This film features a pistol (Bulldog) from Harrington & Richardson
The original H&R firm operated for over a century from 1871 to 1986.
Frank Wesson, brother of Daniel B. Wesson, who co-founded Smith & Wesson, founded a firearms firm in 1859, sharing an early patent with Nathan Harrington. Wesson produced two trigger-action rifles and barrel-trigger pistols, as well as pocket rifles/shotguns popular for short-holstered models such as the discontinued Topper compact pocket guns. In 1871 he began a brief partnership with his nephew Gilbert Henderson Harrington called Wesson & Harrington, until Harrington bought it out in 1874.
In 1875, Harrington and another former Wesson employee, William Augustus Richardson, formed a new company, Harrington & Richardson. In 1888 the firm was incorporated as The Harrington & Richardson Arms Company. Their initial capital investment was $75,000. Harrington was president, Richardson was treasurer, and George F. Brooks was secretary. After the death of Harrington and Richardson in 1897, Brooks became manager and the company was owned by heirs Edwin S. Harrington (son of Gilbert Harrington) and Mary A. Richardson (wife of William Richardson).
In 1894, the company opened a new facility on Park Avenue in Worcester, Massachusetts. A few years later, the factory expanded again. There are few original rifles and shotguns from these dates due to their limited production and discontinued parts.
In 1950, the company opened a new facility on Cockburn Street in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada.
In the 1960s, H&R was acquired by the Kidde Corporation and run by the Roe family. Warranty cards were sent to Industrial Rowe, Gardner, Massachusetts. The original H&R went out of business in 1986 and the building was demolished.
New H&R 1871, Inc. was established in 1991 and began manufacturing revolvers, single-shot rifles and shotguns using original H&R designs. Assets of H&R 1871, Inc. were subsequently sold to H&R 1871, LLC., LLC of Connecticut owned by the Marlin Firearms Company in November 2000. H&R 1871, LLC. did not extend their product warranty to H&R weapons manufactured prior to the LLC takeover.
Marlin, including all H&R assets, was later acquired by the Remington Arms Company in December 2007. - located at Remington Arms in Madison, North Carolina (HR1871.com and Remington.com). [edit] Remington, along with its subsidiaries Marlin and H&R, are now part of the Remington Outdoor Company. H&R 1871 discontinued February 27, 2015
At the Remington Outdoor Company bankruptcy auction, the company was sold to JJE Capital Holdings, LLC. This sale, however, still needs court approval. JJE currently owns several firearms companies, including Lead Star Arms and Palmetto State Armory. Although there has been no official announcement, Palmetto State Arms social media has indicated that JJE may be producing M1 Garand rifles under the H&R brand.