Who knew H&R made a nice classic double?

[J.B. Books]

I have to believe this is a rare gun. I need to rethink my opinion on H&R it would seem. (I have no connection or interest in the gun) I just think it is interesting as well as nice, too bad the dimensions are not good for me.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=281735550

[OH Osthaus]

certainly can see the British in it. very nice

3" chambers ???

[Ed Blake]

There was an article in the DGJ a couple years ago about H&R being the first hammerless made in the US. It reminds me of a Westley.

[Bob Brown]

I belive H&R licensed the U.S. rights to the Anson and Deeley patent from Westley Richards. The DGJ had a good article on it some years back. If I remember right they either built a factory or added a building to their existing location just to make the new A&D side by sides. Even had some WR staff come over to get them started right. I thought they were building the actions too, though they were identical to the ones WR made. Could be wrong on that last part though.

[Bill Murphy]

Serious researchers insist that the whole gun, minus the raw tubes, was made in the US.

[Parker Bachelder (Brad's Profile)]

Bill
That is correct, in fact Anson himself showed the H&R workers how to build the entire Gun with the exception of the English Dam. tubes. At that time H&R used some of the top engravers for their handguns, thus the beautiful engraving.

Brad

[Drew Hause]

One of the more frustrating internet sellers. Lots of (what appear to be) neat vintage doubles but with poor pics of his pool table
I heard some time ago that the Olathe Gun Shop http://olathegunshop.com/ just off I-35 (not the seller but serves as his FFL) was going to open another room just for display of these guns. Did it happen? Bruce?

[Jack Kuzepski]

I remember reading that there were about 2000 of them made (approximately 500 per year for 4 years). One of the guys in Delaware Antique Arms Collectors had one (I think a grade 2) for sale about 2-3 years ago, it was in really nice condition; wished I had picked that one up.

Jack Kuzepski

[Bill Murphy]

Well, for maybe the first time ever, Mikeej99 took a decent picture, sold a good gun at a reasonable starting price, with no reserve, all in the same week. Congratulations to a customer who will get a great gun. And Jent, stop shouting at us. Oddly, many moons ago, I had an email discussion with Mikee about his terrible pictures, and he was very defensive. I asked for suitable pictures of a high end gun I was interested in purchasing and got no help at all.