Behold the Harrington & Richardson .25ACP Self-Loader, made between 1919 and 1921. Note that while it has a loaded chamber indicator, it is devoid of even the most vestigial sights.
My roommate maintains that the purpose of a firearm like this is to allow for an intended victim to yell from the other side of a door "Don't come in! I've got a gun!" and not be lying.
And it looks suspiciously like a predecessor of the WWII OSS stamped single-shot Liberator...
Best, Jon
The proportions are somewhat similar, aren't they? The H&R, though, is a derivative of the Webley 1912 .25ACP.Originally Posted by JonInWA
(As an aside for those that didn't know, this is an example of the sort of realities that pervade the gun business: Colt held Browning's patent for "In a firearm, the combination with a frame having a forward extension, a reaction spring mounted in said forward extension, and a barrel, of a breech block or bolt carrier having a semitubular, forward extension to inclose the barrel and to engage said frame and to slide thereon..." The Webley's slide did not "inclose the barrel" and therefore did not infringe the Browning patent.)
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Well, eeeeeveryone knows that sights just slow down one's quick draw to the hip shooting position, right?
It'd be an interesting test to see how well/quickly you actually can shoot that thing without any sights. Assuming you trust it to not blow up in your hand.
In all fairness, the curve of the top would do a pretty good job of helping you keep the pistol on target up close, at least if shooting it is anything like shooting the sight-free, work-in-progress 1911 that SecondsCount had a few years back. It was surprising how easy it was to keep on target within 10 yards or so.
Oh, I trust it just fine. It's a well-made little gun. Magazine's seen better days, though, so who knows if it'll run or not. Fortunately, Triple K stocks repros. (Which is interesting, because compared to its closest domestic competitor, the iconic Colt 1908 Vest Pocket, the H&R .25 was a flop, selling only 16,000 guns in three years of production.)
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