1901 H&R 12 Gauge Shotgun Help needed

gmecice · March 29, 2012, 12:20 PM

I have a 1901 H&R single shot 12 gauge shotgun. I tore this gun down and when I tried extracting the screw for the firing pin, 1/2 of the screw head broke off. The area is too small to work in a socket to try to extract the other side of the screw head. What I need is information where I can find an exploded view of this gun to see how big the screw is so that my machine shop guy can take it out. Once he knows the size, length, type of the thread, and the head size of the screw, he will be able to repair it for me. Again I either need to know the size, thread, and length of this screw or an exploded view of this gun.

Any help would be appreciated.
Gordon

Dave McC · March 29, 2012, 01:43 PM

Welcome, Gordon.

You may do better posting this down in The Smithy, where the smiths hang out. I'll leave this up JIC.

Good luck!!

Rifleman1776 · March 29, 2012, 03:56 PM

Try here:
http://stevespages.com/page7b.htm
Actually, that gun has about zero value. Don't spend to much getting it fixed.

gmecice · March 29, 2012, 04:39 PM

Thank you both for your input. I only paid $40.00 for the gun. It only needs the fire pin screw removed, a new fire pin spring installed and then a new screw put back in and this gun is good enough to fire. I am going some reblueing training on it but otherwords, after it is fired once, it will become a wall hanger or sold to someone collecting these old guns.

zippy13 · March 29, 2012, 04:40 PM

Steve's pages is great and will give downloads of old gun manuals with exploded views. But, I've never seen one with actual screw specifications.

oneounceload · March 31, 2012, 09:51 PM

Perhaps calling H&R can get you that data

March 29, 2012, 12:20 PM	#1
gmecice Junior Member Join Date: March 29, 2012 Posts: 2	1901 H&R 12 Gauge Shotgun Help needed I have a 1901 H&R single shot 12 gauge shotgun. I tore this gun down and when I tried extracting the screw for the firing pin, 1/2 of the screw head broke off. The area is too small to work in a socket to try to extract the other side of the screw head. What I need is information where I can find an exploded view of this gun to see how big the screw is so that my machine shop guy can take it out. Once he knows the size, length, type of the thread, and the head size of the screw, he will be able to repair it for me. Again I either need to know the size, thread, and length of this screw or an exploded view of this gun. Any help would be appreciated. Gordon Last edited by gmecice; March 29, 2012 at 12:26 PM.

March 29, 2012, 04:39 PM	#4
gmecice Junior Member Join Date: March 29, 2012 Posts: 2	Thank you Thank you both for your input. I only paid $40.00 for the gun. It only needs the fire pin screw removed, a new fire pin spring installed and then a new screw put back in and this gun is good enough to fire. I am going some reblueing training on it but otherwords, after it is fired once, it will become a wall hanger or sold to someone collecting these old guns.

March 29, 2012, 01:43 PM	#2
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Welcome, Gordon. You may do better posting this down in The Smithy, where the smiths hang out. I'll leave this up JIC. Good luck!!

March 29, 2012, 03:56 PM	#3
Rifleman1776 Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 3,309	Try here: http://stevespages.com/page7b.htm Actually, that gun has about zero value. Don't spend to much getting it fixed.

March 29, 2012, 04:40 PM	#5
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	Steve's pages is great and will give downloads of old gun manuals with exploded views. But, I've never seen one with actual screw specifications.

March 31, 2012, 09:51 PM	#6
oneounceload Junior member Join Date: April 18, 2008 Location: N. Central Florida Posts: 8,518	Perhaps calling H&R can get you that data