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Offline jlgwiz

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New Handi in the house
« on: December 09, 2007, 05:04:58 PM »
Saw a Handi on the shelf in a local sports shop. Asked what cal.,  was told a 30-30. Ok, nice.  Now it on my mind but I an strong so no deal.  Went back several weeks later and it is still there only it has been marked down to $189.  Conditions conspire against me  and I walked out with it.  It is new as opposed to 2nd hand but it is a 2001 model (NRxx serial number) and has the synthetic stock with I believe an ejector instead of extractor.  I won't be able to shoot it for a while but in the mean time, I have cleaned and polished the barrel with Fitz, removed the barrel and cleaned the rest of the gun.  Now my problem,  I have the time now, so do I go ahead and try to float the barrel (use the spacer method in the sticky) or do I wait and shoot it as is and see if that is necessary.
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Re: New Handi in the house
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2007, 05:09:30 PM »
Congrats on the lack of will power the second time!! ;D

Shoot first, make changes later if you need to, that's always the best course!!

Tim
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Re: New Handi in the house
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2007, 05:22:04 PM »
You can't go wrong with the 30-30 Handi!!
I have one and it's a great gun
Have fun with it!!


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Re: New Handi in the house
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2007, 12:02:15 AM »
Congratulations.       

My .30-30 was fine out of the box and very accurate.  Another vote to leave it alone until you fire it.

What a fine caliber for that rifle.  Ammo cost is still of the least expensive.  Its a proven deer caliber and offers very mild recoil.    ;)
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Re: New Handi in the house
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2007, 12:51:30 AM »
My 30-30 Handi, as all others I have heard of, is a great shooter. Tim is correct, shoot it as it is and only make changes if required, have fun and keep us posted....<><....:)
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Re: New Handi in the house
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2007, 05:38:33 PM »
  Thanks guys, appreciate all the comments.  I can hardly wait to try it out and see what happens.

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