Potsy
04-25-2013, 11:12 AM
I recently inherited my Great-Grandad's 4" High Standard Deluxe Sentinel .22lr.
It has an aluminum frame. On another forum a fellow recommended shooting only "standard" velocity loads to avoid stressing the aluminum frame. Is there anything to this?
All my current crop of .22's are old Mini-Mags and old Winchester Super Speeds (alos inherited) and given the rarity of .22 shells these days I didn't know if I should go ahead and shoot it or wait till I could find some Winchester Wilcats or Federal Targets or something along those lines.
Does anybody have any experience with these?
Also, I inherited his H&R .32 S&W Break-Top. He had a couple of boxes of .32 S&W Long, but I was always under the understanding that the long was a different cartridge than the standard .32 S&W, which is what the gun is stamped for.
Also, was this gun designed to function double action only? It has a hammer with a spur but does not stay back when pulled.
There also seems to be some slack in the gun when the action is closed. I don't know if most H&R's were made that way or if that's the result of having .32 Longs fired out of it.
If it can be fired single action (the way I prefer to shoot a revolver) I'd not mind getting it fixed and getting a mold and some brass for the old girl. Dunno why, just want to.
Thanks!
It has an aluminum frame. On another forum a fellow recommended shooting only "standard" velocity loads to avoid stressing the aluminum frame. Is there anything to this?
All my current crop of .22's are old Mini-Mags and old Winchester Super Speeds (alos inherited) and given the rarity of .22 shells these days I didn't know if I should go ahead and shoot it or wait till I could find some Winchester Wilcats or Federal Targets or something along those lines.
Does anybody have any experience with these?
Also, I inherited his H&R .32 S&W Break-Top. He had a couple of boxes of .32 S&W Long, but I was always under the understanding that the long was a different cartridge than the standard .32 S&W, which is what the gun is stamped for.
Also, was this gun designed to function double action only? It has a hammer with a spur but does not stay back when pulled.
There also seems to be some slack in the gun when the action is closed. I don't know if most H&R's were made that way or if that's the result of having .32 Longs fired out of it.
If it can be fired single action (the way I prefer to shoot a revolver) I'd not mind getting it fixed and getting a mold and some brass for the old girl. Dunno why, just want to.
Thanks!