gun is in good cosmetic shape and the cylinder locks up nicely with the chambers in line with the forcing cone then you're good to go.

The issue with shooting (or not) older H&R revolvers should not be of concern with 1930's era or later revolvers chambered in .22 R.F.

What is of concern is shooting smokeless powder .32 or .38 ammunition in revolvers made before 1909, and in particular those made before 1898.

Unless the gun is excessively loose, excessively rusty or appears to have been in a fire most older guns are fine to shoot with the proper ammo. Common sense does apply however.

H&Rs are very sturdily built guns. I have quite a few of them, some very old. They just keep on going. If everything lines/locks up as it should, shoot away.

I have a 922 from about 1939 that I shoot sometimes. I didn't even really want it, but my friend was trying to get rid of it and sold it to me cheap after getting a $10 offer from a gun store. Never gives me any problems, functions very well, and appears to be very robust for a 22LR. All in all, I'm glad I got it.