Single Shot in Rifle caliber?

[JRuby]

Last November I picked up a long heavy barreled handi rifle in 280 remington. I think I paid all of 280$ for it. It was used but in excellent shape. Put a vortex hp diamond back on it. Amazing how well it shoots. Makes an excellent truck gun.

 

[Brian R]

Last November I picked up a long heavy barreled handi rifle in 280 remington. I think I paid all of 280$ for it. It was used but in excellent shape. Put a vortex hp diamond back on it. Amazing how well it shoots. Makes an excellent truck gun.

Those heavy barrels. Weight was how are they? It is possibly going to be a backpack gun
280 Rem is also a great caliber

 

[RVTECH]

Last November I picked up a long heavy barreled handi rifle in 280 remington. I think I paid all of 280$ for it.

You did well. That caliber probably kept the price down.

Earlier wood stocked or newer plastic?

 

[JRuby]

Here are my two - top one a 243 bottom the 280 remington. In my opinion 280 remington was an excellent caliberfor my needs. The 280 is sighted in with Hornady 154g interlocks.

 

[JRuby]

Those heavy barrels. Weight was how are they? It is possibly going to be a backpack gun
280 Rem is also a great caliber

I was kind of surprised at weight = more than you would expect - feels about like a ruger #1 to me.

 

[JRuby]

I have thought about reboring that 243 to 358 winchester. If I cant get it to shoot it is an option.

 

[oremike]

I've got two of the CV Arms Scout rifles a 45-70 that set up to wang the 200 yd gongs* at the range I belong to. The other is in 44 mag and might end up suppressed just because.
*The gong wanging is great fun when others are tink, tink tinking them with 223's. The 45-70 makes a big noise and then one Mississippi WANG.

 

[bcp]

where'd you find it? Ive looked for 300 BO ones before - no luck

Sale 7/18-7/20. Bimart



Bruce

 

[Brian R]

Sale 7/18-7/20. Bimart

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Bruce

I'd be happy with that. Sweet

 

[Vierings]

EDIT 2: I saw the 300 BO at Bimart and I believe I'll be settling with that

What model? I'm waiting for the new Rossi LWC at my LGS.

 

[Brian R]

What model? I'm waiting for the new Rossi LWC at my LGS.

CVA model one someone posted from bimart

 

[aasbra]

I bought the scout in 300 BLK at BiMart a few months ago. Really like it so far. The sale price saves a few $ and would make it even better.

 

[JRuby]

I bought the scout in 300 BLK at BiMart a few months ago. Really like it so far. The sale price saves a few $ and would make it even better.

How is the build quality. Is it a well built rifle?

 

[oremike]

How is the build quality. Is it a well built rifle?

Bergia and CVA are owned the same corporate master. Rumor has it that the CVA's have Bergia barrels. I know both of mine are very good shooters. As far as build quality I haven't found anything wrong with them. That being said they aren't as pretty as a Walnut Henry or Ruger #1. Much more utilitarian kind of like a truck gun vs a BBQ gun.

 

[aasbra]

How is the build quality. Is it a well built rifle?

Build quality seems pretty good so far for the price point. I've had it out to the range a couple times. Trigger is pretty nice, barrel seems good, threaded barrel seems to be done right (works well with suppressor.). Accuracy seems acceptable so far, although I've only shot my cheap subsonic coated lead handloads at steel through it so far.

I've had less than satisfactory results in all of these areas from other "high quality" manufacturers' guns purchased the last 10 years. So for $350, it definitely items seems like a keeper to me.

Also have a NEF Handi in 44 magnum, and three Henry single shots (30-30, 44 mag, 38/357). Like the Handi and the Henry's also. Prefer the wood stocks on the Henry's; some of them have pretty nice wood. But prices on these, and the handi's have gone up. So the CVA at around $350 seems like a good gun for the $ if they make one chambered in what you are after.

 

[Lazyfaire]

How is the build quality. Is it a well built rifle?

Very

 

[gmerkt]

I have quite a few single shots. NEF and H&R branded in .223 Rem. x2, .44 Rem. Mag and .35 Whelen. Two Henry Single Shots, one in .357 and another in .45-70. Then there is a Ruger Number One in .223 Rem.

The NEF / H&R's were never expensive rifles when sold new, so I suppose it's unfair to compare their quality to that of a contemporary Henry. H&R, later NEF / H&R 1871 had the accessory barrel program. Which allowed for switching around the barrels. But that's something I don't believe we'll ever see from Henry. Think about it. Those NEF barrels were very inexpensive when bought from the factory. I suppose NEF figured the program might keep people coming back for more and it did but the profit per unit was low. On the other hand, it didn't sell more complete rifles, which are more profitable per unit than a barrel. If you want another caliber Henry, you have to buy a whole rifle for $500.

I like my two Henry Single shots a lot.

My Ruger No. 1 doesn't see much action. It's big and heavy and not much use to me.

The H&R 1871 .35 Whelen is a heavy monster. You wouldn't want to pack it very far. But it's very accurate.

Those heavy barrels.

The NEF / H&R 1871 fat barrels are like naval guns. But they tend to be the accurate ones. The slim or "super light" barrels may or may not shoot well. Previously I had two NEF Handi Rifles in .223 Rem. (not the ones I have now), both of these had the super light bbls. and they shot all over the place. However, one of the .223 Handi Rifles I have at present is a youth rifle (I put the adult stock on it), IIRC it has a 20 inch slim bbl., That skinny bbl. shoots well enough.

At one time, I had a Rossi single shot combination 20 ga. /.243 Win. The skinny rifle barrel was horrible. It had a cold zero and a hot zero, and everything in between. I made it go away.

I wouldn't mind having an NEF Handi Rifle or Henry Single Shot in .243 Win. If an NEF, I would only settle for the heavy bbl.

Prices for NEF / H&R stuff have gotten stupid. Some online buyers are paying as much for a barrel as what others might consider a lot for a complete rifle. Some sellers are dismantling complete guns in order to quickly sell the barrels.

In NEF / H&R 1871 product, the 7mm-08 barrel is one of the less common ones. .280 Rem. and .35 Whelen were originally made as Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation banquet guns in the 1990's. However, there must have remained a bunch of those two barrels in inventory. Because about 10 years later, under Marlin or Remington, a bunch more of both were made with the black polymer stock set.

 

[DeanMk]

what are some options for a single shot rifle? I would like to keep sub 1k, thanks

EDIT: thanks for all the suggestion. I may settle on a CVA Scout in 4570 sounds pretty sick
A more reasonable caliber is 7mm08 that I would seriously enjoy more but havent seen an option for one
EDIT 2: I saw the 300 BO at Bimart and I believe I'll be settling with that

re: EDIT2 - I would take the length of the action of whatever else you can find in .300 BO and add that much to the barrel length of the Scout rifle. More barrel = more performance (up to a point, of course, but I think we're within tolerances here).
One nice fringe benefit of a break-action single is they feature very short receivers. Typically much shorter than a bolt, lever or SA gun would offer.
Not my choice in caliber, but its your gun. If it makes you happy, go for it.

 

[oremike]

Midway had a CV Arms scout rifle in 35 Whelen in their bargain basement I was debating about getting. And then it was gone so must not have been meant to be mine.