Do not buy a Handi rifle or one of its siblings

[kid_couteau]

Please do not buy one of these firearms.

It is horrible what they do to a person.

They are like a gateway drug.

Oh yeah I can just try it once and then leave it alone.

BUT YOU CAN'T!

Oh yes it started out innocent enough.

I picked up a Topper shotgun

Next thing I know I have a Handi Rifle in .223

Shortly after that I got one in 30-30

Then two 12 gauges

A .410

And finally a .308

BUT IT DOESN'T END THERE!

I bought a couple of the survivor stocks for them.

Then I had to see what the 12 gauge would look like and handle if I had the barrel shortened to 19" long

Then I tried different loadings for the different ammo.

Oh and shotgun ammo. DO YOU REALIZE HOW MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHOTGUN AMMO THERE IS OUT THERE?

I am a weak man

I dont know what to do

Hello my name is Kid Couteau

I am a Handi-holic.

[Levergun 94]

WHAT have I gotten myself into ??


 


Tim

[kenbev]

You fellows are just getting hooked. I have 26 complete guns, five extra recievers and sixteen extra barrels. That was at the last count.....

[Levergun 94]

I'm still trying to decide on the first caliber.......but there are visions of barrels, and cartridges.......and the spell of solvents..........


 


Tim

[Busta]

You fellows are just getting hooked. I have 26 complete guns, five extra recievers and sixteen extra barrels. That was at the last count.....

Ken,

We need to get you started on that excellerated 12-step program over at Handi-holics Anonymous!

These guns really do test your will power to resist! I have a new barrel in the mail right now. Somebody stop me!

[stimpylu32]

I feel your pain , first it starts with one then two stock guns . Then you start changing stocks and trying diffrent ammo , then comes the extra barrels , then comes the custom barrels , will it never end .  

My name is Stimpy and i'm a Handi-holic

[quickdtoo]

Yup!!!

[mt3030]

Kid:
As you can see, you are not alone. We have all fallen into this pit before. In fact, some of us have been able to pull ourselves out, then fall right back in again, usually deeper. Just be consoled in the knowledge of one thing: The Lord said we can have only one wife, he never limited how many Handis we can own. Go for it.

[Datil]

 
 You will keep going adding Handi's and ultra's, Then it's
 custum cambers, Reboard to a different caliber, If don't
 beleive me, ask Quick and Mac. You walk into a gun shop see
 another you can not live without!
 But isn't it fun Marv.

[Swampman]

I've bought 4 in the last couple of months.  Backwoodsman Magazine got me started, and after the first whiff of smoke I just couldn't stop.  I have an extra SB2 reciever now, and that means no down time.  I only have an economy car for hunting transportation and these Handis don't take up much space.  Like Ruger single action revolvers they are very addictive.

[MSP Ret]

I don't have a problem as you guys seem to, I can quit any time I want, I just don't want to! Of course I just did pick up 2 nice new H&R's, a pair actually, a 12 gauge and a matching 20 gauge TDC with the beautiful checkered American Black Walnut stocks, ventilated ribs and screw in chokes. Of course it was not because of any "addiction" or problem, I really NEEDED them, really....<><....  

[GrampaMike]

This post belongs here.

Hello, my name is Mike and I am a Handiholic.

It’s been more than a year since my last meeting of HA (Handiholic Anonymous), commonly known as the “Annual P-Dog Shoot in Hooker, Oklahoma”, chaired by the good man, Brother Wes.

I thought I could kick the habit when I had a rifle and shotgun in every cartridge offering, but alas I was wrong.  I have since found out about multiple rifles in the favorite cartridges like the 45-70 and 38-55 (quadruples in Buffalo Classic and Twins in the Target Model).  Fellow handi-holic, Brother Quickdtoo has been tempting me in the ways of “Re-chambering” and “Re-boring”, is there no end?

