The History Channel had a show on called After Armageddon. It is about what happens with a small family in southern California after a flu pandemic wipes out 80-90% of the human population. They show them making plenty of mistakes. There are also some good tips put in the show by experts. And, I can tell when they decided to stop listening to the experts. They had humanity choosing to shun technology and live a more peaceful and satisfying agrarian lifestyle with much knowledge being “lost.” I call bullshit on this. There will be a massive drop in technology. But, there will also be a rise back. There are still plenty of libraries, and it is not like people will have forgotten that these things are possible. Will there be groups that for whatever reason choose to shun technology? Yes. And, they will be outproduced and find themselves subsumed into the groups that successfully bring back technology.
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Review of Harrington & Richardson 30-06 Handirifle
(I know there are no pictures, and this post is worthless without them. I might have pictures this weekend.)
With trading in a rifle and pistol I don’t particularly care for, I found myself able to purchase a Harrington & Richardson Handi-Rifle combination package with both a 30.06 and a 20 guage barrel from Davidson’s. This is a single shot rifle that I can easily convert switch out calibers by changing barrels.
First thing – Davidson’s needs to check their pictures and descriptions. They had this pictured so that you think the 20 guage barrel has a scope mount, it does not. Because of this, I am looking at mounting a scope rail on the 20 guage barrel. H&R says to not drill & tap their shotgun barrels. So, I am thinking I will try what Have seen others on a forum have done, glueing the rail to the barrel where H&R normally drills& taps for scope mounts.
Second thing – Fit & finish. I own another Handi-Rifle from before Remington bought H&R and moved their production facilities. IMNSHO, it is a better made rifle. The new rifle has a lot of visible machine marks and the extractor on the 30.06 barrel does not always work properly. I understand the people at the new factory might have ramp-up time to learn. However, I expect the same quality since I am paying the same price.
I was a little worried about the recoil, since this rifle has a synthetic stock. The recoil is the same as every other 30.06 I have ever fired. I fired 60 rounds before I decided to stop shooting.
Accuracy is something I’m still not sure on. Toward the end, I was getting better groupings. However, due to the low mass of the barrel, I would have to let the barrel cool for a few minutes ever 4-5 rounds.
Overall, I am giving the rifle a 7 out of 10 stars.
