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Offline Ram72

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Do H&R barrels need to be matched to a receiver.
« on: February 09, 2010, 02:13:17 AM »
I have a couple of H&R's and am interested in buying new or used barrels for them. How do you know if they will match up? or are they all interchangable? ???

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Re: Do H&R barrels need to be matched to a receiver.
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2010, 02:48:33 AM »
From what I understand some do and some don't.
There's a post in this section http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/board,126.0.html at the top of the page called Handi Basics I believe that covers this in detail.
Also there's another titled "How often do handi barrels fit without modification" .

I hope this helps and good luck with your little handi, they're great little guns.
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Re: Do H&R barrels need to be matched to a receiver.
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2010, 04:11:31 AM »
I will save Quick a post.  Read the FAQs!!  Its ALL there!
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Re: Do H&R barrels need to be matched to a receiver.
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2010, 02:21:05 PM »
That's basically what I just told him. ???
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Re: Do H&R barrels need to be matched to a receiver.
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2010, 03:18:33 PM »
I have bought three used barrels.  One fit without any mod.  The second fit with little mod.  The last one took and hour's work before I was happy.  If you are good with tools, you can do it.
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Re: Do H&R barrels need to be matched to a receiver.
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2010, 08:43:17 PM »
Some times they do and sometimes they dont, its just the luck of the draw. We take ower chances they eather fit or dont
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Re: Do H&R barrels need to be matched to a receiver.
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2010, 10:43:52 AM »
All three of my Handis would swap barrels to one dedicated receiver if needed. The Topper 158's would only need minor work to fit my new SB2.

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