Rifled-barrel H&R Handy-Guns were manufactured about 1930-34, but details of their production are not well documented. In H&R catalog #19 (copyright 1931) and #20, .22 and .32-20 are listed as available with blued frame only, 12.25" barrel, with optional ($1.50) detachable shoulder stock. Whether .22 W.R.F. version listed on page 83 of the 1932 Stoeger's Bible was manufactured is unknown. Guns that were originally factory fitted for shoulder stock (all are extremely rare) have H.&R. ARMS COMPANY/WORCESTER, MASS.U.S.A./PAT.PENDING stamped on bottom of grip in .125" letters. Production of rifled-barrel H&R Handy-Gun was halted in 1934 when the Treasury Department classified it as a "firearm" under NFA, because it was available with a shoulder stock. Any rifled-barrel H&R Handy-Gun is (and always was) exempt from NFA, if not accompanied by a shoulder stock. IMPORTANT! This gun is considered a Class III firearm by the Federal Government. This means that it is illegal to possess unless it has been previously registered with the BATFE. Any transfer must be registered with the BATFE. There is currently no way to legally register an unregistered Class III firearm.