A acquaintance needed a pair of binoculars and I had several extra pairs so he traded me this L prefix (1951) 2.5" barreled H&R 922.

Hard to believe many of these little 9-shot pull-pin .22 lr revolvers are C&Rs now.

It's plain as dirt but well made and tight....Not bad for a 62 year old .22 revolver.  

It shoots a lot better than I would have expected too.

I've got the same gun, but with black grips. How did you research the date?

Some H&R guru on another forum. I saw simular tables on other forums too so this one is good to go. It's a few posts down in the thread.

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=391766

Just checked. 1979. My parents found it in my grandmothers laundry room after she passed. It was under the washing machine.

Mine was a '57. Funny I would still remember the serial #.
It was nothing special, pretty worn out, bit it was my first revolver. Sold it about 7 years ago.
Mine had whiteish grips.

My last eight C&R purchases this year have been handguns, not a one of them military. Three HiPowers, three S&W revolvers, a Savage 1907 and a Astra Cub. I still keep a eye out for good milsurp's but lately things have gone away from that.

What happens when AK47s and M16s become curios and relics?

In 23 years, every transferable machine gun will be C&R

It seems most had the black or the marbled looking off-white grips. I've not seen many pics so far of the brown birds-head grips. If memory serves 1951 was the last year before they redesigned the frame a bit.

The 2.5" version was sold as the Bantamweight after the redo. Here is a pic of a 1953 Batamweight, note how it is squared off a bit more at the rear of the top-strap, the hammer has been lowered, and the barrel pinned on the bottom instead of the top.



Looking at the closed auctions on the 2.5" barreled versions they have been averaging about $160.00 by the time you add in shipping for like condition examples. Meh....More than I figured and close to double the book price. Heck one with the white grips went for $200.00 before shipping but it had the box/paperwork.

I don't think they are all that collectable so I guess folks by them as tackle box guns or such.

In 1950 they sold new for $29.00. Still half a weeks wages back when $1.50 a hour was thought of as good money by most folks.

So what happens then?  Full-auto will be legal to C&R license holders?

 

They already do.
Basically a C&R license would be all that is needed to receive a machinegun after you pay the tax, etc, just like now.
You would not need the seller to ship to a transfer dealer, you receive it directly upon receiving the stamp.

Butof course,  most FFL's would probably still continue to act stupefied and start slow blinking when you say C&R around them.

I recall I paid 99 dollars for it at a LGS in 2003. I think I overpaid for it. But it was still a neat little revolver. It had obviously seen a lot of use, and I put a lot of rounds through it myself. Sold it for 75 cash several years ago.

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As a resident of Minnesota, I say "thank Christ."

Won't matter about C&R status for purchasing - the only difference is that you would be able to direclty reciever the firearm from across state lines if you had a C&R licence, instead of via Form 3 to a CL3 dealer, then Form 4 to you.

Still need a Form 4 to obtain.

Currently borrowing my dad's 6" H&R 999 break top.  Just put about 200 rounds through it today before heading off to work.  Man that thing is fun!

I stuck the 922 in my range bag and took it with me this morning when I shot in my #2 MK IV. I shot it the day I bought it and while it did OK it needed a bit of windage bent into the front sight. They were designed that way so I took a padded pair of pliers along to do it.

A little tweak to the left and darn that little revolver shot good! I was going to use it as trade fodder but I'm going to keep it now! Hell I've owned higher end .22 handguns that did not do as well.

To be honest I never had much luck out of most H&R revolvers accuracy wise that have passed through my hands but this one shoots pretty darn good at 7 yards. It shot a bit high with the last three rounds but I'm sure that was my fault.

Discounting the last three of nine it shot under a half inch! Loud as hell though.

My wife bought an H&R pull-pin revolver similar to that one a few years ago...  it was I think a 942, in .22 WMR.  She didn't really like it all that well and we ended up trading it for a Mauser rifle a while after that.