In a slight departure from my growing collection of H&R Top Break Revolvers with long 5" or 6" barrels and oversized/target grips, I just acquired this one...
But notice there's NO cylinder.................... It's an H&R Model 195 "USRA" Single-Shot Pistol that is indeed, a "top break" after all. You can see the massive extractor/ejector below the bore, and boy does it work -- empties are thrown at least 15' across the cellar! This is a mid-production model that had a relief cut for the hammer in the event of dry-firing, so the hammer or chamber would not be damaged. I surely don't plan to dry fire it, but on a once-fired case, I did measure that trigger pull at a crisp 1 pound even! Sweet! And unlike all my other H&R top-breaks where the trigger trips a sear, that then trips the hammer, these were factory designed with the trigger acting as the sear -- and they were setup with a "light target trigger" being standard. If I recall, one of the NRA experts set a record at Bisley with one of these target pistols, giving the S&W's and other target pistols a challenge to beat.
Without any cylinder on it, you can see just how skinny she really is... I haven't tried shooting her for groups off sandbags at 25 yards yet, only plinking in the cellar with 22 Long CB's to check the functioning, but I plan to do so soon! The bore is pristine, so I think she'll do pretty well!
Some day, when there's time, I'll post a pix of all my H&R Top Breaks. I'm sure Ysabel Kid will want to see that, as I believe he collects a few too.
Oh well, I have to go take a break -- with a Top Break that is!
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Tight groups.
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