![]() Please keep in mind that H&R did not always obey their own rules and there are exceptions to every rule. No caliber markings = black powder, caliber markings = smokeless powder. ![]() When H&R made the switch to smokeless powder in 1905 they started marking the caliber on the left side of the barrel of all their handguns. Starting with A in 1940 and going to BC in 1986.Ĭaliber markings on the side of the barrel ALWAYS indicate 1905 or after manufacture. Post-1904 (1905 to 1939) one single series starting at 1 and going into the middle 6 digits (some third model auto-ejecting revolvers have been observed with numbers in the 800,000 range.ġ940 and after letter codes used to denote the year of manufacture. On some models, there was a different series every year. ![]() Pre-1905 (1904 and before) which were more like batch numbers and usually ran from 1 to 99,999. Generally speaking, there were three types of serial number series. Decoding H&R serial numbers is not easy and it takes up quite a bit of the H&R book as different models usually have separate serial number series. ![]()
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