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TED BLOCKER'S HOLSTERS ARE THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS<br />
Mickey Fowler wins 3rd straight Bianchi Cup and the man v Is man speed<br />
event using Ted Blocker's 1.5.1. competition rig.<br />
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1.5.1 CANNON SAFE TEAM Mickey<br />
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and Mike Fichman remain undefeated<br />
in the Bianchi Cup Team<br />
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H&R REVOLVERS<br />
Continuedfrom page 58<br />
round, bull barrels. The 03s are slightly<br />
lighter in weight and the sides of the barrels<br />
are milled flat. Even though the 03-04s<br />
are well designed, I couldn't get interested<br />
enough to want one.<br />
Finally, H&R introduced its 800 series,<br />
in which all models are identical except for<br />
caliber. The M829 is a nine-shot .22LR;<br />
the M826 holds six rounds of .22 magnum<br />
cartridges. The M832, also a six rounder, is<br />
chambered for .32S&W Long ammo. All<br />
have three-inch barrels, ramp front sights,<br />
fully adjustable rear sights, rebated flat<br />
muzzles, and square-butt grips with walnut<br />
side panels.<br />
ENTER 'SUPERMAN'<br />
I asked H&R to send me a couple of the<br />
new guns for testing, to find out if they<br />
handle as well as they look. When the test<br />
guns arrived, it took only a minute to find<br />
out that they don't. Double-action pulls on<br />
the guns were Superman strong.<br />
The H&R action design is sound, and<br />
very little work is required to bring the<br />
double-action pull down to an aceptable<br />
level. All I did to the test guns was grind a<br />
couple of coils from the ends of the mainsprings.<br />
The reason for working both ends<br />
is that each end of the spring has four<br />
closed coils, a design feature of all H&R<br />
mainsprings. After the springs were shortened,<br />
both guns still had 100 percent ignition<br />
reliability.<br />
The two guns tested were a four-inch<br />
M904 and a M829. The M904 had a rather<br />
heavy single-action trigger, so most of the<br />
shooting was done with the M829, which<br />
proved to be a fun plinker with acceptable<br />
accuracy. No functional problems were<br />
noted, except for an occasional mild difficulty<br />
of extracting fired cases. This called<br />
for tapping the extractor rod with the handle<br />
of a small screwdriver.<br />
At the range, where I was shooting the<br />
M829, another shooter had an H&R M686<br />
with a 7Y2-inch barrel. We swapped guns<br />
for a few rounds. Needless to say, the M686<br />
punched the holes closer together. Fiveshot<br />
groups from a bench at 25 yards averaged<br />
under three inches.<br />
We set up an Oehler Chronotach, recording<br />
977 fps on the M686 and 884 fps<br />
on the M829 with Winchester Super-X solids.<br />
CCI Stingers averaged 1112 fps and<br />
1043 fps, respectively.<br />
H&R may have made more .22 caliber<br />
revolvers than any other company. Their<br />
guns have always been strong and durable;<br />
now they have some style, too. Ray<br />
Chatigny, H&Rs chief engineer, tells me<br />
they're working on the Superman spring<br />
problem. Soon, maybe even an ordinary,<br />
mild-mannered gun writer will be able to<br />
fire one double- ~<br />
action-with ease. ~<br />
821 E. ADAMS, DEPT. AH1I83<br />
DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED HAVANA, ILL. 62644<br />
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