Home Forums Lever Action Central Lever Actions - General Henry Long Ranger.....Anybody got one yet?

I don't see not being able to clean from the azz end as a problem, but then again I ain't cleaned a rifle barrel since about 2006.

Lmao! Yeah its no big deal for you Steely, thats for sure.......Hb

My partner has one in 308. Really nice rifle.

Not nearly as good feeling in your hands as a BLR.Very heavy and clumsy feeling.They do have an excellent trigger and great wood.

I shot mine today, it does have an excellent trigger and this thing is scary accurate with the 3 factory loads I tried, one group ( Nosler 150gr) measured .55" center to center for 3 shots @100yds, and the other 2 loads were both under MOA... groups that would make any bolt action rifle jealous!... but I agree, I also like the BLR better (though I've never seen a BLR that would shoot with this Long Ranger)......I am going to sell this rifle and buy a BLR takedown in the same caliber and maybe another in 450 Marlin for Ohio.................Hb

For some reason, the trigger going with the lever on the BLR is kind of a turn off.

As far as the weight goes, the HLR is a heavy gun, kind of out of place on a 223, but its short and manageable.

I haven't shot for groups yet, just getting my scope lined up, but I think I'll be able to stunt shoot with it just fine. Looking forward to my first double...

Va, is the ejection on your Long Ranger pretty strong? I hadve seen videos with cases barely clearing the action. It looked like the lever wasn't being worked very aggressively. Ready to buy one but hoping bugs are worked out.

What factory ammo did you shoot?

I just got mine back from Henry today and they are awesome.

Scoped back up and ready to shoot Friday.

I bought a 308 last week. It had issues. Would not chamber Hornady factory ammo. Frequent failures to eject. On about round 15,the lever ceased to operate the bolt.

Just sent it back to Henry. Will let folks know how it turns out.


On the plus side,it was mighty pretty and had a great trigger. It shot Federal Blue Box ammo with 150 grain bullets into ,less than one moa.

And then it self destructed.

Interesting. As you probably saw above I had similar issues. I did not have issues clambering rounds. It did weakly eject federal fusions.

Henry was going for a longer-range rifle to butt head-to-head against boltguns, it wasn't going for "brush gun".

As a part of that goal, the introductory model was built for use with glass to reach out to 300-400 yards, which most people nowdays don't do well with only irons.

It wasn't developed to be a short-range brush gun (actually has far more accuracy than a brush gun needs), it's intended (for now) as a longer-range hunting rifle at distances most hunters consider their pet bolt-actions should handle.

And the hunting rifle market today is leaning away from irons.
(I am not saying I approve of the lack of iron-sighted hunting rifles prevalent among the industry today, I'm just giving you the thoughts behind this model.)

The barrel goes through multiple steps to aid accuracy, and it gets much more attention there than your average Marlin or Winchester levergun.

Depending on how well the current version does, there's a possibility of an iron-sighted version with altered stock angle in the future, along with other calibers.

I consider the LR a better rifle overall than the BLR because it has no glossy wood varnish, it has a one-piece barrel instead of the Browning's two-piece barrel, that barrel is threaded into the alloy receiver instead of a press-fit like the Browning, the Henry's trigger doesn't travel with the lever & should be slightly easier to adjust for pull, and the Henry can be broken down & reassembled easier than the Browning.

And I wasn't referring to you about irrelevant commentary.
That was a (hopefully) pre-emptive strike to avoid the frequent buzz about previous Henry models having "plastic parts", "pot metal parts.

Henry already offers the Long Ranger with open sights, Though ive not seen one in person yet, but the model is listed on their web site... (Burbank)....The factory ammo's I tried were Nosler 150gr Accubond (.55") Remington 150gr Corelokt (.85") and Barnes Vortex 150gr TTSX ( .95") and (1.10") ...I only shot the rifle 14 times as I knew I am going to sell it, I was just curious if the Long Ranger was going to be accurate and Damn! Was it ever!.......Mine functioned fine with no failures to feed or eject........Hb

Interesting post. You got about the right number of periods, they're just all bunched together in two places. I think that's the longest sentence I've ever seen.

Ha! I was terrible in English class, I barely passed.....But thanks for the critique, lord knows I need all the help I can get...lol... ..Hb