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Are there any H&R or Iver J specialty smiths?
boggy
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Basically I am looking for a shop that sort of specializes in the old top break revolvers. Thanks!
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If you pay the top $ going rate you will find folks willing to work on them. Lots of the common wear/broken parts are hard to find as the stock has been used up. Parts can be made but again $$$
Shipping to and fro is often more than the pistol is worth.
I sort of learned on cheap guns, fitting parts. I often spent way more time than the job was worth. I never had to throw one in the trash (tho I felt like it at times) because I ruined it. Saw others have to do that - haste makes waste.
Good luck. H&R's were the best of the cheapies, owl heads not so much. I had a few H&R's, gave them away to new shooters so they wouldn't ask borrow my good guns.
added Cool. What does it cost to ship one both ways in general?
Finding someone that is knowledgeable, and willing to work on them. Is a challenge in itself.
Let me begin by saying that I am not a gunsmith by any stretch of the imagination. I started restoring the old revolvers after I retired from the USN. During this time I have worked on many of the Iver Johnson, H&R, Hopkins & Allen, etc., top-breaks and solid frames. I have also amassed a large supply of parts for these revolvers, as well as other models.
I am in full accord of what the gentlemen said about working on these older revolvers. I do it because it is a hobby, and not my livelihood. I always said that if I were a gunsmith, I would have starved to death long ago.
Currently, I have a number of gunsmiths, both locally and country-wide that send me guns of these type for repair, or refer their customers to me. I can honestly say that I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but after working on these revolvers on a daily basis, even an old codger like me can learn something.
As Charliemeyer007 stated, the parts for these older revolvers are drying up. I am fortunate enough to have a large inventory of parts, although not all inclusive.
If anyone wants to contact me, my email address is [email protected] Thank you!
Ron (buttplate)
BMCM USN Retired
Boggy,
Let me begin by saying that I am not a gunsmith by any stretch of the imagination. I started restoring the old revolvers after I retired from the USN. During this time I have worked on many of the Iver Johnson, H&R, Hopkins & Allen, etc., top-breaks and solid frames. I have also amassed a large supply of parts for these revolvers, as well as other models.
I am in full accord of what the gentlemen said about working on these older revolvers. I do it because it is a hobby, and not my livelihood. I always said that if I were a gunsmith, I would have starved to death long ago.
Currently, I have a number of gunsmiths, both locally and country-wide that send me guns of these type for repair, or refer their customers to me. I can honestly say that I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but after working on these revolvers on a daily basis, even an old codger like me can learn something.
As Charliemeyer007 stated, the parts for these older revolvers are drying up. I am fortunate enough to have a large inventory of parts, although not all inclusive.
If anyone wants to contact me, my email address is [email protected] Thank you!
Ron (buttplate)
BMCM USN Retired
Thanks for the heads-up! Wish I was aware of you, couple of years ago.