How many have had to tweak thier Handi Rifle?

[riddleofsteel]

The title says it all. How many have experienced good accuracy and reliabilty out of the box and how many have had to tinker to get thiers to shoot well? If you have had to tweak or even gunsmith or send back to the factory, what was wrong?

[bubba]

tough to vote i have had one that was good another needed tweaking

[quickdtoo]

I've got a bunch of em and the only thing I've done to em are things I do for any new rifle....clean em good, polish the bore and chamber and do a trigger job. Mine all have great hunting accuracy and a couple approach benchrest accuracy. None have been to the factory or a gunsmith for anything other than fitting an accessory barrel and some of them I've done that myself. Eight Handis or Ultras and counting!

[Major]

Like bubba said, itÂ’s hard to vote.   When dealing with a less expensive product like the Handi, manufacturing tolerances are so wide that some will be great, some just ok and some will need a bit of TLC.   These are great guns but think about what you are paying and take that into consideration.

[ScatterGunner]

a person much wiser than i once said "you have be "handi" to make these rifles shot good !"

i have;

22 rf sporty - misfired
22 rf sporty (#2) (note 1)
17 hmr sporty -  misfired
243 ultra varmint (note 1)
357 mag synthetic (note 1)
223 synthetic really bad machining

a handi with the following accessory barrels:
22 hornet (shoots great !)
30-30 winchester
30-06
357 magnum (original barrel)
45-70 gubbermint (shoots 10" high at 100 yards with factory ammo)
12 gauge rifled slug (sent by accident by the factory, i bought it anyway)
.410 (broke firing pin on a bob white hunt)

and;

28 gauge pardner (note 1)
410 pardner (gap between barrel and receiver, gun pops open)
410 pardner (#2) (note 1)
20 gauge pardner (really bad tool marks)
12 gauge 32" turkey cannon pardner (note 1)


"note 1" means that this gun was NOT returned shortly after purchase for repairs or rework. every other gun was sent back ! now it just may be my bad luck or i am picky or whatever. but clear in my mind still is the 7 weeks i waited to get my 17 HMR sporty and then an additional 4 week wait while the factory made it fire more than 50% of the rounds i fed through it.

my handi with all the barrels was sent back for a new firing pin. they said it was well worn. this was my first "wear out" return. yeah !

as long as the bore is within reasonable limits, you can make these guns shoot good with hand loads, o-rings, loose forearms screws, etc. etc, the list of tricks is endless. would i give them up for anything ? NEVER !!!!! they are just too much fun !


 

sg

[Badnews Bob]

I've not had any returns, I have done many little things to them to make them better but the only real problems have been with my .243 cases will stick sometimes and it will pop open sometimes but they all shoot well, my .357 shoots 1" groups with just about anything you stick in it, I don't thou :roll:

I have....
.22sportster
.22 hornet
.243 syn
.357mag
.357max  (great rifle.. got my first deer with it)
.38-55 target
.45-70 handi

All have trigger jobs thanks to silver v and minor tinkering all done by myself which is half the fun of owning this addiction anyway.

[mitchell]

of the ones i've had most all  were good right out of the box. i've got 5 of them and the only hard one to work with was me ultra 223 the rest have been outstanding