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Offline henry1

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WH Receiver
« on: August 12, 2008, 08:23:55 PM »
Hey all got to tinkering around and found the receiver that my .38/55 barrel was on(sold it a while back) and was wondering what the year of manufacture it was. In the FAQs W is 1960 and H is in the 90's. So then which yr was it made? Im confused, but that happens easily for me. Also it seems that my .243 barrel fits really nice on this receiver. would this be ok to shoot off this rec? I take it it wouldn't be if it is indeed from 1960, if thats the case i may put my hornet barrel on it. Look forward to hearing what yall have to say. Thanks!
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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2008, 04:30:27 AM »
It's a Wesson & Harrington model, they all had WH prefixes, only H&R would know exactly when it was made.

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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2008, 05:25:05 AM »
Hmm. Ok so do you think that it would be ok to shoot the .243 off of it? do you think that its frikin ancient or is this common that only H&R would know when it was made.
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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2008, 01:39:59 PM »
I dunno if the new H&R CS will have that info or know how to get it. If it was made 1999 or later there won't be a problem, but they won't fit an older frame with any of the * marked accessory barrels which the 243 is. You could call and ask if you can get a 243 barrel fitted as instructed on the acc barrel page, they should tell you, then you'd know if it's a good idea or not.  ;)

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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2008, 01:59:34 PM »
Did they even make .38-55 Buffalo Classics prior to 1999?  I had a standard Handy that was made prior to 1999 that was factory fitted with a .270 barrel.  Unfortunately the factory wouldn't fit it with any other "high pressure" barrels.
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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2008, 01:57:55 AM »
henry1, did you ever find out what year your "WH" marked frame was made? If so how did you find out and who did you call? If you did find out what year was it made?..Thanks....<><....:)
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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2008, 03:01:59 AM »
Hey MSP, havnt found time do hardly do anything. seems like when i get home from work its usualy a range from 5 to 730pm. and since them folk are so far away it makes it hard for me to be able to get ahold of em with the time difference. I would call right now but seems I am on a on call basis this morning. maybe tomorow. or maybe today, we might get off early, never really do know.
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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2008, 09:49:44 AM »
Hi henry1, it looks as if we both may be out of luck in tracing the year of manufacture of our "WH" Buff Classics. I just got off the phone with the new H&R site in North Carolina and they were very nice but have no records of years of manufacture of the "Wesson & Harringtons"and therfore will not fit any barrel to those frames nor can they give us any info on them....<><....:)
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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2008, 10:09:27 AM »
Aw man! that is a bummer! Thanks for the info! I imagine that if it was made for a .38/55 then it would be ok to try my hornet on it. I need your guys' input on this though. from what i recall in earlier posts it is not ok for a high pressure barrel (.243, .25-06, .223?) Would it be ok to try the .45/70 on it? What you guys think? Thanks fellas.
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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2008, 10:18:20 AM »
The Wesson & Harrington was available in 45-70 as well as 38-55 so the 45-70 would be fine, but I'd not shoot any Ruger level loads in it, stick to trapdoor loads and you should be fine without any doubts, the link I posted in my first reply shows the 45-70 Buffalo Classic as well as the 38-55 Target.

Thanks Andy, I'd bet that info is still at Gardner and may be lost with their passing into history. :'( Or Remington CS has it, but doesn't know it.

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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2008, 11:02:24 AM »
Do the Wesson & Harrington frames have a large diameter firing pin, or a small one?
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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2008, 12:47:09 PM »
From my understanding and the few talks that I have had with the old H&R CS , the W&H frames were the standard SB-2 of their time that were stamped with the W&H letters and casehard colored just for the BC and Target models , more of a throw back look than anything else .

And being a SB-2 they had the smaller rifle firing pin not the larger SB-1 shotgun size .

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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2008, 06:08:22 PM »
The Buffalo Classic 38-55 Target model has the same SB-2 rec as the Buffalo Classic 45-70 Govy model, as they were both brought out at the same time under the same production run according to Jim Garrison who at the time was the CEO of HR1871 at the time.  This is why you can order the 38-55 Target barrel for the Buffalo Classic 45-70 still today and vs versa.  The SB-2 Receiver should be able to handle all of the barrels produced by H&R that were and are available for the SB-2 recievers.

Here is the first Buffalo Classic web site that I created back in 1996

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Re: WH Receiver
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2008, 12:55:27 AM »
Thanks for that great info and for your site Montanan, wonderful info. Do you know if they were first offered in the Buff Classic configuraions as Wesson and Harringtons about that time? (1996)....<><....:)
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