I don't claim to be an engineer. I am an informed, safe and experienced Handi Rifle owner and shooter.

There's reams of data on SB1 and SB2 frames on GBO. Spend some time over there...."the life you save may be your own"

http://www.go2gbo.com/forums/index.php?board=126.0

I've hung out there for six or eight years. I have 14 Handis and half again as many H&R/NEF shotguns. I know what can and can not be safely done with a SB1 frame. All my rifles are on SB2 frames plus two of the shotguns. Not all of them require SB2s. I have the frames and put them to good use.

What you're doing is the equivalent of beating a concrete block with a sledge hammer. It may not break with the first whack. Keep pounding on it and it will.

Pete