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Offline SHOOTALL

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H&R Speical Forces model.
« on: February 24, 2014, 05:45:18 AM »
Some one posted about this and it was an interesting read. I saw an article the other day that was about these guns. They were built to be gifts to tribesmen in V.N. . They were marked Special Forces. Wonder how many are still in the hands of our friends over there ?
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Re: H&R Speical Forces model.
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2014, 06:52:01 AM »
Very interesting. I'd love some more information on these. I've had little luck finding any info or pics online so far. 
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Re: H&R Speical Forces model.
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2014, 06:55:42 AM »
That discussion was one of the 8 months of lost posts, hopefully it will be back. The guns were made in the Gardner plant for somewhere in the Pacific area and Indonesia.

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Re: H&R Speical Forces model.
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2014, 08:11:40 AM »
Back in Sept. '13 I made a post on Shotgunworld forum and here about an H&R "Special Forces" 12ga 2 3/4" shotgun (Topper type model, before transfer bar) with a 28" full barrel.  Bead front sight and an open rear sight mounted above the chamber area of the barrel.  Had a military finish, a sling and "Special Forces" on the side of the receiver. The shotgun was listed on Gunbroker and on 9-10-13 had a high bid of $281.00 with 12 hrs. to go.  However, the pictures have been deleted.
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Re: H&R Speical Forces model.
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2014, 08:54:41 AM »
Interesting piece of history, I wish there was more info out there on these.
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Re: H&R Speical Forces model.
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2014, 09:06:42 AM »
Quote from: blaze on February 24, 2014, 08:11:40 AM
Back in Sept. '13 I made a post on Shotgunworld forum and here about an H&R "Special Forces" 12ga 2 3/4" shotgun (Topper type model, before transfer bar) with a 28" full barrel.  Bead front sight and an open rear sight mounted above the chamber area of the barrel.  Had a military finish, a sling and "Special Forces" on the side of the receiver. The shotgun was listed on Gunbroker and on 9-10-13 had a high bid of $281.00 with 12 hrs. to go.  However, the pictures have been deleted.


:) Your post there was one of the only references I was able to find. There was an old (2006) thread here at GBO started by an owner of one of these "special forces" guns, but (alas) the pictures there are gone and the owner has been absent since right after he posted about it (conspiracy?). I've even searched for references in Vietnamese language and .VN site, but to no avail.


Shootall, where did you find this article? Is anyone planning a trip to Viet Nam? If so, there are only about 70,000 privately owned shotguns there, so you might be able to track one down.
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Re: H&R Speical Forces model.
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2014, 10:09:40 PM »
I will try to find the magazine , it was one of the question answer sections. They were given out to tribesmen who had helped the special forces .
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