I had my H&R revolver for around 28 years. It is one of my trap line guns. Had it out shooting and the firing pin was not striking the rounds all the time. I took it to a small gun shop that had a gunsmith. I told them the problem and a week late I was told it was fixed and come and pick it up. Several months went by before I was out using it. Worked fine for a while then the cylinder did not want to rotate. I went by the initial gun shop but they had went out of business. I took it to another larger gun dealer whom also has an in house gun smith. I told them the problem and they filled out the paperwork. This was in 5/132015. I called them several months later and told them I had not been contacted. The gun smith said he was still waiting on the parts. Took my paper work home and put them in my gun closet and forgot about it. Found the papers early this year and called them on 2/20/20. Got the same answer from the gun smith".I am still waiting on the parts". Ok, no hurry for me I have other 22 pistols. So I called him again today and he tells me still wating on the parts that he ordered from New York. I told him I am coming to get it now. He tells me he needs time to put it back together. Any of you out there run into of this monkey business?

I use heritage rough rider on the trapline, never had a single problem with it in the six years I’ve had it. Cheap as they are if it ever broke I’d probably just go buy another for $120. In fact I might go buy another just to have one waiting.

Yes unfortunatly but i never let it go to long

Are parts hard to find for this revolver? I know H&R is no longer around but I would think a reputable gun smith would have connections all over for new and used good gun parts.

Yes, parts can be hard to find for them but he likely ordered them from one place and that was the end of it. If he were more resourceful he could have checked other parts houses or even Ebay and likely found one 5 years ago.

parts for just about everything is hard to find

I had a S&W out for about 3 months it needs a new hammer , they finally called me last week of September , can't find the parts come pick it up sorry and no charge.

anything that had a weak part has the same weak part on nearly every one and over time they all break

most of the guys who could really work on these revolvers are dead or not far from it.

for the longest time we were of the belief that a good tool lasted a lifetime and could be rebuilt

those were the days , surplus guns were cheap and plentiful and craftsmen were all over the place.

today a good tool is useless for the lack of a 5 dollar part

I had a similar experience years ago with a gunsmith in Fairbanks touted by some as "the best in town". Brought him a rifle for new sights and trigger job. 9 months later, sights were installed but trigger job not complete. This guy must have been hard of hearing because he constantly shouted. Anyway, turns out he broke a spring while working on trigger, didn't fess up, and ordered a new spring from some sort of discount supplier. Back ordered of course. He got super defensive when I asked about it's progress. I took to dropping by every so often, hoping to spur him to work on it. I finally got it back, minus the trigger job but with a big bill. I found and replaced the spring on my own in only a few months. Thankfully, he's out of business, at least, his shop has been demolished. Anyway, I think a good gunsmith is tough to find nowadays, and I think you are definitely being treated poorly and unfairly.

My cousin had one when we were kids an .22lr was $8 for 550 rd. We wore it out it would stay in time. Gun smith would fix it it would last a little while the back out of time. Time the fix last got shorter and shorter I think it got thrown away eventually.

Unfortunately what you described is common with gun Smith's. Has similar issues getting put off by one of my suppressor manufacturers that was doing some custom work for me. 2 weeks took 7 months.

I keep looking for the AR-15 of bolt action rifles however I don't think it exists exactly and if it does it is the aftermarket Rem700 parts

so many Rem 700 clone type receivers

the tools , info and parts are there to build custom 700s truing the bolt face , lapping the bolt lugs

is it the best action? it seems to be a good enough action that can be made to do extremely well.

something that you can get all the parts for and keep fixing yourself

if you use a rem-age savage style Remington thread barrel you can change barrels without a lathe