I'd of dropped $140 on it. The little H&Rs were pretty good guns.
I'd of dropped $140 on it. The little H&Rs were pretty good guns.
Men freely believe that which they desire.
Julius Caesar
I offered $100 this afternoon, and they’re holding out. They know I always cave...lol! The lockup with the trigger pulled is plenty tight.
With all the dinky guns on the market, and Teddy Roosevelt buying .32 Colts for NYPD, what was the challenge?
Halt or I'll give you peritonitis!
Code Name: JET STREAM
I would lay good odds that that little revolver will tune right up into a decent trigger pull after you clean out the 110 year old grease-turned-to-varnish from the internals. They were not a crappy company, they just turned out products to a price. That little guy was *not cheap* in 1900-1910. Maybe a day's labor cheaper than an equivalent Colt or S & W.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
1901 Sears & Roebuck catalog
.32 hammerless revolvers, blue 3".
S&W. $11.75
H&R. $4.00
IJ. $4.00
F&W $4.00
Sears $3.40
Colt New Pocket $11.00.
$7.75 difference would have been over 3 days' pay for a streetcar motorman (Picked because my Dad was a bus driver.)
Code Name: JET STREAM
I was looking for that very info and managed to not find it. Thanks, Jim!
Ok, three days' pay difference, maybe 3.5, if you're talking about the Smith & Wesson. ( The previous numbers were a WAG, of course. Mea Culpa.)
Still, they weren't crap guns by the standards of the day. The motormen would have bought H & Rs; the route and mechanic shop managers would have the Colts & S & Ws.
Last edited by Lex Luthier; 05-21-2020 at 10:19 PM.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
I read that the threat of infection was why folks in those days were scared shitless of little guns that we would mock as mouse guns today. Look at the first SW 22 short revolvers - haha! Get a 9mm! But dying of infection - never mind.
My daughter gave me a book on dueling. One guy showed up to his duel, naked. The rationale was that the lead ball was sterile. If not killed by the ball, it was the crap on your clothes that killed you. His opponent was outraged and refused to duel. Another ploy as a boiled, silk shirt, same reason. The silk might just be pushed in, and clean pulled out.
Of course, today we could dip our balls in Lysol - never mind. This isn't about Covid.