Got my Handirifle superlight in .223!
 

Haven' t had a chance to shoot it yet, but I am pretty impressed. For $198 including tax, I got the blued barrel with synthetic stock. It came with a strap, hammer extension, even a lock, ha ha. The action is nice and tight and the trigger feels good. Much better than I expected the trigger to feel, they have been improving them I would say. I hope to shoot it this week sometime. I am just starting off with old .223 ball ammo and then I will try to find something it likes. But so far, it is great. Especially since I can buy extra barrels. And it is shorter than my 10/22 even though the barrel is 20 inches (my 10/22 has a 18.5 inch barrel). The whole thing is 25 1/4 inches long.. It fits me pretty well too... 5 1/4 pounds with scope base but no rings or scope.

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what you gonna mount on it?

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You' ll be happy. Make sure to try the Black Hills 55gr V-max' s. They' re pretty impressive.

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Congrats. I hope it will serve you well. I am pleased with my H&R/NEF. For the money you just can' t beat them. I was really surprised at the accuracy of mine. The 243 Win was good, but the 45-70 was just outstanding in my opinion.

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I have the NEF 223 as well. It shoots Ultramax 40 gr. loades with nosler BT' s into 3/4 inch and 50 gr Sierra sp' s about the same. Bought it used for 105.00. Synthetic stock. I have a 6X bushnell scope on it. The scope is thirty years old but shoots good as new. I will use it for plinkink and small game. I have some 45 grain hornady Bee bullets I plan to load them to about 2000 fps for small game. I shoot a 22-250 for long range varmits. This gun would shoot much better groups without me doing it. I am not a good group shooter.

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Thanks everyone! Looks like I have lots of options to try out! The only scope I had was a 3-9 X 32 Simmons 22mag. Should be good enough for awhile unless I go really long range which isn' t going to happen around here.

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James B - is your 22-250 a H&R/NEF rifle? I was just searching their website for this last night and couldn' t find that caliber. I' m thinking of getting a plinking rifle, the N&R/NEF seem like an economical uncomplicated rifle.

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Good luck with your new rifle!!

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Thanks! Man, things sure have changed. I didn' t start hunting until I was 27 so my first rifle was a 10/22 that I dumped about $600 into it over a couple of years. Then I bought a used browning A bolt medallion in .308... and then my grandad sold me an A-5 cheap. Then my father in law was dying of cancer and he gave me his old 30-.06 with douglas barrel, timney trigger, mauser 98 action, etc. then I had two kids (boys ages 3.5 years and 5 months now). Now I am thrilled to get a handirifle superlight!!! I think my wife is pregnant again. if she is (the test was positive) there won' t be ANY new rifles for a little while.. but I was thinking that it is a darn good thing I bought the nicer stuff when I had the chance!! I' m glad I got the handirifle. If this is a third boy especially, I may need to buy another barrel in 7mm-08 down the road!! I can see it now, one takes the .308, one takes the 30-06, and the last one takes the handirifle in 7mm-08. Old dad gets the muzzleloader (which is fine, actually) ha ha ha!

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Congrats on the new purchase, Clearanceman!
I am really leaning towards the NEF for my next rifle too.

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Congrats to you and the Mrs. Clearanceman. What ever the baby is I hope it' s healthy. 7mm-08 would make a nice " ladies" gun too (just incase it' s a girl).

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Thanks! Since we already have two boys, a girl would be nice. But another boy would be easier since he can room with one of his brothers and we have tons of boy stuff.

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Congrats on the young one coming, hope you two have a healthy baby :)

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Clearanceman,
Nice to get your moneys worth isn' t it.
I have the same exact rifle. I found the trigger to be fine out of the box as well.
I shoot the 45gr Winchester bulk pack ammo, it is $10.00 for 40 rounds.
They shoot under 1" in my rifle so never had to try any other loads.
Make sure you give us a range report on your new rifle. Have fun with it.

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Where' d you get the winchester bulk pack ammo? THanks!

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We have a Sportsmans Warehouse here in Boise which is where I found the Winchester bulk pack ammo.
You can probably get it at any of your major hunting and fishing stores.
Maybe even Wallmart, can' t say for sure if they have it.

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Looks like cabelas has 250 rounds of FMJ for $55 plus shipping also. The winchester looks good. Do they have FMJ? I am using this on turkeys and I am afraid that if I use soft points the turkey will explode!

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I have shot coyotes with FMJ and they work but the dog usually runs a little bit.
Watch your background behind your target, the FMJ can ricochet quite a distance, if there are houses around I would not use them.

Try the 55gr pointed soft points, I don' t think they are as explosive as the varmint style bullets. Look for bullets with more controlled expansion, I don' t know if the NEF will fire the 55-60gr bullets well. I have only shot the 45gr bullets.

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No houses around. Any idea best bullet for turkeys.

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Clearanceman...I' ve shot a few turkeys in the fall with a rifle in WV. It' s tougher than you might think. They rarely drop when hit with a rifle...UNLESS you break their legs. The place to shoot them as far as I' m concerned is right where the legs join the body. This puts them down for good.

I' d advise you to stay away from the body of a turkey. You' ll either destroy the breast meat, or you' ll have a wounded gliding bird on your hands. Either one isn' t any fun.

If you hit ' em where the legs join the body, a simple soft-nose bullet will do fine.

Good luck!

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Thanks! I want to make sure I put it down. We can use rifles in the spring too!

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Pro-line what soft point preloaded ammo would you recommend for Turkeys? I assume that the winchester bulk ammo JHPs would blow a turkey to bits? Our Walmart does have them but I think they are too much for Turkeys..

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Pro-line How about these? It is the same line from winchester as the ones you bought but 50 in a box and softpoints..

http://www.winchester.com/ammunition...5nZT1vbiZwZz0y