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The Truly Odd Henrion Dassy and Heuschen Revolver

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Today antigun politicians throw fits about firearms capable of holding more than five, ten, or fifteen rounds. Well these modern day soapbox gun grabbers would pass into sure comas if they were around in the 1900s and got a load of the HD&H revolver.

In 1893, the world was awash in quality revolver designs. They truly were the ‘in’ gun of the day between Colt’s Single Action, Smith and Wesson’s Number 3, huge Austrian Gassers, and Webley’s top break models. The small industrial city of Liege, Belgium at the time was home to literally hundreds of gun factories. These ran from large ones like the famous Fabrique Nationale (FN) to the small firm of Messieurs Henrion, Dassy, and Heuschen (HDH).

The HDH company made a few simple revolvers, more or less borrowing the action of Monsieur Emile Nagant (yes, that Nagant) who also had a shop in Liege. Then in 1910, the company came up with a huge idea of their own. You see everyone had five, 6, or 7-shot revolvers. Well, what if they turned that up to 16? How about 20?

twin barrel

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Five Worst Handguns of All Time

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Throughout the past several centuries, handguns have sprouted several evolutionary branches. Some of these branches are shorter than others. We look at five of the shortest, and the reasons behind them. See if you agree with me.

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Rohm Model RG 10 double-action .22 short caliber six-shot capacity revolver with its original packaging purchased at the Golden Valley Sportcenter in Minnesota. The revolver is made of blued steel and has checkered white plastic grips with round “ROHM” medallions. The original two-piece paper box bears a black “RG 10” medallion. Also included are a cylindrical cleaning brush and an instruction page in English and German. Made in Sontheim, Germany……worth $19.95 in 1967, and about that much today….