HARRINGTON AND RICHARDSON ARMS.
These excellent revolvers and SIMS :111. 110i 141 101'City Of COnSt ruction, qualities of safety and good shooting.. The automatic double action revolver, shown in Pigures 1 and 2, is made in all desired calibers. These are the stand ard-32 caliber 6 shot, 3% inch barrel, weight 16 ounces, using center lire Smith and Wesson cartridge: 38 caliber 5 shot, 334 inch barrel, weight 15 ounces, using center fire Smith and Wesson cartridge; in these a 4, 5. or 6 inch barrel may be substituted. In the "Police" pattern, the thumb piece is cut away to prevent catching in the clothes when withdrawing. from the pocket. To enable the user to thumb-cock the revolver, if he desires, the inner and upper part of the hammer is concaved. By pulling the trigger until the hammer catches on the sear at the half-cock notch, the cocking can be com pleted with the thumb. The 22 caliber, 7 shot, 3 inch barrel, weighs 13 ounces, using a long or short cartridge, rim fire, with a possible substitution of 1 or 5 inch barrels. The small frame :12 caliber, 5 shot. :1 inch barrel, using center fire Smith and 1Vesson cartridge, Nveiglis only 12 ounces; 4 or 5 inch barrels inay be substituted also in this reN-olver. The 22 ealilber. 7 shot, 2 Melt I strrel, weight 12 ounces, rim fire long. lir slit irt cart ridge, ant] :12 caliber, 5 shot, 2 inch barrel. Nveight 11 ounces. center lire Smith and NVesson cart ridge are especially adapted in all cases where a, small, light weight., effective -weapon is desired. Tile automatic shell ejecting is seen in Figure 2.
The autonmtic hammerless revolver is shown in Figure 3. The latest pro duction of this class is the 38 caliber, 5 shot, inch barrel, weight 17 ounces, center fire Smith and Wesson cartridge, with a substitution of 4. 5 or 6 inch barrels. Figure 3 shows a lighter frame, 32 caliber, 5 shot, 3 inch barrel, weighing 13 ounces. It is also made with 2, 4, 5, and 6 inch barrels. This revolver is remarkably safe and automatic shell ejecting.
The American double action revolver (with regular or safety hammer) 39 caliber-16 ounces, 38 caliber-15 ounces, 44 caliber-1S ounces, with bar rels 9Y2, 4% or 6 inches, are well known and favorites. Likewise the Young America Bull Dog, the .11. and R. Bull Dog, the Young America Double Action and the Young America Sali-ty Hammer, in every practicable and desired variety of caliber and weight, have excellent records and are generally quite popular.
The following directions should be observed in removing and replacing the cylinder and ejector. First, open the arm to its full capacity; then with the thumb nail of the left hand, press in the cylinder catch bolt .4 as seen in
Figure 4, and holding it there, raise with the forefinger of the left hand, both the barrel and cylinder catches B; then, releasing hold on cylinder catch holt, the barrel and cylinder catches remain, open at full height, and the cylinder and eiector may be withdrawn from the arm. To replace the cylinder and ejector, the barrel and cylinder catches being opened or raised, as before described, thi cylinder and ejector may be returned to phice on the quill; then, press hard thi cylinder catch bolt, which will allow the barrel and cylinder catches to returi to their usual positions.
The Harrington and Richardson Arms Company have a knife attachment on their revolvers of 32 and 38 caliber designed for export trade. Thus till weapon is effective without noise, with the cartridges in reserve, or as a Iasi resort after the cartridges are fired. The knife blade folds down under thl barrel when not in use. To extend the knife, with the thumb and for finger of the left hand swing the blade to the evtended position, where t spring will hold it firmly in place. To close the knife hold in the right lure butt down and guard toward you, release the blade by pressing the cheeke ends of the spring toward the axis of the bore with the thumb and secon finger of the left hand, :old at the same time swinging the blade downwax with the forefinger.
This Company's automatic ejecting single gun,* Fig. 5, 12, 16 and 20 guage barrels 28 to 32 inches, very recently put on the market, has achieved E good reputation among sportsmen and military men. It is very simple in ita action. To dismount it, first unhinge the barrel and remove the butt plat: and stock in the usual manner. Drive out the trigger pin when the guard an) trigger can be removed. While holding the hammer at full cock insert small pin in the main spring guide at rear end of spring; release the hammer and the spring and guide can be readily taken out. Drive out the hamme pin and the luonnier is free to be taken out.
To assemble, place the hammer in position and insert the hammer pir! Place the stain spring and guide in position, hold the hammer at full cock remove the small pin, ;um let the hammer down. A pin not longer than th thickness of the guard is necessary to be used in holding the trigger in posy tion in the guard. Insert the front end of the guard, and while bolding th trigger Nick, complete the placing of t he guard in position, then drive in th ?,rigger pill. Replace the stock, butt plate, and barrels in the usual way.