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Offline ronron2112

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New Guy and new shorty Handi
« on: September 08, 2010, 03:50:02 PM »
Hello, I'm Ron.  I'm 24 and from Mass.  I owned a .30-06 handi a few years back, but couldn't hit a barn with it so i sold it.  Jump forward a few years and in need of a truck/camping/brush gun, after doing alot of reading on here about NEF customer service and working with the rifle to make it shoot for you, i ended up with a .44 mag synthetic stocks.

I wanted a project, and a super reliable gun.  The only thing I've done to the rifle is cut the barrel to ~16.5" and put on a Barska 20mm Red dot.  I would eventually love to play with different fore arms and mount a longer, forward mounted picatinny rail.  Couldn't be happier with the rifle!  stock barrel length, it shot AWESOME groups at 75yds.  Haven't shot it yet since the barrel chop.

Barrel is refinished with cerma-coat 


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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2010, 04:19:23 PM »
Welcome to GBO!  That's a sharp lookin' short Handi! We will be expecting a full range report soon as you get the chance to shoot it again. ;) ;D

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2010, 05:14:41 PM »
Welcome Ron.
Always nice to have a new member join our ranks.
Come often and stay long.
A lot of good people here with lots of knowledge just for the asking!




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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2010, 06:21:14 AM »
Welcome! Range report soon please
308 win                 45-70                       12ga         
30-30                    223 stainless steel   20ga TDC
44 mag                  Tracker II 20ga        20ga
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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2010, 06:30:00 AM »
welcome,  That is a sweet looking rifle!

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2010, 08:39:09 AM »
You're going to enjoy that sweet little rifle as well as the folks here.  Welcome.

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2010, 02:45:43 PM »
That 44 looks great... easy to load for, and a great deer gun...  I lived in Southwick and Springfield...

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2010, 04:08:23 PM »
Ron, Welcome to GBO and a good looking 44 I have to add. If you want to make a different forward mounted Piccatinny rail options, then pick up a few of the less expensive Aluminum ones for the AR. Requires a little different mounting but the options of where and how are up to you 8)
I think the last I looked you can find a pair of 3 Aluminum Piccatinny rails for around $15 ...the  short Weaver mounts are useful as well if you know where you want to put your accessory that is..




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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2010, 05:02:12 PM »
Mighty good looking Handi you have there!  I've always liked the look of short barrels on Handis.

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2010, 05:24:00 PM »
Pretty cool when you can use a trumpet case for your guns.
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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2010, 11:50:43 AM »
Ron,

Nice shorty 44!  I am very biased have 3 shorty H&Rs and want more. ;D  Hacksaw blades are cheap at WallyWorld, makes all my longer Handis very nervous. ::)  Welcome to GBO and the world of Handiholics.

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #11 on: September 11, 2010, 01:11:44 PM »
Thanks guys. Its a blast to shoot! Took it to the range the other day, and I couldn't see any difference of accuracy.  Still about 2" at 50 and 75 yds without a rest and my cheap red dot.  couldn't be happier with it!

Picked up another NEF shotgun today.. for $70.  bore is in great condition and its really tight.... just needs cosmetic work!

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #12 on: September 11, 2010, 01:53:36 PM »
Ron, glad to say it.....Ya done been bit.  I can't live long enough to catch up with Tim's number of Handis, but YOU could do it :o ::) :o  You guys know there's lots of advantages to living up here in the North Woods, but being close to candy stores and Pawn Shops is not among them. :'(

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2010, 02:08:16 PM »
Welcome aboard Ron.  Ain't those shorties great?  I have several and I am giving another one the evil eye right now. Handy handies.

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2010, 04:14:15 AM »
It looks very similar to my short 12 gauge.  By the way I'm from MA too.
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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #15 on: September 12, 2010, 06:24:29 AM »
One thing that seldom gets mentioned is that handis not having a bolt or other things sticking out of their sides makes them especially nice truck guns. Don't know if they still make them or not but there used to be such things called pick pockets. Basically just a heavy piece of fabric folded and sewed into an open ended tube big enough for your rifle to fit in, the wife has made the last few I have used. It is screwed to the back of the pickup cab just below the back window so that the seat covers it. The gun is protected, doesn't bounce around with the rest of the stuff behind the seat, and if you stick the rifle in far enough that the end of the tube kind of naturally closes, I think there is a good chance a thief could look behind your seat and never see your gun.

