Single shot .357 mag rifles...

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I added an MGM barrel in .357 mag to my TC Contender carbine for an extraordinarily nice .357 rifle.
 
Asked Gallery of Guns about H&R closing. Was told they were/had not, but had dropped some models. Kind of suspect a single shot .357 would have decidedly low demand though.
 
Even if H&R closes their doors tomorrow,,,

Even if H&R closes their doors tomorrow,,,
There will still be many new rifles in warehouses and gun stores.

I have Handi-Rifles in .22 and .357 Magnum,,,
Neither are bench rest tack drivers.

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But they are easily minute of clay pigeon,,,
That's at 100 yard distance.

Ask your LGS if he can order one in,,,
They are very satisfying rifles to shoot.

Aarond

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There are planty of H&R rifles on GunBroker, I've looked at the .357 myself and considered buying one. An easy conversion to .357 Maximum and legal for deer here in Ohio with nearly .308 Winchester performance.
 
I believe Pedersoli and possibly Uberti still make a beautiful little copy of the Remington Rolling block #2 action in .357. If you don't mind the old fashioned cowboy look. And the wait while it is ordered.

1911guy, no 357 Maximum load is going to come anywhere close to a 308. Not for energy at any range and certainly not for trajectory. It is a wonderful round but it can't compete with a cartridge having twice the powder capacity.
 
TSH77769,

I can recommend the Handi rifle, particularly if you reload. I shoot 180-210 cast bullets in mine and it can easily keep all 5 shots inside 2" at 100 yards. Chambers are on the long side so you can seat the bullets out and boost the powder charge to near-.357Max velocities with ordinary .357Mag brass. A 210 grain bullet at 1800 fps is pretty impressive.
 
I will reiterate an earlier suggestion. The TC Contender can be bought with a multitude of chamberings, barrel lengths, stocks, etc. The encore is not the same but it employs the same ideas in a very similar way, but parts do not interchange. If I were after the 357 long gun it would definately be a light carbine. 16" TC factory barrel on my contender, fitted with a thumb hole stock. Even if I didn't already have a frame, I would find one and put it together how I wanted it. You may be about $500+/- into it, but for that money you have a high quality rifle with adjustable trigger, you likely have the same in pistol configuration with the use of an Allen wrench, and you have the ability to buy any other chambered barrel you can fathom from 22lr up to 45-70. It's a bit pricey to get into if you compare it to other single shots, but at $200 a barrel for extra barrels you can have a whole bunch really quick. If you go this route don't skip over the 7-30waters
 
Peter M. Eick said:
Ruger made the Number 1 in 357 Magnum for some group in California as a custom order. There are some of them floating about.
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I bought a used #1 in 357 mag, nice rifle, CA highway patrolman commemorative. Was not very accurate. Traded for a ruger gunsite scout in 556. One of the guys at my range bought the same #1 from the LGS, he soon figured out it was not accurate and traded it for something else. I've heard the 357 #1 rifles are hit or miss; mine was a miss.
 
There are still numerous Handi Rifles still floating around, but (direct from Remington) the domestic guns were ALL discontinued.
Only H&R-branded imports now carried on.
Denis
 
Peter M. Eick said:
Ruger made the Number 1 in 357 Magnum for some group in California as a custom order. There are some of them floating about.
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The CHP commemorative in 357 Mag was made in 1984. The first 1400 were CHP marked and there were about 400 overruns that were not marked.

The Ruger No 1 is a rather large rifle for 357.
 
I knew there were about 2000 made making them moderately rare. I guess the number is really 1800. I had not heard they were inaccurate.

I still would like one just to play with. I really like my 25/06 #1V.
 
The .357, where legal, makes a great squirrel rifle, especially with .38 Special wad cutters. The classic squirrel rifle in the days of muzzle loaders was between .36 and .40 caliber.
 
I am still wondering why the guy wants one. Is it to hunt in shotgun only deer zones? Because he already reloads .357? I load differnt loads for my handgun and rifle 44 mag, but same dies and such.

Could get a lever action, more expensive. Could get a differnt single shot too.

Why this gun? Had one years ago, and wants another?
 
The primary objective is keeping cost low, both for the weapon and the ammo.

The secondary objective is hunting and plinking.

The third objective is experimenting with hand-loading.
 
I like my 44 mag handi that I picked up for the same reason your stating. Started me off into reloading and I can load it for everything from snakes to squirrels to deer.
 
44 mag is fairly common. If you are reloading cost isn't much different. Kick isn't much different depending on loads. Unique is pretty mild.

You can hunt with .357, but will do better with 44. Though if have .357 handgun I see your point. But I probably just start reloading for one, and then just buy the dies for the other when you feel you will keep going. Not that expensive.
 
I am pretty sure that Rossi makes them in .357, .44 magnum and .45 Colt and possibly in .41 magnum. I had a model 94' lever action Rossi in .357 magnum that was a tack driver. I gave it to my grandson, in Indiana, to hunt deer, when they made it legal to use............Robin ;)
 
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