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Offline ccirvin

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Model 088
« on: September 28, 2008, 09:54:50 AM »
Can a new barrel be fitted to an old 088.
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Re: Model 088
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2008, 10:07:01 AM »
You or a gunsmith can fit a used barrel, but H&R won't fit barrels to any frames made by the old H&R that went out of business in 1986.

Tim

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Barrel Accessory Program

Additional barrels may be added to firearms of our manufacture since 1987 only, with a serial number that begins with N or H. We do not install additional barrels on any other manufacturer’s firearms.
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Re: Model 088
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2010, 04:08:12 PM »
I am 25 pages into this forum.  I have read all the sticky notes I can find and am still confused.  I purchased a 1985 H&R (Sn starts AZ) 20 guage Model 088 at a sheriff auction for the total of $51.75 yesterday.  Wood has been bumped around, trigger is great and probably factory redone, dust on/in barrel and action shows years of accumalation but no wear, all metal is 95% or better condition and frame is case hardened, bore looks great.  It is a neat gun but I have to make up my mind whether to keep it or give it away.  Answer hangs on; can I safely put a 357 mag barrel on this and if so can I safely ream it to 357 max.  If not I know a Navajo family with a sheep ranch set up that would find use for it as a 20 guage.  If I can convert it, it becomes CHRISTmas present along with ammo and a reload setup for our daughter. The answer is one I probably overlooked in the stickys but I have read them 2 or 3 times and am still not 100% sure. 

Thanks for any help,

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Re: Model 088
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2010, 07:11:56 PM »
I wouldn't recommend it, the M088 was never offered in any rifle chambering unlike other models like the 158, the M088 was just a shotgun, so it's not likely suitable for the higher pressures of the 357mag which operates at 35kpsi, the Max goes to 40kpsi and higher depending on the data source.

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Re: Model 088
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2010, 07:23:14 PM »
Thank you,  I am headed up to my sisters place on the Mogollon Rim next week.  She has a nephew by marriage who is just getting old enough to herd on horseback.  I will kick in the gun and my brother in law has a several hundred rounds of various 20 guage to throw in.  The kid would probably prefer 30-30 but this has the advantage of free and will still do the job at short range.

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