H&R Handi Rifle?

[truckemup97]

One of these things appeared in the trunk of my car the other day. I have no idea how it got there. No, really. It's chambered in .30-30 and came with an inexpensive Simmons 4x32 scope and 150 rounds of ammunition. Synthetic thumbhole stock seems to fit me fairly well, especially when wearing a coat.

So, what's the consensus on these things? Durable? Shoot well? Anyone send theirs back for extra barrels? I'm thinking .45/70 and maybe .357 Magnum...

Tell me what you think!

 

[NFrameFred]

30-30;45/70; 7.62 X 45; 22 hornet . . . and maybe a few others to come - not high grade target pieces but entirely adequate and accurate. Good value for the bucks.

 

[bharner]

My father in law got one in .223 with the 4X40 Simmons scope from one of his workers as payment of an old debt .

He's straps it to his Suzuki quad-runner while checking deer feeders on his lease in south Georgia.

So far this year he's taken 4 wild hogs with it, the largest being a 250 lb sow that made some mighty fine sausage.

He's a picky hunter but loves his new "truck gun".

White text is darn near impossible to read on a computer. Let alone the white background of tapatalk on a phone.

And my FIL keeps one chambered in .223 in his truck along with a 16g Stevens for the farm. He can take coyotes or birds rabbit whenever they're bugging him. It's a durable little gun and more than accurate enough for hunting and pinging cans on the farm between chores.

Tapatalk ate my spelling and grammar.

 

[forresth]

White text is darn near impossible to read on a computer. Let alone the white background of tapatalk on a phone.

Tapatalk ate my spelling and grammar.

its all white for me

 

[David LaPell]

I've had a couple and I love em. One in .308, .44 magnum but my favorite was .22 Hornet, someday I'll get another one in that caliber. The one thing I did with all the ones with wooden stocks (the .44 had a synthetic stock) was to free float the barrels. They all became real nice shooting guns. Here is the Hornet with a grey fox I bagged.

and here it is after I added a bi-pod and redid the gun in a green and black camo finish and then added a Hornet to the stock.

 

[chud333]

I picked one up in .44mag couple years ago and also had
one in .357 mag. Had my gunsmith open it up to .357
Maximum and they we're good deer rifles. Last year i
bought one in .500 s&w mag. and it's a thumper. Only put 8 rounds
through that one so far. This was last November and my
shoulder still hurts.

Chuck

 

[LouisianaJoe]

I have one in .357 Mag. I put a 1.5-5 scope on it. I shot 3 .38 wad cutters into a pretty 3 shot cloverleaf at 50 yds. I believe that 180gr .357 Mag will do for anything around here.

 

[Slowhanddd]

Lets see-45-70,308,357 maxi,22 mag,17HMr and a 17 M2.30-30 is on my short list.Great little rifles.Less than MOA on all of them and very reliable.Good inexpensive guns.Slow

 

[Old Corp]

Got one in .357 back in the early '80's. Lots of fun - scoped at one time, but had more fun with open sights. Deadly on squirrels with .38 WC's and a fun plinker.
A few years back, picked up one in .500 S&W Mag., mainly just to have an affordable platform to play with handloads in that cartridge.

Took the .500 on a few deer hunts and IIRC, have taken 2 or 3 deer with it.
Funny, the downloaded mid-range loads dropped deer as fast as the fully-loaded Hornady factory ammo.

 

[truckemup97]

With the ever changeing back ground here one's not too sure what color font to use; maybe this one shows up better on a light back ground.

I liked the white better, but I'm using the blue/gray background.

 

[truckemup97]

Took the .500 on a few deer hunts and IIRC, have taken 2 or 3 deer with it.
Funny, the downloaded mid-range loads dropped deer as fast as the fully-loaded Hornady factory ammo.

Well, yeah. I mean, if you got hit by a bus, would it really matter if it was a 60 passenger or the short bus?

 

[Old 44 Guy]

My son in law has one in 45-70. A real killer in the brush on deer & elk.

 

[charlie sherrill]

My son has had several in 30-06, 45/70, and now hunts with the .35 Whelan that he has killed several deer with. He like the 45/70 but the bullet dropped too much on the long shots.

 

[bearfoot]

light, can be carried for hours w/ little arm fatigue. accurite, easy to clean. wanted to get a 300 win mag. barrel a few years ago. H&R doesn`t offer it anymore. using rem/pointed/180/gr./cor-lok bullets, it is accurite out to 450 yds off a tripod.

 

[johnjohn]

Mine is 45/70

 

[Bekeart]

One of these things appeared in the trunk of my car the other day. I have no idea how it got there. No, really. It's chambered in .30-30 and came with an inexpensive Simmons 4x32 scope and 150 rounds of ammunition. Synthetic thumbhole stock seems to fit me fairly well, especially when wearing a coat.

So, what's the consensus on these things? Durable? Shoot well? Anyone send theirs back for extra barrels? I'm thinking .45/70 and maybe .357 Magnum...

Tell me what you think!

I think it was a nice donation.

Did you also find a dozen zucchini with it ??

Bekeart

 

[moosedog]

I've got two in 20ga with rifled barrels for sabot slugs. Shoots just as good as any other rifled shotgun i've fired.
Had one in 30/30 too. Should have kept it.
H&R is now New England Arms, same quality.

 

[gregintenn]

My first centerfire gun was an H&R 58 Topper with two barrels. 30-30 and 20 guage shotgun. Same gun as the handi rifle. The 30-30 barrel will shoot MOA. A while back, I picked up an H@R in 223 with a heavy varmint barrel, and I never could get it to shoot that well. Triggers aren't very good, but for the price, they are pretty good rifles overall.

 

[forresth]

Thinking about this thread, and it dawned on me, that you guys might want to consider a muzzle loader like my CVA Wolf over a single shot rifle. Either one will get off just one shot for hunting, and I can hurl a 300gr .430 cal bullet quite a bit faster than a 44mag rifle could (on par with a 444). I can also easily load it down if I am so inclined. Its also cheaper than a NEF and not nearly so regulated.