New England Firearms R92

[303 hunter]

I bought an NEF R92 22 revolver in the budget section at my gun shop. It is a blued 4" swing out cylinder revolver with birds head style grips. I remember seeing this brand in the 1980's. They look like the old H&R'S. It is in 90% condition,and shoots great. Does anyone have info. on this one? Did I do bad for $100? Thanks

 

[Kiln]

Sounds like a good price to me. H&R revolvers are great especially if you can grab one in mint condition for under $200.

 

[Remllez]

NEF/H&R are for all intents the same company. For a hundred bucks you did good, they are well made, durable and well suited for holster carry and knocking around. I never owned your particular model but I was brought up with quite a few H&R revolvers.

These guns usually had decent single action pulls, but heavy double action. 40 years or so ago they were a bargain revolver but "got you in the game" so to speak. Sundays at the dump with a few buddies and 4 or 5 boxes of shells and we were Rat Desperadoes of the first degree.

Tin cans, glass bottles and "nickel bet specialty shots" were the order of the day. Having three extra shots was a plus then and now. Those fancy Smith guns had nothing on me if I kept my Coke a Cola intake to a minimum.

Enjoy your new revolver and don't be afraid to shoot it double action, I was taught to shoot that way and got to be quite good despite 15 pound triggers. Oh by the way, those guns are pinned together and I'd never attempt taking one apart, but they rarely needed internal work.

 

[Kiln]

Making quality guns at the price they sold for, I don't know how the hell the company wasn't more successful and why they no longer make handguns.

I honestly think alot of it had to do with the fact that their guns were often made in odd and expensive chamberings...also the fact that alot of people automatically think cheap=junk.

 

[Remllez]

Kiln,

I think a consumer lawsuit put H&R into bankruptcy. I can't remember all the details.

 

[jmace57]

I have these 2 NEF pistols and love them:

22 Magnum



.32 H&R Magum

 

[flyingtiger85]

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The New England Firearms R-92's are so awesome,I bought two of them and the H&R 929.9 shots each of cheap 22 reliable fun.

 

[wnycollector]

I'm the happy owner of an NEF R92 also. I picked up mine half a dozen years ago for~$140. It has reliably (and rather accurately) gone through thousands of rounds over the years without a hiccup. I'm keeping my eye out for a good deal on a Nickel NEF 2.5 .32 mag.

I have taught ~a dozen folks to shoot with my R92. As others have posted, it has a long heavy DA trigger pull that forces beginners to develop uber strong trigger fingers Once they master shooting the R92 proficiently, all other firearms triggers feel like match grade 1911's!

 

[Et tu Bluto]

Bought one to use teaching Pistol class, needed an inexpensive Double Action Revolver. Bought it at a pawn shop for $140.00 in excellent condition...absolutely perfect for my purpose and a fun shooter to boot. Seems to be solid, easy to shoot in single action, trigger pull in double is stout...but should be...I have had several NEF/H&R rifles and shotguns over the years, have always found them to be reliable and solidly built, except for a muzzle loader...plastic tabs were not a great idea...no frills good performing guns...except that Muzzle loader, but I hear that there is an aftermarket breech plug for them now...

 

[bikerdoc]

Late to the party.
I just picked up one. Well made fun little plinker.