H&R had its doors closed up once before so I'm sure we all knew it would happen again. I haven't owned a very new one of their guns but I do own an NEF and it's probably between 5-15 years old, I'm not sure. Shoots great though, it's a cheaper model with a plastic stock. I own a .410 from the '30s and it's an excellent gun. My dad owns a NEF with a wood stock and that gun had a nice stock, fit and finish is great, and it's decently accurate. Actually the nicest gun I've shot and I've shot a few. I do like the simplicity, the lightness, and shortness of these guns. For the guys saying they have always been junk, what are you comparing them to? Me and Dad paid $200 each used for ours at a gun store. If they had been your typical bolt or lever gun we'd paid over double that for a used rifle. Anyways, another thing to ponder is they just didn't make break action single shots, they made bolt and auto rifles and pump shot guns. I'm not talking about the cheap knock off guns they are importing either. They had a line of self defense handguns and target .22s. They also had a fancy shotgun, I believe imported from Austria. They had the Reising rifles too, anyone else knew they produced full auto .45 ACP rifles? So just don't think they only had break action single shots, at one time their selection was large.
With all of that being said I do like their single shots and I'd like to see more people appreciate the simpler things. I do have a few guns myself but I like single shots the most, you don't need an untra expensive gun.