H&R REISING MODEL 64 TRAINING RIFLE .22 LR

SERIAL NUMBER: 14095. BARREL: 23". CALIBER": .22 LR. MANUFACTURED: circa 1944. The Harrington & Richardson Model 65 bearing serial number 14095 is a late-World War II production rifle manufactured around late 1944 or 1945. Because the initial block of serial numbers from 1 through roughly 10,000 was primarily allocated to fill the strict U.S. Marine Corps combat training contracts, numbers ranging from 10,000 to approximately 18,500 were directed toward the commercial civilian market. H&R marketed these civilian variants under the model name "The General," making this specific firearm part of a scarcer commercial run produced as the war neared its conclusion. Sitting firmly in the 14,000 block, the rifle falls into a known engineering transition period for the model. Documented sister firearms in this exact production range typically feature factory updates that set them apart from the early military-contract trainers. These include the addition of a trigger pressure adjustment screw, a redesigned second-variation bolt lock, and a slightly slimmer civilian hardwood stock that omits the heavy military-spec steel stock crossbolts. Furthermore, because of strict wartime material rationing and full-capacity factory output during this period, H&R famously shipped these commercial models with apology notes to buyers, explaining that a premium civilian blued finish was impossible to provide and that the firearm was finished in standard military-grade parkerization instead. CONDITION: Good. 80%. The bore is shiny with sharp rifling. Operates normally. C&R 27-476