02 March 2011

My oldest gun.

This:



Is the oldest gun I own.

It is a Harrington and Richardson 'Automatic' in .32 S&W Long.  It was made in 1891.

It's not rated for smokeless loads.  I have shot some .32 S&W smokeless rounds through it though.  Had several pierced primers so I quit shooting it.  It's probably a good thing that I didn't try any S&W Long in it.  I think I want to get or have made some black powder loads for it.  Should be fun.

It used to be my grampa's.  Grampa ran a gas station, so I suspect this revolver sat in a drawer under the counter for decades until he retired.  There's very little wear and the bore is shiny and sharp.  I inherited it.

This is the first gun I legally carried concealed.  At the time I inherited it, this and a Glock 21 were my only handguns.  Since it was summer out, the Glock didn't hide well.

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