Well I see that I started s*** storm with my posting, that was not my intention. As usual not everyone read the entire post and I guess that I should have been a little more clear. I'm sure that the current Handi Rifle platform is probably too small for this endevor, but it is likely that such a rifle could be made.
As I said in the origional post "if it had one of the ultra efficient muzzle brakes" which I understand can reduce recoil up to 50%, and of course it would have to have a recoil pad(duhhh).
As far as recoil goes, I have fired one of the AR-15/50BMG uppers on a friends rifle with no recoil absorbing system and nothing more than a slip on shotgun pad on the stock and it was tollerable. It actually kicked less than my Grandfathers Mossberg bolt action 10 gauge with 3.5" 00 buck shot.
As I see it the added weight of a .50 BMG barrel (18-25 lbs) and an action that would probably be 10-15% larger than a standard H&R frame (5-8 lbs), and a large muzzel brake (2-5 lbs), and a steel tubing stock (2-5 lbs) would put it the weight range of most .50 BMG rifles on the market today.
The reason I posted this question was to; A, see what kind of off the wall replies it would get and; B, see if I could spark some intrest in the concept. Lots of shooters such as myself would love to have a .50 caliber rifle but the $3K-$7K price tags are way out of the realm of possibility, but Why couldn't a company such as H&R who has always built inexpensive, quality firearms produce such a rifle for under $2000.00 Hmmmm.