An American revolver Harrington & Richardson lay in the ground for 140 years You will be surprised

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. Afte