Handi Rifles

[Meena]

I dont see a lot of talk on here about Handis. I really like the ones I have and I hate to see them ending. Just bought a 30-06 and cant wait to see what it can do.

 

[MrSmitty]

I'd love to have one in .357, and open sights, I think it would be a neat plinker

 

[shibumiseeker]

I have the 300BLK and .44mag. I love them both. I too am sorry to see them ending production.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I'd love to have one in .357, and open sights, I think it would be a neat plinker

Me too. That might be my next gun purchase.

 

[Cam]

My son and I each have one in 44Mag. Took a little bit to get them to group, but my son's will now make a ragged hole at 100 yards.

Short story that may only be funny to me, but anyway: My son is one of those who thinks if he sits down to shoot, the bullet should "just hit what I'm aiming at". Took him a while to accept the fact that there is more to shooting than just pulling the trigger, such as experimenting with differing loads to tailor to a rifle. His Handi wasn't very accurate at all out of the box and upon pulling it apart, I found several places where the fore-end was putting pressure on various parts of the barrel. I removed material here and there until it was as close to free floating as it could be without it being free floating. Next trip to the range he fires a shot at 50yds, reloads and fires again....then throws a nice temper tantrum about how "stupid this gun is cause it can't even hit the paper!". Upon going to get the target since he was quitting after two rounds and giving up on "this stupid gun", he found that both bullets had gone through the same hole! He put another target up and decided to try a few more rounds...

They are fun guns and I too am sorry that they are going away.

 

[diver dan]

Are they still selling them in 223 ?

 

[nipprdog]

Are they still selling them in 223 ?

Production has ceased. There are still some out there, though.

 

[nipprdog]

I'd love to have one in .357, and open sights, I think it would be a neat plinker

Me too. That might be my next gun purchase.

Good luck finding one. They came from the factory with scope bases and no sights. There were a couple hundred Talo models sold that came with sights. Had one for a while;

Sold it to an INGOer a while back. Maybe it'll show up in the classifieds.

 

[MrSmitty]

What is TALO? I've seen it before but still don't know what it is.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Good luck finding one. They came from the factory with scope bases and no sights. There were a couple hundred Talo models sold that came with sights. Had one for a while;

Sold it to an INGOer a while back. Maybe it'll show up in the classifieds.

Nice, that's just what I'd like. My first shotgun was a H&R Topper in 16 ga from Kmart for my 10th birthday.

 

[srad]

Picked up a Handy Rifle II Model 258 nickel combo in .357 and 20 ga. a few years ago. Like new in the original Redhead case. Great little rifle: accurate, light, and fantastic in the brush. This one had factory iron sights and drilled & tap for a scope base.
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[Klbeeks]

They make some nice guns for the money. Wife hunts with .44 mag. It takes a custom load to be accurate. And I also have a 12 ga ultra slug, that will throw a slug dang good!

 

[Mgderf]

I have 2.
One is a .500S&W, the other is .45/70gvt.
I slapped a scope out of a parts drawer on top of the .45/70 out of the box.
First three shots tore one ragged hole. Next 2 were "fliers" that landed a whopping 2" off of the first shots.

I really like my Handi-rifles. Sorry to see them stop production and I'll probably look for a few used ones now, as long as the prices don't go nuts, like the Savage model 24's.

 

[Meena]

I have 2. !
One is a .500S&W, the other is .45/70gvt.
I slapped a scope out of a parts drawer on top of the .45/70 out of the box.
First three shots tore one ragged hole. Next 2 were "fliers" that landed a whopping 2" off of the first shots.

I really like my Handi-rifles. Sorry to see them stop production and I'll probably look for a few used ones now, as long as the prices don't go nuts, like the Savage model 24's.

I have a .500 S&W barrel that got replaced with a .44 mag barrel. I couldn't keep a scope on it with the recoil and the ammo was too high to shoot.

 

[dice dealer]

What is TALO? I've seen it before but still don't know what it is.

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