Awsome pawnshop find today

Boys ! I finally found one !! Lil back story, me and the old man used to talk about getting almost this excact same gun for my first deer rifle back in the day all the time . H&R .223 bull barrel with the thumbhole stock. Well as y'all know they went outta business and the price for these things has shot though the roof. But me and dad agreed if we ever saw one for a decent price we'd snag it for .... reason well walked into the pawn shop today looking for some 30mm rings and saw ole bubba looking over something familiar looking . Listened in and hear ".223" and that distinct pop they make when you open em up. Man as soon as he put it down a walked over asked how much ,as soon as they say $350 I told em I want it on lay a way !

Y'all I called up the old man after I sent him a picture and he was happy as a clam talk about ending the new year with a BANG !

Beautiful.

Nice find!

Haven't got the new blue book yet, still in the mail, are you saying that All the HR handi rifles are worth 350 or just that model. I'm seeing a new toy in my future.

Isn't finding the gun you love , so fun ? Out with a bang, indeed !

Cool Wolfie can,t wait till next year when we here how it shoots got one in 45-70 shoots well enough to have me thinking about a boyds stockset

Thats awesome!

good find , congrats to you and your dad

My son and I were at a gun show beginning of the month , we spotted a Ruger MKII looked almost un-shot , no box only one mag 225
it took me about 30 second to look it all over and say , yup we'll take it.
as I set it down to pull out my wallet a guy walked up and asked if he could see it , I said you can see it but it's already sold
MKII mags were all out online , we hit a local shop and he had 4 so we bought them all 5 seems to be the perfect number of mags , you load a box then shoot

on the way out of the show I think no less than 3 people commented on how difficult the MKII was to take down for cleaning , as long as people want to keep up that lie I will keep buying them for 225

We have one of those in 223 but no thumb hole stock

Wolfie got a woodie.

Nice stock........lol

Cool find.

They break down for cleaning easy. It is the reassembly that has a minor trick that if you don't know it , makes it difficult.

Great find. Nothing more reliable then a single shot. Make the first one count, though!

Chris

Nice !! i had a h r 22 hornet manlicher... got stolen out of my brothers pickup years ago... i have never got it replaced...

i know and I know it
between mine and the ones I maintain for the club I get enough practice to have gotten proficient at it

Surprised you got it for that price. Those H&R single shot rifles are in demand. I think you got a good deal.

This is a surprise to me. I keep up on the gun markets, been trying to find my way to acquire a S&W K-32 Master Piece to fill a collection, This may give me that way. Thanks all
Case

Thats a nice gun Wolfdog.

What Maintenanceguy said. Those are hard to find. I haven't seen one for as low as 350 for a awhile. Nice find.

Nice looking gun. The are a nice shooting gun.

I have the same rifle with regular stock. Can't wait to read what loads you shoot in it. I put a variety through mine to find performance I wanted, switching from predator to deer. I have taken 2 deer with mine.

Should jewed them down.
Missing a turret cover

Is that cover missing? Or is that the logo?

It seems like Ive always had a h&r withing reach. They shoot well enough and are very reliable. But, if your going to shoot it much go ahead and find a disconect (if thats the right word) they break sometimes.

Nice find.

Good Deal Wolfie

Got a few the hvy. Bbl. .223 has fired at least 2000 rnds. Factory ammo, others few hundred each. 45-70 2-3 hundred with my hand loads. Never had a problem with any of them. Hvy. Bbl. Tapered Bbl. both shot 1 in. 3 shot groups @ 100 yards. 45-70 2 in. @ 100 yards. 243 1 in. @ 200 yards. W/ factory ammo. 20 years ago when I still had eyes. All with cheap 3x9 Burris scopes from K-Mart. Weaver Rings.

They shoot good. I've got 6 of them. Some I've had for 25 years. They usually wind up as truck guns. Ive replaced two disconnects and one firing pin and spring. Mine get dirty and neglected but earn their keep. Its just a good idea to keep a few spare parts around

Don't know if it counts as a Handy Rifle but along the exact same lines their is an SB-1 up there also, and again never had a lick of trouble. Corse you would have to be a masochist to shot that more than 5 rounds at a sitting. I probably only shot it 5 rounds in 2-3 yrs. after site in.

