![]() I always used the cheaper brands of TP, as did my parents, and as I approach age 65 - I calculate I've probably polished at least 6" of epidermis off my a.hole during those years. Don't do the stock until we determine what you have - do the metal - be very gentle on the sides of the receiver if any hint of case color remains or, just rub it down with oil saturated TOILET PAPER - cheaper brands are very mildly abrasive and I've used TP many times on sensitive surfaces, including polished wood and knife blades. Depending upon how badly chewed up the wood is - you would follow standard furniture restoring techniques - strip, sand, dedust - apply your choice of stain or simply apply a surface treatment. No markings on left side of barrel, or elsewhere. Top of barrel: HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON ARMS COMPANY. Coat it with Silicone spray - allow to dry, then buff with a clean dry rag. Serial 45318 on bottom of top strap, 5318 under left side grip, 318 on extractor and cylinder. The barrel is approximately 3 inches long. Under the top where the break latch is, it appears to have 392 stamped into it. On the left side of the butt under the grip it appears to have 582 stamped in it. If these markings are indecipherable, you may need contact a gunsmith or Harrington & Richardson directly to help identify the model. The information on the top of the barrel appears to be stamped Harrington and Richardson Worchester Mass. 32 cal revolver by examining the barrel, frame and number markings on the firearm. Wipe it down several times during the wool treatment, until no more brown/red rust shows up on the rag. It may be possible to determine the model of your Harrington & Richardson. LIGHT rubbing of the oil treated steel with the wool should remove the rust and not mar the finish. To rid yourself of the rust - use 0000 (four ought) xtra fine steel or copper wool with a good grade of gun oil. See pics below.Good questions - can you post a pic for I.D.? If not: what's stamped into the left side of the receiver? - is the hinge pin removable or fixed? - what's stamped into the top of the barrel? Pushing the pin into the muzzle end of the cylinder will "pop" the cylinder bushing and extractor star into an extended position, dropping all 6 casings at one time. If you examine the cylinder closely, you will note that it has the "all-in-one" ejection feature. The letter prefix 'AJ' indicates that your piece was made in 1972 - shortly before the discontinuance of the model line. Same ammo as you use in your Model 60 is just fine. 22 lr (or short or long) cartridge available today. Your gun, if in safe condition to fire, will handle ANY modern. The "center pin" designation merely indicates that the piece was loaded and unloaded by removing the "cylinder or center pin" dropping the cylinder free of the frame. There is a list of 'calculated' serial number ranges on'auto ejecting Double action revolvers (with or without letter prefix) and the ser range of 532,001 to 544,000 is calculated as 1934. The rosewood grips sound like a good replacement for the original grip panels. There is a note that H&R used a gold plated front sight on the. 22 revolver H&R made - a very utilitarian item - and proved to be pretty popular based upon the number of examples seen today. MODEL 622 was in production from 1957 to 1973. 22 s, l or lr cartridges 2 1/2", 4", 6" and 10" (RARE) barrel "blue finish" (barrel, cylinder, trigger guard polished, frame unpolished matte texture) 2 1/2" barrel will have either full size square butt (on early versions) or short, rounded grip frame - other lengths will have square butt. A little history: The MODEL 622, large solid frame, pull-pin cylinder removal, DA/SA, 6 shot.
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