You know when people first started crying and complaining about having to go chase down their empties and that extractors were needed so their brass would not get throwen into the mud and dirt at the range, I was concerned. Then they started complaining about an occasional stuck case, and saying they only shot at a range therefore ejectors were not needed. I tryed to get the message across that some of us hunted dangerous game with Handi's. We hunters wanted nothing less than ejectors. That extractors were not good for a hunting gun. I was chastized by many, and told extractors were more reliable. Those people made so much noise to NEF that the system was changed to extractors. Now you folks that don't have older guns are stuck with a strictly range gun, one that is not hunter friendly. I don't own a single Handi with extractors, In fact I turned down ordering a new barrel last month because they had no more ejectors left in that caliber. I have never had a stuck case in any of my Handi's, the ejectors never fail to send that cartridge flying just like I like it. I will not buy a Handi with extractors. I recommend that people go to pawn shops or estate auctions, or keep checking with gun shops in their areas and look for Handi's with ejectors if they want a hunting gun. Handi's have been ruined in my openion thanks to the non hunting cry babies, who managed to get a good hunting gun converted to a range gun.
And I'm not sorry for my rant either, I want people to know how I truly feel about the changes that were made. Glad I got one of those older .35 Whelens, and a good 30-06. Along with two .223s, a .243, a 45-70, a 22-250, and several shotguns. All ejectors.
That's also why I leave my TCs at home during the summer when the bears are out. They don't eject either. The reason I bought my first Handi was because it had ejectors, not extractors.
