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Any more Long Rangers in the house?

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Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by ditto1958 » Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:58 pm

Okay folks, are any of y'all buying Long Ranger rifles yet? I'm anxious to read some reviews and range reports.

This IS, after all, the Henry Forum. It seems reasonable to expect members to be buying Henry rifles. :)

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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by Travlin » Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:23 pm

We thought that those that brought this forum into being would show the rest of us the way by getting any of the new H.R.A. rifles as they come to be available .

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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by ditto1958 » Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:28 pm

I think people are slackin' here.

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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by Fri » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:00 pm

I've got two of them. One in 308, the other in 223. Haven't had much of a chance to shoot them, other than function testing, due to weather. The range I use has been inaccessible, first due to snow, then due to some flooding, since mid-December.
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The 308 on top has a 4-12x40 Nikon P308 scope. The 223 has a Vortex 3-9x40 Crossfire II.
Just noticed today when taking these pictures that the 308 doesn't have any markings on the barrel.
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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by JEBar » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:36 pm

Fri wrote:I've got two of them. One in 308, the other in 223.

Chris
first, welcome to our community, happy to have you with us .... the Long Ranger is a fairly new addition to the Henry line and many of us are really looking forward to hearing range reports

please go to our How Many ? thread http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 402#p33402 and add your rifles to our forum total

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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by ditto1958 » Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:08 pm

Welcome to the forum, Chris!

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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by Sir Henry » Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:46 am

Travlin wrote:We thought that those that brought this forum into being would show the rest of us the way by getting any of the new H.R.A. rifles as they come to be available .
I have had one on order since last summer.
Hi, my name is Gene and I'm a Henryholic from Wisconsin.

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Post by Sir Henry » Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:52 am

Thanks for posting the detailed pictures Chris.
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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by North Country Gal » Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:20 pm

Welcome to the forum, Chris.

Would LOVE to hear how that 223 version shoots for you. That one is very high on my list of lever guns to get. Report when you can.

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Post by CT_Shooter » Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:43 pm

Welcome from CT, Chris.
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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by Travlin » Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:13 pm

Those are most excellent looking rifles . The craftsmanship and the attention to detail is outstandingly evident in both of them. Thanks for posting and I am sure we are all looking forward to a range report.

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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by ditto1958 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:33 pm

Travlin wrote:Those are most excellent looking rifles . The craftsmanship and the attention to detail is outstandingly evident in both of them. Thanks for posting and I am sure we are all looking forward to a range report.
Yes, we certainly are looking forward to a range report.

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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by ditto1958 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:37 pm

Sir Henry wrote:
Travlin wrote:We thought that those that brought this forum into being would show the rest of us the way by getting any of the new H.R.A. rifles as they come to be available .
I have had one on order since last summer.
Seems longer than that.

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Post by Xraydave » Thu Feb 23, 2017 10:20 pm

I picked on up a week ago. It is shooting 165 grain ballistic tips and 175 grain ELDX bullets around an inch. Trigger is excellent. Fit and Finish is excellent. I'm very happy with it so far and expect to improve accuracy with some more reloading work. Not that 1" groups need to be improved on. This is my second Henry, Got the 45/70 about 6 months ago and accuracy with it has been excellent as well.

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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by JEBar » Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:43 pm

Xraydave wrote:I picked on up a week ago. It is shooting 165 grain ballistic tips and 175 grain ELDX bullets around an inch. Trigger is excellent. Fit and Finish is excellent. I'm very happy with it so far and expect to improve accuracy with some more reloading work. Not that 1" groups need to be improved on. This is my second Henry, Got the 45/70 about 6 months ago and accuracy with it has been excellent as well.
first, welcome to our forum, happy to have you join us .... good to hear your reports on your Long Ranger .... not surprised to hear the report on your 45-70, ours does well .... please go to our How Many ? thread http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 402#p33402 and add your Henry Rifles to our forum total

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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by ditto1958 » Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:12 pm

Xraydave wrote:I picked on up a week ago. It is shooting 165 grain ballistic tips and 175 grain ELDX bullets around an inch. Trigger is excellent. Fit and Finish is excellent. I'm very happy with it so far and expect to improve accuracy with some more reloading work. Not that 1" groups need to be improved on. This is my second Henry, Got the 45/70 about 6 months ago and accuracy with it has been excellent as well.
Good to hear!

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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by daytime dave » Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:38 am

I'm also interested in how they shoot.
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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by Smoke4320 » Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:14 pm

Yes waiting some more accuracy repots before plunking down the Money for a 308LR
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Post by Xraydave » Mon Mar 06, 2017 10:13 pm

Really starting to like mine. It is really tightening up after the first 50 rounds. Using 178 grain Hornady ELDX bullets. Is everyone else carefully using a cleaning rod from the muzzle end or using a bore snake? I'm using a rod and trying to be very careful with the crown. Gonna try 150 grain partitions and ballistic tips as well.

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Re: Any more Long Rangers in the house?

Post by Fri » Tue Mar 07, 2017 3:31 pm

Still haven't had a chance to get out to the range with mine yet. I'll have some time tomorrow and the weather forecast looks promising as of right now. Will definitely let you know when I get a range report up.

On another note, I had stock watches set up on several websites when I was looking for my 223. I just got an email today from Kentucky Gun Co saying they are in stock. Here is the link if anyone is interested: https://kygunco.com/Product/View?ItemNo=60216

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