357 Max

[45/70fan]

Only a single shot but still a pistol caliber. It's a 1982 H&R 258 Handy Gun II factory chambered in 357 Remington Maximum. This caliber was only chambered '82-'84. It can also shoot 38 Special and 357 Magnum. I bought the barreled action and just found these stocks. This gun would have originally came with a matching 20 gauge barrel. I may finally have a line on one to complete the package. The scope is a 2-7x33 Redfield Revolution (Leupold).

 

[GymB]

Nice, have never seen the Handy Gun II marking

 

[Slacker]

Very cool setup. My 357 16" handi is a great shooter.

 

[Crazy Carl]

Need one of those to keep my Ruger company.

 

[Slacker]

We did a tremendous amount of work here on the .357 Max Handi Rifle..ended up shooting 110 grainers at over 3,000 FPS and 200 grain Cast Performance gas checks at 2,100 FPS. This is only the opposite ends of the spectrum. This is an unsung caliber that is amazing.

I think it will shine even brighter with .358 Jacketed soft points like speer deep curls.

 

[Average Joe]

Awesome find and very nice! IMHO the handi rifle is under rated. I have 2 combos. 1 in .308 win, 450 Marlin. And the other in 35 Whelen, 25-06. Would love to find a 30-06 barrel for the latter.


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[45/70fan]

A nickel 20 ga barrel has been found. It won't be a factory matched gun but it will be a complete set again.

 

[Geezer]

I have one I just shortened to 16...mean...and 2 S&W 500s. One 16 and one 22.

One is still 22"? Have you run out of hacksaw blades?

 

[45/70fan]

Decided the yellow stocks weren't for me so did some swapping.

 

[GymB]

What were the original stocks?
BTW, hated the yellow!

 

[45/70fan]

What were the original stocks?
BTW, hated the yellow!

I bought the frame and barrel set with no stocks. Original would have been like this.....