Help Me Please!! I'm getting addicted!!

[KenSel]

Well my wife gave me the go ahead to get another gun to hunt with in Indiana so I've been searching high and low.  I've looked at pistols, shotguns, leveractions chambered for pistol calibers, and just recently muzzleloaders.  The thing is, I keep coming back to the Handi.   I already own a Handi  25-06 and I just recently got a 44Mag barrel for it, but I've always had a thing for the Survivor 308.  I own a Survivor 45/410 already and I'd like to get the 308 and add a shotgun and maybe another rifle barrel to the frame and make it my pack/camp gun.  I figure the 308 for long range big game, the shotgun for small game and maybe another barrel for the fun of it (I wish it would accept a rimfire barrel)  How does the 308 Survivor shoot?  What's a good slip-on recoil pad to put on it?  What kind of scope / eye alignmet does the stock offer?  Am I able to get a good cheek weld and still have my eye lined up with the scope?  I know I can't use the 308 to hunt with in IN but that's ok I have my 44Mag Handi and may get another pistol chambered barrel for the Survivor if my 44 won't fit the frame.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ken 

[McLernon]

Yep! You're addicted!

Mc

[Scibaer]

KenSel,
 we've heard it all before, you have the handi - addiction for sure, 
the answer you will surely get to your question " any suggestions would be appreciated" by most of us here will be  "get them all" !
Glenn

[BANG_OW]

Get  yourself the .22 barrel off of a versa pack combo. It has an offset firing pin bore and will fit on your (yet to be) .308 frame.  The centerfire firing pin will hit the rim of the .22 shell. H&R/NEF doesn't sell these barrels separately, but they can be found.



Tim was here!!

[rbergum95]

as far as recoil pads go the sims limbsaver slip on is hard to beat. i have a few on some of my guns. scope alignment and eye relief arent a problem with the survivor stock. only thing i notices is they are alight and recoil can be a bit unpleasant if the gun bucks and hits you a bit hard in the cheek. kinda like shooting a lightweight turkey gun, they can give you a litttle "kiss". and as far as the addiction goes......welcome to the club.

[BANG_OW]

Thanks Tim,
                  I was at work at the end of my break trying to get ink on paper. I had that wardsback.
Don

[CDA]

I have a .223 Survivor and my scope lines up with no problem. The stock seems a little short, but it works good for me.

As for addiction, I have it too. My wish list includes: .308 barrel for my Survivor, .45-70 & .30/30 barrels for my .30-06, .17 HMR and a .22/.410 versa pack.

As I get one thing marked off my list, somehow two more gets added.   


Good luck with both.

[Mac11700]

Well my wife gave me the go ahead to get another gun to hunt with in Indiana so I've been searching high and low.  I've looked at pistols, shotguns, leveractions chambered for pistol calibers, and just recently muzzleloaders.  The thing is, I keep coming back to the Handi.   I already own a Handi  25-06 and I just recently got a 44Mag barrel for it, but I've always had a thing for the Survivor 308.  I own a Survivor 45/410 already and I'd like to get the 308 and add a shotgun and maybe another rifle barrel to the frame and make it my pack/camp gun.  I figure the 308 for long range big game, the shotgun for small game and maybe another barrel for the fun of it (I wish it would accept a rimfire barrel)  How does the 308 Survivor shoot?  What's a good slip-on recoil pad to put on it?  What kind of scope / eye alignmet does the stock offer?  Am I able to get a good cheek weld and still have my eye lined up with the scope?  I know I can't use the 308 to hunt with in IN but that's ok I have my 44Mag Handi and may get another pistol chambered barrel for the Survivor if my 44 won't fit the frame.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ken 

Go find either a 20ga or 12 ga Ultra Slug Hunter...With the new loads available for these...your range is about 200 yards...much more than any 44 mag...You can send in for a 20ga Ultra Slug barrel and have it fitted to your other frames..but not the 12 ga. barrel...I carried the 12ga USH for many years when I lived in Illinois...and can say it is one of the most accurate slug guns available with the right loads...and will make a firm believer of those who shoot them...

Mac