NEF additional barrels
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Don't think so. I just bought a new H&R Buffalo Classic, and they need to be sent back. Check the H&R/NEF site and I'm sure you will see that the barrels need to be fitted to the receiver. Otherwise it would be a great deal, like the Thompson Centres. That is one of the reasons they cost so much. Another is the name and the quality of course.
From their website:
"We do not sell additional barrels outright. All barrels must be factory fitted."
"Due to licensing requirements, this offer is only available to U.S. residents."
The only way around this that I can think of is that if you know which different calibres you want, ask your gundealer to try to order from the factory/importer a new gun with the different barrels fitted. N.E.F. already offers some packages in certain combinations of shotgun and rifle calibre, (as does Rossi) so it is only a matter of whether they are willing to do a one off package. If you do try this, please post notice here of the outcome.
"We do not sell additional barrels outright. All barrels must be factory fitted."
"Due to licensing requirements, this offer is only available to U.S. residents."
The only way around this that I can think of is that if you know which different calibres you want, ask your gundealer to try to order from the factory/importer a new gun with the different barrels fitted. N.E.F. already offers some packages in certain combinations of shotgun and rifle calibre, (as does Rossi) so it is only a matter of whether they are willing to do a one off package. If you do try this, please post notice here of the outcome.
The above is true, but there might be a light at the end of the tunnel.
While a new barrel is factory fitted there are guys south of the border swapping barrels safely, the fitting process is not rocket science. and supposidly the rules for getting a used barrel from a private person is a different (though that is unconfimed) if this is true you could buy a barrel from anywhere (but e-bay prices tend to be way too high) , have it mailed to you and fit it to your frame.
Again the legality of it all is the issue. And the risk you may not be able to make it work on your frame, but if your nervous you could get a smith to check the head space.
While a new barrel is factory fitted there are guys south of the border swapping barrels safely, the fitting process is not rocket science. and supposidly the rules for getting a used barrel from a private person is a different (though that is unconfimed) if this is true you could buy a barrel from anywhere (but e-bay prices tend to be way too high) , have it mailed to you and fit it to your frame.
Again the legality of it all is the issue. And the risk you may not be able to make it work on your frame, but if your nervous you could get a smith to check the head space.
By the nature of the beast getting a feel for head space is pretty easy. A good rule of thumb is if you can close down on but not pull out a feeler guage of .0015" when the bottom edge of guage is on the center line of the chamber. the gun would could be ok to maybe .003" but then accuracy would suffer (probably not worth shooting). My first handi had a gap ~.006" at first it shot like crap but I used .0045 feeler guage as a shim on the hinge pin and it actually shot OK. But @.006" I got 2 head separations but I had attributed it to lousy brass, but thinking back maybe not.
If it is too tight it won't lock-up reliably (dreaded open on fire) or at all. My 204 had that opn on fire problem but a light stoning of the latch shelf fixed that. But I have heard of guys needing to gring the notch on the locking lug (very carfully) so it would close properly (homer swapped barrels not new)
The hardest to deal with is a gun that closes tight but for some reason the latch pin does not make proper contact or is loose then you are hooped.
Any way you slice it if I did this as a homer job you can be sure that I would figure out a remote firing system to proof it before I lit it off by my head.
The legal bit would be as always just getting it across the border.
If it is too tight it won't lock-up reliably (dreaded open on fire) or at all. My 204 had that opn on fire problem but a light stoning of the latch shelf fixed that. But I have heard of guys needing to gring the notch on the locking lug (very carfully) so it would close properly (homer swapped barrels not new)
The hardest to deal with is a gun that closes tight but for some reason the latch pin does not make proper contact or is loose then you are hooped.
Any way you slice it if I did this as a homer job you can be sure that I would figure out a remote firing system to proof it before I lit it off by my head.
The legal bit would be as always just getting it across the border.
