Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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H&R Handy-Gun with shoulder stock

Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 10 ↗

Harrington and Richardson (H&R) Handy guns, mfd. at Worcester, MA, with shoulder stock, having an original smoothbore barrel 18 inches in length or greater, or original rifled barrel 16 inches in length or greater.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “mfd. at Worcester”
  • ATF REQUIRESOriginal as the ATF wording requires: “having an original smoothbore barrel 18 inches in length or greater”
  • ATF REQUIRESOriginal as the ATF wording requires: “or original rifled barrel 16 inches in length or greater”
  • ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with shoulder stock”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1921–1934.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States¹
Manufacturer
Harrington & Richardson Arms Co.
Type
Other²
Action
Other³
Caliber
Not stated⁴
Made
1921–1934production; ATF states no date⁵
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 10 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
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References
  1. Wikipedia, “Harrington & Richardson” ↗, country: Harrington & Richardson: American firearms maker, Worcester, Massachusetts (1871–1986)
  2. Wikipedia, “H&R Handy-Gun” ↗, type: single-shot Handy-Gun; with a wire shoulder stock the rifled gun is a short-barreled rifle, the smoothbore an 'any other weapon' under NFA34: neither plain pistol nor rifle/shotgun, so Other
  3. Wikipedia, “H&R Handy-Gun” ↗, action: single-shot, breech-loading (top-break): Other
  4. Wikipedia, “H&R Handy-Gun” ↗, calibers: smoothbore .410 bore and 28 gauge; rifled .22 WRF and .32-20; ATF names none, so 'Not stated'
  5. Wikipedia, “H&R Handy-Gun” ↗, years: smooth-bore produced 1921–1934, rifled 1930–1934; production halted by the NFA 1934
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
None

Historical context

H&R Handy-Gun (base model shown for H&R Handy-Gun with shoulder stock)
Shown: an H&R Handy-Gun without the shoulder stock this entry requires.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Hr-handy-gun.jpg” by BATFE, Public domain. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “H&R Handy-Gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The H&R Handy-Gun is a single-shot, breech-loading handgun produced from 1921 to 1934 by Harrington & Richardson. Two principal variants were produced: one with a rifled barrel and one smooth-bore.