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« on: August 25, 2003, 09:29:52 AM »
Was at the range yesterday and a guy had a NEf in 25-06. Not real pretty lookin gun but man did it print groups ! At 100yards, it looked to me, without putting my ruler to his paper, like 1/2 or better, group after group. We got to talking and he said he bought it on consignment at a local shop for around $100. It weighed a ton and the wood was a very bright blond lumber. Again, not real pretty, but with those groups who cares.

Anyone out there using these NEF handi's ? Good, bad, ect
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« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2003, 06:00:42 AM »
I sent you a PM with some info on this topic. Sean
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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2003, 02:40:16 PM »
$100 is a little optimistic.  Walmart sells them (you might need to look at their special order catalog) for around $230, I believe.

They are marvelous little guns, and you can get extra barrels for them.  Check out the H&R site: http://www.hr1871.com/ another site which covers the NEF/H&R is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nef-singleshot/

I have one in .30-06 and am very pleased with it.  It is kind of fussy about ammo, and I reload for it but I have done that for all my rifles.  The Yahoo site above has accurizing tips to help these guns shoot better.  They are fun little rifles and easy to pack in the woods.

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« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2003, 11:15:58 AM »
I have a few of these rifles and I have found them to be decent buys. I have a 280 Remington with a 26" heavy barrel that will shoot with any other 280 made by anybody for any price. It gives me velocities like a 7mm rem mag and shoots oh!! so nice! I  have a 243 that is also a very sweet shooter and is my primary coyote gun, although my wife likes it for elk and has taken two with it. Then there is my 22 hornet which is very nice and shoots little bughole groups with most any bullet I choose and is my dedicated fox rifle. A 30-30 and a 45-70 barrel fill out my line-up of NEF"s and these shoot great too although they don't get used as much as the others. The upside to NEF's is that they are cheap, rugged, accurate and ugly so I don't worry about scratching them up. Downsides are that they are heavy and not well balanced and the extractors can get sticky on some barrels. All in all money well spent in my experience.
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« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2003, 12:55:51 PM »
Foxcaller,

The sticky ejection can be overcome to a great extent by polishing the chamber, oh so carefully.  Check it out at the "other" NEF site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nef-singleshot/  This subject has been covered several times, you will probably have to do a search or maybe contact Perklo.

If the ejector is riding over the rim, a problem mostly with rimless cartridges like .30-06, it is a factory repair.  Mine did that and they took care of the problem, no questions asked, no charge.  This after I had had it teflon finished and the gunsmith put it together wrong.  He also had messed up the latch somehow so the action would pop open every other shot, and they fixed that too.

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« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2003, 07:36:44 PM »
Yeah, thanks for that info. I actually have done two of mine as I saw that the chambers were on the rough side. I'm not sure if I did it the "right way" but they work slick as a whistle now. I'll have to check out the site you mention and see what procedures are being used there. The first barrel I had this problem with was a Contender barrel actually. It would grab cases afer firing and did not want to give them back! Had to remove them with a pair of pliers and these were light loads too. Thought about sending the barrel back but decided to try buffing up the chamber myself first. Did it with my Dremel tool and it works fine now. I used the Dremel on my Handi's also and it seems to have done the trick!
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« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2003, 09:13:23 AM »
I have the H&R Ultra Rifle in .25-06.  It has a laminated stock and heavy barrel.  It is a nice rifle, but heavy.  I killed one spike with it before I got my Savage 110 in .270.  Since then, I have not used the H&R, but hope that I can talk my wife and or daughter in hunting with me this year.  I will let them use the .25-06.
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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2003, 02:38:04 AM »
I got mine two years ago as a 45-70 and since then have had a .223 bull barrel fit to it as well as a factory trigger job. Shoots wonderfully well with the right load. As mentioned above, they really aren't eye candy, but they perform well.
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« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2003, 08:24:16 PM »
I just bought the .270 Win Handi and it operates great. It'll drive nails at 200 yards. I'm looking forward to shooting it when I go to Arkansas Nov. 19.
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« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2003, 03:59:09 AM »
Greetings guys

I have a SB-2 Ultra in 35 Whelen.  These special production run back in "96" as the Rocky Mountian Elk Foundation Commemorative, and am trying to find out if they will be able to add several new barrels to it without going into the additional cost of another full Handi-Rifle purchase.  I love the laminated stocks better than the walnut or synthetic but if that is the way I have to go, another 45-70 is in the line up.

I've owned the Buffalo Classic and it was great, but want a 45-70 in the 22" barrel now.  Don't own the Buffalo Classic any longer, as that was given to my son who wanted a guitar more than the rifle  :shock:  BUT that was his choice not mine.

With the 35 Whelen using a Rem 200-gr JSP, I found out that this bullet is just moving to fast and does alot of damage to the meat.  A much heavier bullet of 250-gr or more at slower FPS would work much better on Whitetail.  A recovered 200-gr bullet from a quartering away shot at about 25 yards, had a scaled weight of 139.8 gr left.  My son's shot was paced off after his doe was down, to be just 9 paces.  His shot entered the chest and exited the left shoulder.  That does heart was pulp and damage again was done to that shoulder.

Where we hunt a scoped rifle is just not necessary.  I just know if we both had been using a 45-70 meat damage may have been near next to none with a 405-gr flat nose cast bullet, or even the 405-gr JSP, and ended with two downed deer still.

I was talking with my son last night about a rifle that he would like, believe it or not he wants a Marlin levergun in 30-30 and that is not a bad choice... not at all.  :wink:
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« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2003, 03:00:44 PM »
Try the NEF/H&R site: http://www.hr1871.com/ That will give you which barrels are available.  You can also call NEF at (978) 632-9393.  Give them the serial number of the rifle and they will tell you if it can be fitted with another barrel.  For the SB-2 frame there should be no problem with getting any of the other barrels.

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« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2003, 04:40:05 PM »
The only rifle cartridge that they will agree to place on my reciever frame is the 45-70.  That is fine, I'm really a .45 cal fan anyway.  I also want to get the .223 bull barrel but may have to purchase a new rifle for that one.

But that is okay though  :roll:
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« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2003, 09:03:50 AM »
That's strange, as the web site states:

"All model SB2 Handi-Rifles™ can be fitted with the rifle barrels listed below, as well as with shotgun barrels previously listed. Model SB1-Pardner® shotguns cannot be fitted with any rifle barrels. All barrels are blue finish only."  This followed by the list of all their centerfire calibers.  

I guess you can't believe all you read on the Internet!

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