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Thursday, December 17, 2015
Hartford Arms pictures
Below 10"
barreled Hartford single shot #4, Photo of (2) 22 SHORT Mdl 1925's inc. box, period
advertisement listing 22 SHORT Mdl 1925 for retail sale.
Stefan, that is a pretty interesting pistol. A few years ago at a local gun store, there was a Hartford pistol that needed grips and some repair. It was about $100. I looked at it from time to time, but did not buy it. At that time I did not know much about Hartford Arms. I wish I had purchased it just for comparison purposes to the High Standard model B.
I don't understand why Hartford Arms produced some single shot guns that looked otherwise like semiauto pistols. Do you know the rationale for that?
I know that Fiala made manually operated magazine fed pistols due to Fiala's belief that cold temperatures would affect the feeding of the rounds in semiauto configuration.
I have a friend that has a beat up Hartford single shot with magazine that he claims fires. It lacks the release lever for the slide so he has to use a punch to get it to open. It has no magazine but I am told that an old HS B magazine will work. The magazine catch is also missing some parts. Finish is really bad too. Not a collector's piece but as a piece of HS history that would be fun to get working again it is intriguing. Are replacement parts being made by anyone to get this old girl working again? bruce@performancerealtync.com
That ten incher is beautiful. I'll be it's super accurate, too.
ReplyDeleteStefan, that is a pretty interesting pistol. A few years ago at a local gun store, there was a Hartford pistol that needed grips and some repair. It was about $100. I looked at it from time to time, but did not buy it. At that time I did not know much about Hartford Arms. I wish I had purchased it just for comparison purposes to the High Standard model B.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why Hartford Arms produced some single shot guns that looked otherwise like semiauto pistols. Do you know the rationale for that?
I know that Fiala made manually operated magazine fed pistols due to Fiala's belief that cold temperatures would affect the feeding of the rounds in semiauto configuration.
I have a friend that has a beat up Hartford single shot with magazine that he claims fires. It lacks the release lever for the slide so he has to use a punch to get it to open. It has no magazine but I am told that an old HS B magazine will work. The magazine catch is also missing some parts. Finish is really bad too. Not a collector's piece but as a piece of HS history that would be fun to get working again it is intriguing. Are replacement parts being made by anyone to get this old girl working again? bruce@performancerealtync.com
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