Hi All, I've been reading through the postings for about a month now and I want to thank everyone for all the great information I found. The info was so good that this is the first time I came up with a question that couldn't be answered by simply doing a search!
A short history: My Dad passed down a H&R shotgun to me several months ago. It's a 12 gauge that his father bought for $7 in about 1930. I took it trap shooting! It went through a box of shells with no problems whatsoever. I liked it so well I bought a new 28 gauge Pardner to carry for grouse hunting. After getting a H&R/NEF catalog, I discovered for myself that these great looking single shot rifles are made as well! After doing some research on the internet I came across this forum. Without knowing it, you all guided me to my first Handi Rifle purchase in .243 caliber. Thanks! I took it to the range last Sunday and I'm really enjoying it. There's something about loading a round into the chamber and closing the action that does something for me! Same goes with the shotguns.
I ran into the ejector problem where a couple of cases failed to eject. I will try the polishing technique as well as making sure the chamber is good and dry next time. My groupings were okay and getting better when, somewhat suddenly, they started going south on me. I found later that my scope rings were not tightened properly :eek: All in all it was a great first time out for me. Finally to my question:
It seems that the action is a lot harder to open after firing a round. When I say "open" I mean that the lever you push to unlock the action required a lot more pressure than I encounter when I had not fired a round. It was so hard to push a few times that I thought it was really stuck. Is this normal? Is this something that will remedy itself with a break-in period or is this a problem I should be concerned about?
Again, thanks for a great and informative forum!
