A few posts back, Tim suggested sending my 35 rem back to H&R. I wanted to fix it myself, but had to admit that I probably wasn't going to be successful; besides, Tim, the oldest...sorry, most senior and most knowledgeable member on the board said if it was his gun he would send it back. Who am I to think I can do better ?
I PM'd Brian56, he felt that the barrel lug may not have been heat treated adequately. It's still under warranty, so he said he would probably just fit a new barrel on the frame. I called CS at H&R and got the Service Request, and am preparing the gun to be shipped. The CS guy promised a UPS shipping label in a separate email, still waiting for that.
I am always sooo nervous when one of my guns is traveling around the country, hoping to come home in better shape than it left... Brian said he would fit it himself, so I'm really paranoid about all the shipping company drivers and package handlers.