since I was a kid...very reasonably priced to boot.
Rob

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

The 999 H&R is a cool handgun, had one in the 1970`s the problem I had is that my (at the time girlfriend) could out shoot me with it , in front of all my friends!! it had to go.

I learned to shoot on an H&R 949, satin nickel. They are good, solid, underrated guns.

Congrats!

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west of the Mississippi. Took me 20+ years to find a 999 and it came from MA via a friend of mine. You never see them at the shows or shops, but if you go back east there are piles of 'em, especially in the northeast. Same with HS revolvers and auto's.

If memory serves, more than $500, which even with inflation is getting right up there.

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I also have a late model H&R Sportsman purchased shortly after they were discontinued.

I read somewhere that the late guns were made one at a time by one old guy and were truely hand fitted revolvers. When he died H&R dropped the line.

Is this true and does anyone have any other info on these cool .22s?

Thanks in advance,

Byron

...found a few at Tulsa, but I'm not ready to let go of $500 for one!

found two of them recently -- one made in 1962, the other in 1984, and both nearly new. and both at good prices. they are hard to find below 500$ but got these out of auctions in the northeast, and for a lot less. they are beautifully made revolvers!

Rob, our tastes run very parallel on many of these things dont they!

Boge, i may have a line on another at a good price, if i do i will let you know.

It's even on 'Special' today: $1 Off!

H & R "Sportsman" Model 999 NIB Beauty! @ GunBroker.com − Starts at only $499.00!

HTH

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Nm

The 999 was the final design for that pistol. It was preceded by the Sportsman, the Model 199 (SA only I believe) and an even earlier model whose name escapes me at the moment. There is a fella who used to run around the forums by the handle of "B. Goforth"---I believe his name was Brian Goforth. He likely knows more about these that anyone and put out a book here a few years back.

My Sportsman dates to 1938/39. It is cosmetically challenged but shoots just fine, thank you.

The first handgun I ever shot was a 999. The family was visting in Iowa and my dad's high school buddy lived on a farm outside of town, and he let me chase a can down the road with his 999. Loved those guns ever since.

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I have been searching for one--use to shoot one as a kid--fun!