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H&R Bulldog (large solid frame rimfire revolver) Caliber: .32 rimfire; Top-break Shell Extracting Revolver (Manual Ejecting Model).32 S&W, .32 H&R, or .38 S&W; 5- or 6- shot. Build on the same frame as the Second Model Auto Ejecting, and features a spring-loaded center pin protruding under the barrel that is used to manually actuate the ejector ...
[citation needed] Wesson began a brief partnership with Harrington in 1871, as Wesson & Harrington, until Harrington bought him out in 1872 or 1874. [1] [2] He then formed a partnership with William A. Richardson, a former employee of the Ballard and Fairbanks shop, under the name Harrington & Richardson. They had a workshop at 18 Manchester ...
In addition to Harrington & Richardson, other manufacturers who have offered revolvers in .32 H&R Magnum include Dan Wesson Firearms, Charter Arms (professional 7 round revolver), Freedom Arms, Smith & Wesson (J and K frames), Ruger (Blackhawk, Single-Six, GP100, SP101, Ruger LCR and LCRx), Taurus, and New England Firearms (NEF). In addition ...
The first top-break revolver was patented in France and Britain at the end of December in 1858 by Devisme. [42] The most commonly found top-break revolvers were manufactured by Smith & Wesson, Webley & Scott, Iver Johnson, Harrington & Richardson, Manhattan Fire Arms, Meriden Arms, and Forehand & Wadsworth. [43]
The Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless or Smith & Wesson New Departure (nicknamed by collectors as the Lemon Squeezer) is a double-action revolver that was produced from 1887 to 1940 by Smith & Wesson. Based on the Smith & Wesson Model 2 double-action design, the revolver incorporated an internal hammer and an external grip safety on its back-strap.
The article also contains a weird footnote stating that many pistols are marked "Special", whereas the 22 Special was a model name used for a fixed sight top break 6-inch pistol originally produced in 7-shot "22 Rimfire" (with saw-handle grip) ca 1928, and subsquently 9-shot 22RF (cylinder designed to accommodate 22LR) and 7-shot 22WRF (22 ...
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As Webley had used the .38 S&W cartridge dimensions for their revolver, and the cartridge length was fixed by the size of the cylinder of the revolver (the same as for the wider .455), Kynoch produced a cartridge with the same dimensions as the .38 S&W but with 2.8 grains (0.18 g) of "Neonite" nitrocellulose powder and a 200 grain (13.0 g ...