357lover
Active Member
My shooting buddy had an itch for a Henry Long Ranger.
He quietly slipped and bought one, I guess to keep his wife from knowing.
He put a Redfield scope on it and off we go to the range.
Being new, I expected it to take a few shots to zero the scope and it did. Once zeroed it shot consistently at 3/4" groups at 100 yards.
Now to the point. Any hesitation in closing the breech that allowed the bullet to loose its place would result in the bullet being dropped into the barrel and the the breech would not close.
The bullet had to be shook out of the barrel, put back into the magazine for a second try. This happened more than once.
I am sure some of the problem was the way he cycled the lever. Too slow I thought.
Now to touch on a few other things that I took notice of. The magazine release is a small flush button on the right side of the breech. It is difficult to push and would be next to impossible to push with gloves on. To put the magazine back in required some effort to seat it.
With the lever in the open position, the magazine was blocked by the lever, which means no extended magazines for this lever gun.
OK, so for my last observation and one that he complained about numerous times. Trigger pull had to be in excess of 7 pounds. He refuses to send it back and plans to have a gunsmith fix the trigger.
Anyone that plans to buy might consider the outcome he had.
He quietly slipped and bought one, I guess to keep his wife from knowing.
He put a Redfield scope on it and off we go to the range.
Being new, I expected it to take a few shots to zero the scope and it did. Once zeroed it shot consistently at 3/4" groups at 100 yards.
Now to the point. Any hesitation in closing the breech that allowed the bullet to loose its place would result in the bullet being dropped into the barrel and the the breech would not close.
The bullet had to be shook out of the barrel, put back into the magazine for a second try. This happened more than once.
I am sure some of the problem was the way he cycled the lever. Too slow I thought.
Now to touch on a few other things that I took notice of. The magazine release is a small flush button on the right side of the breech. It is difficult to push and would be next to impossible to push with gloves on. To put the magazine back in required some effort to seat it.
With the lever in the open position, the magazine was blocked by the lever, which means no extended magazines for this lever gun.
OK, so for my last observation and one that he complained about numerous times. Trigger pull had to be in excess of 7 pounds. He refuses to send it back and plans to have a gunsmith fix the trigger.
Anyone that plans to buy might consider the outcome he had.