Just bought an H&R Ultra-Rifle in a 45-70 Cal. For those that are not familiar with it,.... It is a standard "H&R" single barrel break down action. With the additions of a 24 inch stainless steel hammer forged barrel and a stainless steel receiver. Accompanied with a laminated thumb hole stock and a "Weaver" rail atop the receiver.
The down side is that upon opening the box, the cosmetic issues that it had going made it looks nothing like the one that I saw on display last year at the "1500 Show". So I called H&R for a return to get what I wanted,... they said that they will make it right.
"In a nut shell", most of the problems are cosmetic, starting with the laminated "Cinnamon" colored, satin finished stock, being of two different colors of Cinnamon. The fore-stock is lighter in color than the butt stock. Then there was the issue of there being shipping wear (card board sleeves, etc.), circling the butt stock where it rubbed and formed a bright polished ring around the area of the stock it touched. As far as the machining goes,.. the one that I saw at the gun show had a nice polished breech with crisp lines and no burrs. The one that was shipped to me had rough machine marks left on the breech face (that looked to be made by a dull end mill cutter), along with a heavy sharp burr encompassing the chambers counter-bored area for the case rim.
I will keep you all posted with what happens. Ya, Ya,... I know, before it all starts, Remington now owns Marlin, New England and H&R, and there have been issues with the Marlins and who knows what else. Call me stupid if you want, but I have hopes that Remington will do something about it all, if we just keep "chiming in"!
However, I will say this much about the rifle,.. For what it is and no more than it cost, it feels very well built. The one at the show and the one I received both have very solid tight actions and the wood to metal fit works for me! A very well balanced rifle and with the stock configuration (not a true Monticarlo by my standards), the line of sight for me seems to be perfect for a scope, however I am going to use a ghost ring sight.
Normally I shoot a "Sharps" in competition and hunt Deer (when outside of Indiana), with a Marlin 1895 CB with a 26 inch barrel (or a 3x9 scoped Marlin XL 30-06), over iron sights. I just wanted a single shot hunting rifle without breaking the bank on a "High Wall" or something similar. As I said, I do have high hopes for this rifle, without setting my hopes too high. I will yell out an update once I know for sure what they will do to make things right. Perhaps I will send photos at that time.
The down side is that upon opening the box, the cosmetic issues that it had going made it looks nothing like the one that I saw on display last year at the "1500 Show". So I called H&R for a return to get what I wanted,... they said that they will make it right.
"In a nut shell", most of the problems are cosmetic, starting with the laminated "Cinnamon" colored, satin finished stock, being of two different colors of Cinnamon. The fore-stock is lighter in color than the butt stock. Then there was the issue of there being shipping wear (card board sleeves, etc.), circling the butt stock where it rubbed and formed a bright polished ring around the area of the stock it touched. As far as the machining goes,.. the one that I saw at the gun show had a nice polished breech with crisp lines and no burrs. The one that was shipped to me had rough machine marks left on the breech face (that looked to be made by a dull end mill cutter), along with a heavy sharp burr encompassing the chambers counter-bored area for the case rim.
I will keep you all posted with what happens. Ya, Ya,... I know, before it all starts, Remington now owns Marlin, New England and H&R, and there have been issues with the Marlins and who knows what else. Call me stupid if you want, but I have hopes that Remington will do something about it all, if we just keep "chiming in"!
However, I will say this much about the rifle,.. For what it is and no more than it cost, it feels very well built. The one at the show and the one I received both have very solid tight actions and the wood to metal fit works for me! A very well balanced rifle and with the stock configuration (not a true Monticarlo by my standards), the line of sight for me seems to be perfect for a scope, however I am going to use a ghost ring sight.
Normally I shoot a "Sharps" in competition and hunt Deer (when outside of Indiana), with a Marlin 1895 CB with a 26 inch barrel (or a 3x9 scoped Marlin XL 30-06), over iron sights. I just wanted a single shot hunting rifle without breaking the bank on a "High Wall" or something similar. As I said, I do have high hopes for this rifle, without setting my hopes too high. I will yell out an update once I know for sure what they will do to make things right. Perhaps I will send photos at that time.
