Just like everything else, if you build them they will come. I bought into the Handi 's for the same reason as Swampman, for straight walled cases. Shooting lubed cast bullets through magazines is messy, and since I an depending on weight and diameter for performance, not speed, the cast do quite well. I put my equipment away in the early 90's because ammo was so cheap I could not afford to cast anymore. Now that the ammo shortage is full blown , especially with all the "anti-lead " movement rising, I dug out my equipment and am back in production. Shooting th BC is just plain fun, and with factory ammo running $1.50 plus per round, and I can load my own for about 18 cents, that makes a bunch of difference. I LOVED my little 17HMR Savage until it it hit nearly 30 cents, now I can shoot a 38 SP subsonic from a handi in the backyard and not wake the wife for about a dime. I will buy another handi if it is reasonable, but at $300 per, it is no longer reasonable, especially since the barrels cannot be bought from the factory without all the hassle. If they would just ship the barrels for $100 period, then the $300 might be reasonable. I just saw a Mossberg SS1, dirty, in a LGS for $265. If it had not been in a 270win, I would have snapped it up. Personally, I wish that the handi's were offered in more of the low pressure rounds on the SB1 frame, dress it up a bit, do the 25/20, 32/20, 38/40, 44/40 thing. I would love to have a 32/20 handi for $200 on an SB1, a 300 win mag for $350 is totally useless to me. But as long as the rage continues the price will rise. It reminds me of some of the girls at work who collect dolls or antiques. I could be an antique, but instead, I am just old.
