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The old H&R company went out of business back in 86, its HQ was in Worcester, Ma. Today their located in Gardner, Ma. under the name of H&R 1871. I remember the building well being from the area myself. Some good info here with external links.
That looks like a H&R 20 guage single shot to me...take it out and shoot it. I have one just like it. Be careful, it kicks harder than my 12 guage pump. Make sure to pull the butt tight to your shoulder when shooting.
I used to have one real close to that, 12ga, used to be my grampa's, thing was so w/o last time i shot it the barrel lock was so loose the barrel came open when i shot it, other than that it had the barrel cut down a bit too, was a fine ol gun in it's time.
H& R made millions of those old single shot shotguns and smaller caliber rifes later . They really have little value especailly with the numbers produced. They were very serviceable and relible single shot shotguns. Probably more kids started out with one than any shotgun and many farmers keep them in their trucks because they were cheap and strudy.
I have a gun that looks just like the one in the pic above, except it's a double barrel 28 gauge. on the side it has patent feb. 7, oc. It was my grandfathers gun. He used it in one of the World Wars. I've been trying to find the value of it, and also if it's safe to shoot today's 28 gauge shells. If anyone could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. (tex_baseball@hotmail.com)
You need to let a gunsmith look at it to see how the barrel is made and other factors on old guns. Most H&Rs are of liitle value as they werre made to be utility guns at a low cost.If it was your gandfathers I would think that it has more value to you. I am not aware that any double barreled guns were used in WWI as most were pump shotguns ;called trench guns.Also 28 guage is pretty weak for such a purpose.
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