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Offline Fred243

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Button/Latch on H&R 280 Rem
« on: April 24, 2012, 08:40:36 PM »
Over the weekend I picked up my new H&R 280 Remington and I found this one at Buds Gun Shop online. I think H&R only makes the barrel now and not the complete gun. My question is, the button you push to open the action seems to be messed up unless they were different when this gun was made. I bought another brand new H&R last October in 243 and the button on it is very different. The 280 one is almost down all the way and is hard to push and will only  move a very short distance before it opens the action. The 243 is sitting up about a 1/2 inch or so and must be pushed down before it unlatches the action. Is the 280 one messed up ? Will I have to ship it back to Buds or can I find a local gun shop that will fix it ? Thank you all !
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Re: Button/Latch on H&R 280 Rem
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2012, 11:18:36 PM »
Hello,
  If this is a brand new gun, I would return it to the factory.

If this is a used firearm, read the FAQ's on barrel fitting and you will see its is easily repaired.

What is happening is the latch is only just starting to engage the shelf. It should have contact of about 50% sounds like yours is far less and I'll bet it needs to be sharply snapped to get what you have. The reason its hard to depress is its jambing a bit.

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Re: Button/Latch on H&R 280 Rem
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2012, 04:39:13 AM »
Fred243 - If it doesn't pop open when shooting, I would give it a "break in period" before sending the gun back to get repaired.  If it needs to be sent back, you should contact H&R and ask them to repair it under warranty, they most likely will send you a free shipping label.  The gun is brand new after all, it might just need to be shot in. 

One of the things about breaking in a new Handi is that your have to:

"2. Close the action with some force, when new this is extremely important, the latch and latch shelf need to mate and that doesn't happen real fast, takes some open and close cycles for the parts to get used to each other."

The above is from Handi Basics 101, if you get a chance, read it, it'll save you a lot of head scratching.  ;)  Link: http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,116451.0.htmlDon't go looking for problems, if you don't have any.  Good luck with the gun.
 
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Re: Button/Latch on H&R 280 Rem
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2012, 12:27:55 PM »
I have another question, if you add a barrel to an existing rifle another rifle barrel, due they etch the caliber on the left side of the barrel ? I read somewhere they did
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Re: Button/Latch on H&R 280 Rem
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2012, 12:53:46 PM »
each and every factory barrel should display its factory caliber info.
only home brewed rechambers will not... or should i say might not !!!
mine will, can't tellya bout others here  ::)
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Re: Button/Latch on H&R 280 Rem
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2012, 01:31:27 PM »
Factory barrels are always stamped with the chambering designation, they also etch the last three digits of the frame serial number on the left side of the underlug when they fit a barrel to a frame, that's probably what you're thinking of.

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Re: Button/Latch on H&R 280 Rem
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2012, 08:28:13 PM »
Quote from: quickdtoo on April 29, 2012, 01:31:27 PM
Factory barrels are always stamped with the chambering designation, they also etch the last three digits of the frame serial number on the left side of the underlug when they fit a barrel to a frame, that's probably what you're thinking of.

Tim

Yes, that is exactly what i'm thinking of ! This gun was sold to me as being brand new and all the parts appear to be brand new but, I don't think this gun came from H&R in the chambering that it's currently in ! I bought the gun online and I have another H&R I bought last  Sep/Oct and it does not have this etching on the inside/left side. So I'm wondering who put this gun together, it seems to me that if the place where I bought it from did this that would explain why it doesn't seem to be working correctly. I guess I'll have to call H&R and see if they can help me. Hopefully they have records of all their barrels that have been fitted to a receiver and guns that they put together as complete guns. And HOPEFULLY they will honor their warranty on it even if it's not something they did. Can a gun dealer/FFL holder order just the barrels and not the complete guns ? :( :o
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Re: Button/Latch on H&R 280 Rem
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2012, 05:05:12 AM »
280 Rem is an H&R factory chambering, has been for a long time until they dropped it this year, I have one now, had another but sold it.

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Re: Button/Latch on H&R 280 Rem
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2012, 06:39:10 AM »
Well, I knew at one time the 280 was a standard chambering but i didn't know when they stopped. I called them once a few months ago and they said they no longer make the rifle, just have the extra barrels. I didn't realize they just stopped this year. Thanks for your help !
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Re: Button/Latch on H&R 280 Rem
« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2012, 05:25:10 AM »
Quote from: Fred243 on April 29, 2012, 08:28:13 PM
Quote from: quickdtoo on April 29, 2012, 01:31:27 PM
Factory barrels are always stamped with the chambering designation, they also etch the last three digits of the frame serial number on the left side of the underlug when they fit a barrel to a frame, that's probably what you're thinking of.

Tim

Yes, that is exactly what i'm thinking of ! This gun was sold to me as being brand new and all the parts appear to be brand new but, I don't think this gun came from H&R in the chambering that it's currently in ! I bought the gun online and I have another H&R I bought last  Sep/Oct and it does not have this etching on the inside/left side. So I'm wondering who put this gun together, it seems to me that if the place where I bought it from did this that would explain why it doesn't seem to be working correctly. I guess I'll have to call H&R and see if they can help me. Hopefully they have records of all their barrels that have been fitted to a receiver and guns that they put together as complete guns. And HOPEFULLY they will honor their warranty on it even if it's not something they did. Can a gun dealer/FFL holder order just the barrels and not the complete guns ? :( :o
Fred243 - Just a point of clarification, are you saying that the gun you purchased online, has the numbers etched onto the barrel, and they match the last three of your serial number?  Or are you saying that the barrel does have the last three numbers of the serial number etched on the barrel?
 Or lastly are you saying that the gun doesn't have any numbers etched?
 
 The reason, I'm asking is that,  I've seen new guns that come from the factory with matching numbers etched on the barrel, and without numbers on the barrel.  Lastly, I've even encountered  factory new guns that came from the barrel with the numbers stamped on the barrel.

I only point this out to you so you don't jump to conclusions, and assume that the gun wasn't factory assembled.
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Re: Button/Latch on H&R 280 Rem
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2012, 12:21:30 PM »
Hey Tim, thanks for your help and the others as well, yes i was thinking the gun had been put together somewhere else and not from the factory.  I called the factory and they said it was put together there in 2010
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