![]() ![]() ![]() Warranty cards were sent to 'Industrial Rowe', Gardner, Massachusetts. In the 1960s H&R was acquired by the Kidde corporation and run by the Rowe family. In 1950 the company opened a new facility on Cockburn street in Drummondville, Québec, Canada. Original rifles and shotguns from these dates are scarce because of their limited production and discontinued parts. The firearms produced during this period are great values to collectors, selling at low to moderate prices. The factory was expanded again after a few years. In 1894 the company opened a new facility on Park Avenue in Worcester, Massachusetts. Harrington (Gilbert Harrington's son) and Mary A. After the deaths of Harrington and Richardson in 1897, Brooks became the manager and the company was held by heirs Edwin C. Harrington was president, Richardson was treasurer, and George F. Their original capital investment was $75,000. In 1888 the firm was incorporated as The Harrington & Richardson Arms Company. In 1875 Harrington and another former Wesson employee, William Augustus Richardson, formed the new Harrington & Richardson Company. He started a brief partnership in 1871 with his nephew Gilbert Henderson Harrington, as Wesson & Harrington, until Harrington bought him out in 1874. Wesson produced two trigger rifles and spur trigger pistols and pocket rifles/shotguns popular for short length holster models such as the discontinued topper compact pocket shotguns. Wesson who co-founded Smith & Wesson, started a firearms manufacturing firm in 1859, sharing an early patent with Nathan Harrington. The original H&R firm was in business for over a century from 1871 to 1986. H&R is a subsidiary of the Remington Outdoor Company. H&R 1871, LLC (Harrington & Richardson) is a manufacturer of firearms under the Harrington & Richardson and New England Firearms trademarks. Single-shot, pump-action, and semi-auto shotguns. Nathan Harrington, William Augustus Richardson, George F. ![]()
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