JBP
March 27, 2000, 08:43 PM
Last week I saw one of those deals I find hard to pass up, a NEF Handi Rifle .223 Heavy Barrel, with a Simmons 12x40 AO scope, and hard case for $249.99.
From posts I've read at other boards it looked like this was one of the love it or hate it deals. But I took a chance and had it out for the first time yesterday.
It handled the 5 different types of ammo I fed it: Federal Premium 50 gr Speer TNT HP, Remington Premier Varmint 50 gr V-Max Boat-tail, Remington Express 55 gr Pointed SP, PMC 55 gr FMJ-BT (with soft primers that my T/C Contender won't always fire), and even the Russian TCW 56 gr FMJ steel case that froze my T/C Contender. Best results were with the 50 gr (& most expensive) with 1" groups. The 55 gr spread out to about 1.5-2". The Russian ammo was all over the target. Someone a couple of spots down from me had his out for the first time also and was very pleased with his results.
I've seen other posts that complain about the trigger pull being heavy. Compared to the factory setting of my Contender the NEF seemed light. For the price you can't beat it if it holds up but for $10 NEF offers a lifetime warranty. The results I got at 100 yards were almost as good as my new Ruger KM77VTMKII in 22-250 that I paid almost 3 times as much for the same set-up but with a better scope.
From posts I've read at other boards it looked like this was one of the love it or hate it deals. But I took a chance and had it out for the first time yesterday.
It handled the 5 different types of ammo I fed it: Federal Premium 50 gr Speer TNT HP, Remington Premier Varmint 50 gr V-Max Boat-tail, Remington Express 55 gr Pointed SP, PMC 55 gr FMJ-BT (with soft primers that my T/C Contender won't always fire), and even the Russian TCW 56 gr FMJ steel case that froze my T/C Contender. Best results were with the 50 gr (& most expensive) with 1" groups. The 55 gr spread out to about 1.5-2". The Russian ammo was all over the target. Someone a couple of spots down from me had his out for the first time also and was very pleased with his results.
I've seen other posts that complain about the trigger pull being heavy. Compared to the factory setting of my Contender the NEF seemed light. For the price you can't beat it if it holds up but for $10 NEF offers a lifetime warranty. The results I got at 100 yards were almost as good as my new Ruger KM77VTMKII in 22-250 that I paid almost 3 times as much for the same set-up but with a better scope.