Handis, and especially handy handis like yours are the perfect truck gun in my estimation, especially when mated to a pickpocket. The rifle slips in and out without a hitch, and if one should ever get stolen, it ain't like loosing a $1500 bolt gun, or like you've turned an AR 15 over to a criminal.

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2010, 09:18:43 AM »
I cut my 44 magnum barrel just slightly longer than you cut yours, around 17.5 inches. I really like it and it shoots everything that goes faster than 1300 fps into very tight groups. This gun just might get a hog or a doe this year. I also put a Boyds thumbhole on it and scoped it with a 1 1/2 x 4 power Bushnell Banner.  Short is nice in a vehicle.
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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #17 on: September 16, 2010, 11:57:44 AM »
NICE SHORTY MAN!!!

I have a couple too and they are very "handi" LOL

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #18 on: September 17, 2010, 06:12:14 AM »
Well, this thread is rather annoying to me.  I'm at work (I'm completely caught up, honest  ;D) and was just going to scan through this forum quickly then get back to business.  But no, RonRon2112 had to start this thread, and further salted the wound with pics.  As if that wasn't bad enough, Tony 212 chimes in with his shotgun.   ;)

I really like both of these guns, a lot.  I have just purchased a Handi 223 with a bull barrel and thought I might be content at least through the rest of the year, but now I'm not so sure. 

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #19 on: September 17, 2010, 02:45:12 PM »
I haven't even bought my .44 Handi home yet, but after seeing yours, I'm thinking it might have an appointment with a hacksaw very soon. Pete
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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #20 on: September 17, 2010, 02:51:58 PM »
Well, here's a little more encouragement!!  ;D

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #21 on: September 17, 2010, 05:14:59 PM »
you guys stop it!  I have got (4) new hacksaw blades sitting on the workbench in my gun room and I don't know how long I can control myself. ;D  I don't think the world needs a 45-120 shorty.

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2010, 01:07:51 AM »
here is my 44 "hawg" getter, used from a ladder stand wifa redbird backup  ;)


we all need to make a shorty album... i gots a bunch  ;D
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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #23 on: September 19, 2010, 09:59:59 PM »
Here is a 45-70 that I had to doctor up. The barrel was cut when I got it but I had to even it up and do the crown. I then tapped the barrel and added the front sight.


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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #24 on: September 22, 2010, 04:25:10 PM »
you guys stop it!  I have got (4) new hacksaw blades sitting on the workbench in my gun room and I don't know how long I can control myself. ;D  I don't think the world needs a 45-120 shorty.

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #25 on: September 22, 2010, 04:44:01 PM »
Congratulations and welcome aboard ronron2112. There are a few of us here from Mass and there is always room for more. Great job on the .44 and I hope you get to use it often....<><....:)
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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #26 on: September 23, 2010, 01:49:51 AM »
CW,

Those are 3 really fine short Handis!  I think you have pointed me in a new direction, a short shotgun.  I don't have any CFs right now that I really want to chop.  Just what I needed, an excess to visit the Candy Store and the local pawn shop. ;D

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #27 on: September 24, 2010, 02:25:23 AM »
My 20ga. pardner met the hacksaw the other day... it's 20" long now and wearing a set of fiber optic sights off a Rossi. should make a good brush buster for the whitetails. ;D  It looks nice sittin' next to my 18" 44mag too. Yeah shorty's are cool. ;)



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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #28 on: October 24, 2010, 06:16:49 PM »
Great lookin guns, but now a stupid question. I've got a 45-70 that would look real nice shorter, does it have to be crowned? 

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Re: New Guy and new shorty Handi
« Reply #29 on: October 25, 2010, 12:19:25 AM »
Great lookin guns, but now a stupid question. I've got a 45-70 that would look real nice shorter, does it have to be crowned? 

The short answer is yes. It trues the barrel square. A square barrel is needed for accuracy. Most gunsmiths will do this for you for pretty cheap.

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