H&R Sportsman(Model 999)

[CZU]

I would say this one is in excellent condition. Made 1978, it has the ventilated rib. Tried it out a couple weeks ago and it is a shooter for sure. I was pleasantly surprised.

 

[nutsforsmiths]

At the time I bought the Sportsman that is pictured below in the box, the gun store also had the same model you have. It was also in the original box. I decided to take the older one, built around 1938. This was almost 20 years ago, and they were both priced at $150 each. How times have changed! I picked up the other one pictured many years later from a friend, along with a H&R 22 Special.

This picture was in another recent Sportsman thread, so you've probably seen in before.

 

[Sevens]

These are very fun and enjoyable guns. It has been my experience that the market recognized this at some point more than 4 years ago, less than 10 years ago. They used to appear all the time for a $125-$225, now they all sell for 2-3-4 times that price.

My Sportsman dates to 1951 and does not have that vent rib.

 

[Erich]

Wow, you sure don't see them in that condition these days! What a fantastic gun - thank you for taking the time to share it with us.

(Now I'll be obsessing about those for a while! )

 

[robvious]

that is a spectacular example. and yes, they have had a rapid increase in value in the past decade... last one I saw at a gunshow was 80-90 percent, no box priced at $500

 

[Goony]

I'd shown my modern Sportsman at the beginning of this thread: The Harrington & Richardson Sportsman Although mine is just a few years later production, by then the vents in the barrel had become mere flutes.

 

[shil]

I have one; much fun to shoot. I 'm starting to gravitate to my .22s simply because of the current cost of reloading components.

 

[RUT]

I just picked one of these up myself, and it dates to 1952. I wasn't looking for one but this one was just too nice to pass up! Bluing is near perfect, as is the whole gun.

 

[Kinman]

My dad won a model 999 back in the sixties in a company promotion. I remember it came in a maroon colored box, he gave it to my mother who was in the market for a home defense gun. I used to "borrow" it and take it to the field with me, clean it and return it to its box. It was not twelve year old proof and I broke the single action sear so that it would only fire double action, they were not built for fanning. I can say the same for a Colt Trooper .357 I bought in the early 70's, although not through fanning but some other issue involving some very hot rounds I broke the single action sear on that one as well. Haven't managed to break a Smith and Wesson revolver...

 

[TJm15.38]

The folks in Gardner, MA put out some quality firearms at a reasonable price.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

George C. Nonte wrote his first handgun was an H&R, found it was not up to prolonged DA shooting.

 

[otis24]

I guy had one advertised locally about a year ago for $200. I’ve really been wanting one. It was gone before I could even respond.

 

[djohns6]

My first handgun was a Sportsman . Around that same vintage .