H&R 929 revolver

[hunter63]

Not many deals yesterday at the show......but did find a lonely H&R 929.
Very good shape

So, any fans of these out there?

Seems there are several models out there, but this what followed me home.....
From net
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With $5 buck holster.
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With yard sale cross draw
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[crashdive123]

My first 22 was the H&R 949 (9 shot) revolver. Traded it many years ago. It was a good little gun.

[shiftyer1]

I have a model 686 that i'm fond of which is double action. Never had a problem with it aside from poor finnish on the grips. Is yours single action? I hope you have fun with it!

[Old Professor]

I have owned a couple of double action H&R revolvers when I was much younger. Not finished very well but good functional guns for the money. Used mine while fishing/trapping and wandering around my uncles farm.

[kyratshooter]

I once had both the drop out cylinder .22 and the swing out cylinder .32. I carried them as foraging pistols while working the farm. I killed a rash of bunnies and quail with those pistols over the course of a couple of years. Good sturdy guns and accurate.

I wish we still had their equil at the same price point today. I paid $40 for the .22 NIB. Now we only have pot metal jamamatics at 5x that much. I would gladly pay $125-$150 for that base model H&R.

Those were guns one could recommend to new shooters and know they were accurate, reliable and of modest price. Even if they did not take up shooting big time they would have a reliable gun in the sock drawer if an emergency arose.

[hunter63]

There were a lot of different H&R revolvers for sale, different configurations and conditions.
Some were so worn out the cylinder index would not lock in the groove, bluing gone, .22's and .32, break action, swing out cylinder, drop out cylinders, ....different grip configurations......
I though this one was a Ruger Single Six at first, till looked at it closer....and it was in very good shape.

Then noticed it was actually a H&R...(I'm a H&R Handi Rifle/shotgun fan, no pistolas), so as it was calling my name, and lonely...it came home with me.

My $10 yard sale shoulder rig I just finished extending, for a cross draw fits well.....Or the LEO revolver holster(s) that were going for $5 bucks (got 2)
Will try to post a pic......

[kyratshooter]

Now just think about that for a minute.

You got your H&R pistol in .22.
Then you grab the handirifle in whatever your prefered caliber might be.
Then you drop a 12ga 18" tube into one side of the backpack, and a .22lr barrel on the other side to help hold the pack shape and you have yourself about covered for anything one would encounter.

We don't need no stinkin' black rifles in our BOB!!!

[hunter63]

Bingo!........Life is good......LOL

[Daniel Nighteyes]

We don't need no stinkin' black rifles in our BOB!!!

Amen. bruddah, and Hallelujah! (Just don't pass the collection plate, okay?)

[natertot]

Nice find! a few years ago, I picked up a High Standard Double Nine Convertible from a pawn shop. I got it for $175 and I love it. Way to accurate for a cheap little revolver. Never took game with it, but it is fun as all get out for plinking. Just wish I had a holster for it like yours, Hunter! Again, nice find!

[hunter63]

I did have to mod the long holster, as it was a under the arm shoulder rig.

So cut a extension for the big belt, took off the around the back strap, moved the belt hold down to the holster it self, so as to keep it from swing forward when bending over.......works very well.
Yard sale find....some leather and a rivet...cross draw sholder rig for $10 bucks.

[Mertell]

Hunter,

Good grab! I have several M929s. Nice and light little revolvers. I finally found a .22LR/.22WMR convertible, only after I had picked up that Single-Six.
The Main Springs have a habit of failure. May I suggest picking up a few spares?

-Mert

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

I really like that shoulder rig! Quick to get on for when you stuff on your belt already.

[hunter63]

Hunter,

Good grab! I have several M929s. Nice and light little revolvers. I finally found a .22LR/.22WMR convertible, only after I had picked up that Single-Six.
The Main Springs have a habit of failure. May I suggest picking up a few spares?

-Mert

Yeah, I have a forum member to thank for turning me on to even looking at the H&R.....wouldn't know who that would be would ya?....LOL.

This one is real tight, doesn't look like it got shot too much..........I guess I had never really paid attention to them.....

I do like the cross draw rig, as I have too much stuff on my belt as it is.....all and all, seems this was a "love it when a plan comes together", moment.

[randyt]

I like that shoulder rig too. I'm hurting for holsters. I have a 22 mag H&R with a drop out cylinder, haven't even shot it yet. I always wanted the break open 22 lr H&R for a trapline gun, yea that's it a trapline gun. I have all kinds of trapline rifles, handguns and shotguns. I haven't even started on canoe guns.

Nice h&r Hunter.

[kyratshooter]

Shoulder holsters were once a common item for the woodsman for the very reason stated.

Several advantages including access if seated on a log, in a car or in a boat, standing or in the outhouse. Out of the way of belt items and easily concealed with a light shirt or sweater in the campsite.

Horace Kepart carried his S&W revolver in a shoulder holster and recomended the same in Our Southen Highlanders back in 1922. Lots of people refer to his knife as a classic but do not realize he roamed around the Smoky Mountains armed like the Freto Bandito most of the time.

In the first photo I think he is carrying a Luger! Both photos give a good look at the shoulder holster he prefered. Strangely, they have not changed mush since the 1920s.

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I have spinal problems and find that if I carry a medium or full sized pistol on my belt the lower part of my body goes numb after a couple of hours. I have made shoulder holsters for all my field guns.

[randyt]

I've seen a few shoulder holsters made from hip holsters. A belt is made up that hinges on each side of the holster and a loop is added at the bottom of the holster to hook onto the belt. The rig loops over the shoulder like a possibles bag and the bottom loop keeps the holster from flopping all around. I don't know how well it works but need to find out.

A shoulder holster is the reason I acquired my CCW license. I simply wanted to carry a handgun under my coat while snowshoeing and to stay out of the "grey area" I went for the ccw just to protect my firearm from snow.

[hunter63]

I really like the "bandoleer" style chest rigs, use them a lot of anything big because of barrel length and weight.

When I first picked up this holster, it was made to fit under the right arm, with a chest strap, kinda like the Kephart pic's ......didn't make any sense to me as you had to really work at it to get it out, as it wasn't a cross draw.

I took off that strap, extended the big chest strap, then moved the hold down belt strap from the bottom of the holster, to the side........You can see it in the pic, wasn't hook to my belt for the pic. This keeps it from flopping forward.

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Hard to convert a belt holster 'as is", as it hangs wrong, unless you cut the chest belt in a oval, to allow it to conform to your body.
Not a problem with a thin belt, but I prefer a wider belt as it doesn't dig in as bad........same thing I do to the straps on my possibles bags....2-1/2 to 3" wide.

[kyratshooter]

The bandolier cheast rig is what the military issued for many decades to tank crews, drivers, aircrewmen. They spread the weight and make for easy access. They are also ultra simple to make. If you have a sharp pocket knife, a needle and some thread you can put one together from an old boot top!

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That last one is a standard sholder holster I made with no elastic or spring action. The leather holds the pistol tucked into the body. The harness strap is on the left side, the small strap goes behind the back and is supported by the opposite shoulder. The pistol is barely visible but still accessable.

Sorry, I do not have an H&R to put in mine.

[randyt]

Are you fellas gonna pull those pistols or whistle dixie?