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Rifleman
09-30-2017, 11:17
Here is a pic of my HRA's (4) 5709xxx and one 5710xxx, at one time I had two other 5709xxx. These have been like barn cats to me, get one and they all show up.

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nf1e
10-01-2017, 02:45
Great way to start the morning. Eye candy.

Thanks

Semper Fi
Art
bruce
10-01-2017, 03:39
Wow! Just ... wow! Sincerely. bruce.
Roadkingtrax
10-01-2017, 07:19
How do they shoot?
Rifleman
10-01-2017, 09:03
These rifle have been together since the factory, they where purchased as a group. The fifth was in the same group but does not have a rack number.

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Some basic data on them;

(4) have HRA barrels, (1) has SA barrel (2-55), all have HRA .U. bolts, (4) 1/2 DAS HRA stocks and (1) IHC stock, all have HRA elevation pinions, (4) DRC windage, (1) HRA windage, all have HRA gas cylinders (4) with HRA lock, (2) with HRA lock screws, (1) has correct HRA op rod others a mix and (4) have the correct trigger group.
hyrax222
10-01-2017, 04:12
Special!
PrimePower
10-18-2017, 09:09
DROOL!!!!!!!!!:headbang:
p246
10-18-2017, 10:59
Very nice love to shoot my HRA but I only have one.
togor
10-18-2017, 01:49
Curious how you tell HRA-made high hump lock from SA. I have my method, wonder what yours is. Also, SA parts did find their way onto rifles during assembly in Worcester. And not just at the beginning, as some believe.
jsaviano
10-19-2017, 04:39
A lot of HRA rifles had some SA parts at the end of HRA's production contract.
Major Tom
10-19-2017, 05:03
Very nice collection!
Duster42
10-28-2017, 08:16
Nice Collection.
Thanks for posting pictures.
Another HRA that was sold by Scott Duff on GB that might interest you:icon_lol:

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/712473401
Rifleman
11-04-2017, 09:54
Curious how you tell HRA-made high hump lock from SA. I have my method, wonder what yours is. Also, SA parts did find their way onto rifles during assembly in Worcester. And not just at the beginning, as some believe.

Hi togor, I worked a mil spec plating line for many years and...just have a eye for each finish. I think that perhaps the finish on the HRA gas cylinder and lock obtain color during the oil dip stage...thus oily and black. To explain further, some finished parts will come out of the tank looking just like they did going in, they are then rinsed and placed in a preservative oil, the oil gives the actual color to the finish. HRA, SA and Winchester all seem to have had their own way of finishing parts, I can't speak about IHC as I've never owned an IHC.
dryheat
11-06-2017, 09:36
Nice Collection.
Thanks for posting pictures.
Another HRA that was sold by Scott Duff on GB that might interest you:icon_lol:

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/712473401

Meh. A semi early HRA. The usual reserve not met.
dryheat
11-06-2017, 09:44
A lot of HRA rifles had some SA parts at the end of HRA's production contract.

I'm getting 5.77 this week. It has a U.W. 058 bolt and 8-53 SA barrel.
togor
11-07-2017, 12:15
Hi togor, I worked a mil spec plating line for many years and...just have a eye for each finish. I think that perhaps the finish on the HRA gas cylinder and lock obtain color during the oil dip stage...thus oily and black. To explain further, some finished parts will come out of the tank looking just like they did going in, they are then rinsed and placed in a preservative oil, the oil gives the actual color to the finish. HRA, SA and Winchester all seem to have had their own way of finishing parts, I can't speak about IHC as I've never owned an IHC.

Have a look at the machine marks on the front face of the hump some time, HRA versus SA. And of course a HRA upset the stacking swivel screw differently than did SA. The CMP sent out plenty of Correct Grade HRAs that had a SA-style front hand guard and gas cylinder lock with a HRA gas cylinder in between. It makes you wonder if collectors a generation from now will try to make heads-or-tails of some of this stuff or just invent their own logic for what is valuable and what isn't in their markets.