H&R Sportsman Model 999 .22 cal - behaving oddly - can you offer advice?
Recently found Dad's H&R Model 999, .22-caliber 9-shot revolver...I remember him being able to shoot a nail off of a fence post with this thing. Something happened and it stopped functioning so he threw it back in the holster and tossed it into a drawer and never returned to it. I thought it would be nice to restore and fix for his b-day in November. The problems all seem to be central to the cylinder and extractor assembly. Can't seem to attach pics so we'll have to do this verbally with what I hope will be an accurate description.
First, the catch on the left side of the gun near the nose of the cylinder works but nothing is protruding, i.e., it looks like the cylinder catch has been broken off somehow. Maybe that leads to the following problems: The trigger stages right and advances the cylinder, but if I'm lucky I'll hit on 2 or 3 of 9; the weird part is that the mainspring and guide are working properly so the cylinder properly advances to the next round and locks into position properly, so why isn’t my firing pin setting off my rounds?
Next, when I top-break/crack the gun open the spent brass does not eject because the extractor does not stand up and away from the cylinder. When I take the cylinder/extractor assembly out as a unit (cylinder & extractor assembly, along with the attached extractor extension and extractor spring) they appear to be in perfect working order, well oiled, and fitting together properly.
Could all of this be centered around the replacement of just the cylinder catch? How would that affect the extractor? Or the percentage of rounds firing? This is why I sometimes I am glad that for my job I carry my automatic (Sig Sauer P229).
Does anyone see anything else that they want to contribute? It's almost October and his b-day is Thanksgiving. I would really like to give this to him then, so any opinion from you all would be an enormous help. Thanks in advance!!
