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Title: WTB H&R Trapdoor
Post by: Grenadier on March 04, 2025, 07:57:57 PM
Looking for one of the old Harrington Richardson trapdoor carbines.

Please contact me directly brenmk1@gmail.com
Title: Re: WTB H&R Trapdoor
Post by: Hair Trigger Jim on March 04, 2025, 08:11:18 PM
You shouldn't post your email on a WTB ad like this.  Scammers will email you with pictures they found on the internet, trying to get you to send them money.
Title: Re: WTB H&R Trapdoor
Post by: Jeff Michel on March 05, 2025, 05:46:00 AM
I have a friend who has a Little Bighorn commemorative. He hasn't shot it in years and would likely part with it. I'll ask him if your interested.
Title: Re: WTB H&R Trapdoor
Post by: Grenadier on March 05, 2025, 08:53:16 AM
Quote from: Jeff Michel on March 05, 2025, 05:46:00 AMI have a friend who has a Little Bighorn commemorative. He hasn't shot it in years and would likely part with it. I'll ask him if your interested.

Please!
Title: Re: WTB H&R Trapdoor
Post by: ira scott on March 05, 2025, 10:08:24 AM
IF, you are planning on shooting B.P., you will have a more harmonious outcome with a Pedersoli/Uberti replica. Along with the fact that the tang sight on the Little Bighorn is close to useless, along with the camlatch issue.(which is easily resolved)

JMHO, B.N. Scotty
Title: Re: WTB H&R Trapdoor
Post by: St. George on March 05, 2025, 11:58:06 AM
The H&R tang sight bottoms out at 200 yards when at the lowest position - think of it as the 'battle sight'.

Further adjustments were for the owner/shooter to figure out individually, with smokeless commercial .45-70, and file marks were the 'Order of the Day' - using a scribe.

They were never calibrated for BP - when they came out in the early '70's - no one was shooting it.

You can always mount an original rear sight - it'll obscure some of the barrel's markings at the top of the lettering, but that isn't a problem.

If you do that to the 'Officer's Rifle' - you need an original Rifle sight, and should mount a Beech front sight - a wooden, checkered pistol grip finishes it, because the original metal ones are too large for the wrist of the H&R, and the ones supplied with some of the commemoratives are a major pain to source.

Pedersoli bought up a lot of the discontinued stock (as well as finished, used ones) of H&Rs while figuring out their production of same and re-marking them.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

Title: Re: WTB H&R Trapdoor
Post by: Tascosa Joe on March 05, 2025, 12:15:17 PM
I sent you a PM.
T-Joe