what about the 35/358 BR?

[Alan in GA]

I picked up a new toy last year.
It's an H & R Handi Rifle in .357 Magnum. Barrel is a heavy sporter contour 22" long. Plenty of room for threading on the muzzle and a compensator if I want to.
I was going to run a .357 MAXIMUM reamer into the chamber, just like I did with another same rifle a few years ealier. That rifle was sold by a friend that just HAD to have it. When I saw this one dusty but new on the local gun shop rack I thought maybe I could finish all the tests I had wanted to do with the other rifle I let go too soon.
Anyway, if any of you are like me and somehow 'accumulate' ammo you don't use, think of how much 38 Special ammo there is around! MOST of it is subsonic in a rifle barrel if not all but the +P stuff. I decided to hold off using the MAXIMUM reamer being that the rifle just might be perfect as it is. If I ever wanted to take deer then the maximum reamer may get the go-ahead.
But this little rifle is a hoot to shoot and I've got enough 38 Spl and 357 Mag ammo to choke a horse.
I"ve offered it's use to a buddy who is Class III and threads barrels for a local Class III shop. He has a 9mm can that just might work. Think about how this could be the perfect low/NO noise coyote rifle!
I'm waiting on a Fed CIII permit as we speak. My first ever can is waiting on me at a local shop. It's a 22 Long Rifle 'only' and will go on my 10/22 Heavy straight barrel [Shilen] rifle. It is already capable of 1" groups at 100 yds. I beleive I'll leave it at the 18" lenght it is now when threaded.