Actually, some 'Sportsmen' are more serious than others

by FOG, Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 12:33 (4117 days ago) @ Paul

If you read your Roper, you will find there was a time when H&R was just as 'serious' as the other major brands, including the big ones.

This was especially true in two departments: Accuracy, and what we now call 'Ergonomics'.

Roper affected the latter in the obvious way (stock design), but he also infuenced H&R to alter their chambering methods, which greatly improved intrinsic accuracy, at least in some models.

Sticking to 'H&R' revolvers, I just searched GunBroker for grins, and sorting them by price found this fine specimen of the H&R Sportsman.

H&R Harrington Sportsman Single Action .22LR 22

Depending on your viewpoint, this is actually a pretty 'serious' target revolver.

Now, the pics are none too good, and perhaps this particular example isn't the best, but in top condition it would be worth every bit of $500, probably more.

In other words, they really didn't make 'em like they used to.

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