Well, I DO own Mr. Goforth's H&R book. By the markings on the barrel, you have an H&R Premier, 3rd Model. but the serial number falls into the 6th variation of the Premier. According to Bill's book, that is not uncommon, as there seem to be a lot of barrels of that type made and they seem to fall in with a lot of different serial number ranges.

If the serial number is correct to the pistol, then it would have been made between 1916-1924, I'd say around 1921 or so.

Also, the serial number for the barrel is on the underside of the top strap. Remove the cylinder you will be able to see the number there. One last thing, H&R started putting the caliber markings on their pistols around 1908 for use with smokeless powder. Earlier black powder pistols had no caliber markings.

I like H&R 22 revolvers. The nickel one in the middle is a Premier, but not as nice as the one you have!



That looks like an excellent example of the Premier model. Nice find.