Old .22 revolvers.

[Old Grump]

First handgun was H&R 922

Paid around $40 for it back in 69 for a self defense gun for wife, all I could afford then. Shot a lot of rabbits with it, just had to remember to aim 12" low and 18" left at 10 yards in order to hit the rabbit. 40 years later with lots of good guns that shoot to aim I still have to take it out and shoot it just to see if I can.

My old single shot Savage 22 rifle also gets shot and I don't even want to know how old it was when I picked it up in 63. In fact its the gun I am teaching my nephew to shoot with. Kind of like that pink bunny in the commercials, they just keep going and going and....

 

[woad_yurt]

GNLaFrance:
Is it a coil spring in the handle? My father has a 949 that did the same thing. Get little washers, 2 or 3, from the hardware store and use them as a spacer on top of the hammer spring, in between the white thing and the spring. Numrich has springs for it, btw, but a washer or two will fix it also.

 

[bsaride]

I like my only handgun at this time,
1946 Iver Johnson Supershot Sealed Eight,
fired 50 rounds through it last month (only rounds thru it so far)
and needs just a little work before I'm 100% happy.
Great shooter otherwise.



First 50 rounds; 24 SA, 26 DA 15ft

 

[tbtrout]

H&R Trapper

 

[GNLaFrance]

Is it a coil spring in the handle? My father has a 949 that did the same thing. Get little washers, 2 or 3, from the hardware store and use them as a spacer on top of the hammer spring, in between the white thing and the spring. Numrich has springs for it, btw, but a washer or two will fix it also.

Yup, coil spring. Oh, I was wrong about the nylon piece, it's steel. I guess you mean put little washers between the curved steel piece and the spring, right? Sounds like it might work, I'll give it a try. But first I'm going to tear this thing down and clean it really well, then inspect the innards for burrs and rough spots. Thanks for the idea!

 

[Carl Levitian]

Just for the information of some, my interest in old .22 revolvers is niether new or passing. As I have mentioned, I do indeed have newer and "better" revolvers like my 617 S&W. However, I still have the H&R I bought new when they were selling for 36.95. I also have my Ruger standard model I paid 39.95 for.

But the older guns seem more peasurable to shoot. They certainly have more charater than some new ones. And the front sight blade is made of thinner stuff, making for a finer sight picture on small objects while plinking. Not to mention they also are more compact and trim in design.

And this stage of the game, theres no way my newer guns are going to have the memories that the old ones recall.

 

[Rugerlvr]

Not super old, but this is from 1964ish. The design of the Single Six dates from 1953. As handguns go, it's a tackdriver.

 

[BigBlock]

I absolutely love the old Iver Johnson's...I really gotta get me one of those. I have a little IJ .38 made in 1898 that I inherited from my grandfather, looks a lot like the .22 pictured above.