A friend put me onto this perfect Model 16-4. I just bought one of the 8 3/8" variety a month ago but couldn't pass this one up. It came with the box and all the papers along with the original receipt for $330. I had to pay a bit more but I'm happy.
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You'll enjoy shooting that one.
The 32 S&W Long is an inherently accurate cartridge and fun to reload for.
Dale53
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Series Guy;
I have had a 6" barreled 16-4 since they hit the market. It's one of my favorite handguns of all time!
Of course, you already feel the same way, I'll bet!
Good for you!
Dale53
I have had a 6" barreled 16-4 since they hit the market. It's one of my favorite handguns of all time!
Of course, you already feel the same way, I'll bet!
Good for you!
Dale53
Troystat, that was shot at 12 yards while I was chronographing the load.
Just curious: when did they hit the market?
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Green Frog
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I got the one of the first 16-4s to come to town here and was too dumb to appreciate what I had. I decided I needed something else more (can't remember what it was and it's gone too 
) and like that it was gone! By the time I understood what great potential they had, the Model 16-4 was long discontinued and its prices were already starting to climb. 
I still believe a Model 16-5 or the hypothetical Model 616, either in 327 Fed Mag, would sell like hot cakes, especially if they could remember how to build them without the lock.
The 32 H&R has a great deal of potential and for all but the heaviest loads, so I like to have that "little extra" but truth to tell, just like Models 19 & 66 that mostly get shot with 38 Spls, the 16 series are so much fun to shoot with the "lesser" 32s, they don't get driven very hard most of the time. Maybe not completely logical, but that's the way I like it.
Froggie
) and like that it was gone! By the time I understood what great potential they had, the Model 16-4 was long discontinued and its prices were already starting to climb. I still believe a Model 16-5 or the hypothetical Model 616, either in 327 Fed Mag, would sell like hot cakes, especially if they could remember how to build them without the lock.
The 32 H&R has a great deal of potential and for all but the heaviest loads, so I like to have that "little extra" but truth to tell, just like Models 19 & 66 that mostly get shot with 38 Spls, the 16 series are so much fun to shoot with the "lesser" 32s, they don't get driven very hard most of the time. Maybe not completely logical, but that's the way I like it.
Froggie
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I didn't want to dirty this one up yet but I did take my finish challenged 8 3/8" 16-4 to the range today. I was shooting some .32 S&W longs through it and accuracy was amazing and it had less recoil than a .22. Dave my new 16-4 has a BEF serial number and was completed the day after yours.
61-4
Here's a 16-4 that is just plain fun to shoot!
It is a true "multi cartridge" gun, 32 Long, 32 H&R mag, and 327 Fed Mag. Another fine job by Andy Horvath.
jcelect
Here's a 16-4 that is just plain fun to shoot!
It is a true "multi cartridge" gun, 32 Long, 32 H&R mag, and 327 Fed Mag. Another fine job by Andy Horvath.
jcelect
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Andy Horvath
Andy Horvath is an old school gunsmith. I've been to his shop a few times and it is not a "new" modern CNC machine filled place. Just older machines that he does his magic on.
The right gun is a 17-6 that he converted to center fire and chambered to .224 Harvey K-Chuk for me
jcelect
Andy Horvath is an old school gunsmith. I've been to his shop a few times and it is not a "new" modern CNC machine filled place. Just older machines that he does his magic on.
The right gun is a 17-6 that he converted to center fire and chambered to .224 Harvey K-Chuk for me
jcelect
Green Frog
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Andy Horvath is an old school gunsmith. I've been to his shop a few times and it is not a "new" modern CNC machine filled place. Just older machines that he does his magic on.
The right gun is a 17-6 that he converted to center fire and chambered to .224 Harvey K-Chuk for me
jcelect
When Andy converted your 17-4 to CF, did he keep the frame mounted firing pin and set it up like a Model 53, or did he convert it to the hammer mounted firing pin. I can see some advantages either way, but I believe I would have gone with the former.
Froggie
Green Frog
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Andy Horvath is an old school gunsmith. I've been to his shop a few times and it is not a "new" modern CNC machine filled place. Just older machines that he does his magic on.
The right gun is a 17-6 that he converted to center fire and chambered to .224 Harvey K-Chuk for me
jcelect
When Andy converted your 17-6 to CF, did he keep the frame mounted firing pin and set it up like a Model 53, or did he convert it to the hammer mounted firing pin. I can see some advantages either way, but I believe I would have gone with the former.
Froggie
jcelect: You can add any of the .32 autos and .32 shorts to the list too.
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