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H & R Trapdoor
May 26th, 2022 at 3:43pm
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I am interested in how well they shoot and loads for the Officers Model.
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Carney
  
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Re: H & R Trapdoor
Reply #1 - May 26th, 2022 at 3:47pm
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cpace wrote on May 26th, 2022 at 3:43pm:
I am interested in how well they shoot and loads for the Officers Model.
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Carney


Mine was phenomenally accurate with the 457124 and 12g unique.  My friend now owns the gun and shoots the same load. 2 inch groups at 100 yd were not very hard . The only thing we did was added a detent under the set screw where where the latch went to the locking pivot as it kept loosening up and the action would automatically open.
  
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Reply #2 - May 28th, 2022 at 11:01am
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I've had several of the H&R TD's. Sill have an Officer's Model and a Calvary Carbine.  Never had any issues with them.  My loads were always with BH209 and a 345 gr slug.  The load was good past 200 yds. and not too much recoil.
I had the Officer's Model fitted with a Lee Shaver Soule rear sight and Lyman 17A on the front; makes a very good target rifle.
I put a "dab" of Loc-Tite on the latch screw just to avoid any looseness there.
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Reply #3 - May 29th, 2022 at 11:33am
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I will be getting one in July and this will give me a starting point.
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Reply #4 - Jun 2nd, 2022 at 5:16pm
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I also have an H&R Officers Mdl, have found the old 2400 load with cotton (18gr) and a 441 Ohaus bullet is very accurate.  However, I have switched to a Lyman 457191, 293 gr bullet with 12gr Unique as it shoots very accurately and is a milder recoil.  Put a Lee Shaver rear sight on it as the original tang is very finicky to adjust.
  
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