pokute
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I enjoyed showing off my Grizzly's, but I've also got some wee ones. I'm partial to the H&R 199:
That's an early model up above, and a late one below. Walter Roper designed the action and the grips for these guns. The one problem with them was the narrow, sharp edged finger rest. In 1938, a few months before John Harrington died and the company deflated, they were selling an adapter for it, which I have exactly one picture of in an article by Roper in American Rifleman Feb/1939. Had John Harrington not died, the next iteration of the 199 (and of course the USRA single shot, aka model 195) would have had a rear sight extension over the grip, and a channeled rib to adjust the sight radius. Roper was intent on beating the European Free Pistol game with the new 195/199. Instead, he wound up designing and selling some very, very fine grips.
That's an early model up above, and a late one below. Walter Roper designed the action and the grips for these guns. The one problem with them was the narrow, sharp edged finger rest. In 1938, a few months before John Harrington died and the company deflated, they were selling an adapter for it, which I have exactly one picture of in an article by Roper in American Rifleman Feb/1939. Had John Harrington not died, the next iteration of the 199 (and of course the USRA single shot, aka model 195) would have had a rear sight extension over the grip, and a channeled rib to adjust the sight radius. Roper was intent on beating the European Free Pistol game with the new 195/199. Instead, he wound up designing and selling some very, very fine grips.
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