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Picked up a nice 16 gauge H&R single with a solid rib and un-bordered checkering.First time I’ve ever seen a gun with that type of checkering.Case colors have held up very well over the years too.

Very nice example! One will look a long time to find a nicer one.

The "Top Ribbed" Single Gun is not in H & R Catalog No. 15 which is circa 1924. It is in the 1926 E.K. Tryon catalog --
By the next H & R catalog I have, Catalog No. 19, dated 1931, the "Top Ribbed" Single Gun is called the No. 2 --
The "Top Ribbed" Single Gun was short-lived as it is gone from H & R Catalog No. 20, 1933.

Nice.

SRH

Cruising GI today I noticed McKune has one of these for sale in 20-gauge.

I actually saw the 16 when I went to the gun show on Saturday.The checkering threw me a bit as I had never seen borderless before. Passed on the gun,went home to research them a bit and saw that 20 online.Convinced me to go back on Sunday and thankfully the 16 was still there.
Thank you for all the information on it.

In the sixties, one of the surplus gun sellers put a bunch of early H&R ten gauge single barrels together, bored them out to 3 1/2". I don't remember whether they were Model 1908 or 1910, but I own one and will look at the model designation. The bad news is that my H&R opens by itself when fired with 3 1/2" shells. It is not from lack of condition, but from a less than sturdy locking mechanism. Years after these guns were marketed, H&R put a 3 1/2" ten gauge gun on the market, a gun that seems to digest the 3 1/2" shells a bit better than the old ones.