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They make them in batches. When I was looking for my .30-30 Handi, I had to wait almost a year before I was able to order one. I know guys who waited several months to find a .35 Whelen. The "cool" calibers come and go, and they try to supply what people are looking for at the time.
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Yea, pretty much all firearms are made that way.
H&R can do things a little differently, though, since they like to keep a lot of extra barrels on hand. It's a piece of cake for them to just slap a bunch of "accessory" barrels on new receivers, and ship them as complete rifles (as long as they have enough receivers). In the last 5 years, I've heard of at least 3 instances in which they did just that, due to higher than expected demand for certain models (such as the .35 Whelen and .38-55), while they had a reasonable supply of barrels.