I thought maybe H&R/NEF was putting some kind of infectious substance/material into these little American made guns that when you handled one, it made you buy it.  So, I had one tested by a “Center for Disease Control and Prevention” Lab, but they couldn’t find anything.  They sent it back with a note about getting me tested, but we agreed that wouldn’t do any good, because I am just a carrier and not the cause.

Another symptom is waiting for the Annual H&R/NEF Catalog to come out, and searching through it for the proof of new cartridge and configurations to go harass my gun dealer about.

I really can quit anytime too...

Thanks guys... Its good to know I am not alone....

[poncaguy]

I'm on the15 step program, and plan on the 16 th step next, probably a 25-06..............

[bub524]

I got started because of the Backwoodsman articles. First a 22 Hornet, then 223, 30-30, 38-55, 45-70 (x2). I decided that was enough except for the Buyers Guide ad that said "Bub, NIB Handi rifle 243cal. unfired. Syn. stock $150".  Now I have added a 243 to the family.
(Maybe the ad didn't have my name in it, but I'm sure it did.)

[Mac11700]

 

Err plan is verrking.......Sooon...dere vill be enough Handi-holics...TO TAKE OVER DE VORLD....Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Sorry...I couldn't resist

Mac

[ironglow]

  You guys sure are Handiholics...

   You will have to go into the 12 step program:

  1) buy a .223 Handi
  2) get a .22 hornet barrel
  3) Now is the time for a Sportster in .22 mag
  4) Need a .17HMR for the Sportster
  5) Those new shotguns with the vent ribs are nice..on an SB2
  6) Just have to have a .308 barrel for deer
  7) Yes; a .22 LR for the sportster
  Did you say buffalo rifle ?
  9) Camo Laminates would sure look good on that little Sportster !
  10) Busting around in the thick brush a synthetic stock, say in 30/30 would be a nice carry rifle
  11) A.44 mag barrel sure would compliment that 30/30
  12) Maybe add a 12 ga slug barrel for the brush country deer..

  There..that's the 12 step complete..

   UHH Ohh ...little shaver needs his first gun..those little Versa-packs look mighty nice..

   Better start on the second 12 step program....LOL

[EVOC ONE]

Kid:  Just wait until you aquire enough that you don't have time to shoot them all and realize you've have some for as long as a 2 yrs and they're still in the box!  And ... you keep buying more!!!

When will it all end?

EVOC ONE

[Datil]

 EVOC ONE,           Never, till you gone .  Marv.

[hunman55]

 ;)Oh, yes, guys! I've bought a 7.62x39 and a 35 Whelen in the last two weeks. That makes eleven complete  guns not counting barrels. Oh, yes, guys!  Hunman55

[jmckinley]

  I too have been bitten by the bug oh well lets go with the flow. In the next few days i'll have a Ultra 06, Ultra 25-06 and ultra Varmint in 223. next will come a 35 Whelen, 45/70 and when my money gets bigger a custom one in 6.5X55. Just think if we could be cured we all could go to mikey D's for lunch.   Jess

[Harold50]

I have a 20 gauge, a .22 magnum, and a heavy barrelled .17 HMR.

Then-


I NEED a .35 Whelen - I do - I DO; then a Hornet, then a .308, then a...

Whoops - its daylight.
What a dream!
Soon.
Best wishes,
Harold

[bubba]

I stepped away from the handis for a while, but I am back. I jus tpurchased a handi in 7-08. Taking it to the range tomorrow. Git it used with 3 shots through it for 160. Put a bushnell banner 3x9x40 on it. Rifle season starts here this Saturday and looking forward to taking it out.  I put my new winchester model 70 in 270 in the back of the safe for now.

[SHOOTER 72]

i have now gotten to the point where i dont think about what new handis to buy , i think about how to customize the rifles i have . i just finished taking a 38-55 target model and turning it into a mannlicher stocked carbine !  it is nice being a handiholic and i dont want to know the cure !

[Bandito]

MAC11700 I'm from the state of Misery. I want you to come clean and will give you a chance right here on the forum. Then you will Show Me the real you. State the true plan now. You know you will feel better! OK. Bandito