Yeeeah learned that the hard way. That transfer bar is such a pain . I'm just gonna gut it and replace the hammer with a rebounding one . Gets rid of 90% of the 'guts' leave you with a lighter trigger and the only real set back is you have a half (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) for a safety.

Very good find

I found mine at a pawn shop also. Still in the original box. I figured when I got it the factory installed scope would be the first upgrade, but it shoots great with it and still wears it. At the bench, after 20 to 25 rounds the barrel seemed quite hot. That was shooting a variety of factory ammo types. Now I limit it to 10 rounds, let it cool while shooting something else.

My daughters in 357 magshoots nickels at 100. But it still broke durring deer season a few years ago. But no worries its under warranty just send it in and we should get it back to you by january. Needless to say i paid a local smith to fix it.

My cousin had a couple on 20g with rifled barrels. Very accurate but both broke in the same spot as mine. The pin that conects the transfer bar breaks. I know of 2 others that had the same problem. They sure do shoot well but thats is a weak point.

You should have fun with that one. Cool find!

The only one of these I bought was a .223 with a bull barrel. Went to shoot it and broke out in a sweat trying to pull the trigger. I put it away and 20 years later decided to shine on the trigger which did improve it a bunch but not to what I call a target trigger.

Nice little guns for the price tho, I payed 100 bucks for mine new and for hunting it would do fine.

hippie have gunsmith install a Timmins trigger.... can be set for 1/2 lb if you want that.

Thanks, didn't know there were aftermarket triggers for them. Might just play with this thing again!

Timmins has a NEF single shot trigger? Wow interesting. Or is it Timney? Checking that out. I just picked up a trigger for a Mosin Nagant build I am planning. I would like a better trigger on my NEF .223...

So what's the trick or is that a secret?

As I recall you need to have them upside down for reassembly.

Upside down and pull the triger tilting it tell thing fall into place. Its been a while since i have hade mine apart but that the basic. Easy after the first few times. Trickey if its been a few years.

Wish i could find a few like new mark 2s. Mine is about my fav hand gun. Killed a mounian of things with it over the last 24 years. Had it cut down to 4.25" and threaded so all .22 ammo stays sub sonic.

Ok I never really had a problem other than it needs some help with a small dead blow. Just thought there might be some trick I didn't know. Thanks

it is all about getting the hammer strut in the correct position
the hammer must be forward to get the strut to the correct position or you are fighting getting the main spring housing into the gun on re-assembly

all the tricks be it , holding the trigger and bopping the back of the bolt with a dead blow , all come down to aligning the hammer strut

I use a head lamp I pull the trigger to move the hammer forward if it doesn't fall correctly I use a pick to help it forward through the main spring housing opening in the grip
it is narrow and you need the light from just the right direction to see in there and make sure the hammer is fully forward and the strut resting strait down where it will fit into the slot in the main spring housing while the muzzle is down then once you have the mainspring housing in place rotate muzzle up and close the latch to compress the main spring then it is done

if you fail to rotate muzzle up the strut may not fall back into the main spring housing and the bolt will not move , remove the main spring housing again and repeat remembering to turn muzzle up


so the while the thing is a dance of muzzle down dry fire , pull latch open , remove main spring housing . pull bolt stop pin down while wiggling , then with that removed the bolt can come out and the upper separate from the lower

on re-assembly upper and lower together, bolt in , muzzle down pull trigger , make sure the hammer is in forward position strut down , keeping the muzzle down insert bolt stop pin and main spring housing until the pin is full in and the main spring housing rotates into the grip then before closing latch turn muzzle up

My MKIII is a bearcat to reassemble....hate taking the danged thing apart. It's like one of those chinese treasure boxes getting it back together....stand on your left foot, blink your right eye three times, wiggle your big toe just right, and turn your head and cough just to get it back together. Yuck. Haven't shot mine in years