Cleaning a Long Ranger

[Bad Bob]

Instruction manual (Henry Long Ranger) says run a cleaning rod down the barrel from the breech toward the muzzle.
Manual also indicates "Do not attempt to take your firearm further apart than explained in this manual".
Manual also states "You do not have to disassemble this rifle in order to clean it sufficiently and keep it operating properly"

I use stiff carbon fiber cleaning rods and do not believe that the rod should touch the rifles bore.

How you gonna do that??

[Ojaileveraction]

Use a bore snake.

[ESquared]

Yep, bore snake or Otis Rip Cord or similar. That's about the only way around it.

[Mags]

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It is fine for a soft metal or fiber rod to touch the bore. Not ok for hard metal rods like steel.
As for how, see the other post with your same question.
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 328#p97328

Instruction manual (Henry Long Ranger) says run a cleaning rod down the barrel from the breech toward the muzzle.
Manual also indicates "Do not attempt to take your firearm further apart than explained in this manual".
Manual also states "You do not have to disassemble this rifle in order to clean it sufficiently and keep it operating properly"

I use stiff carbon fiber cleaning rods and do not believe that the rod should touch the rifles bore.

How you gonna do that??

[dave77]

I use these on my steel rods. Also, although I don't do it every cleaning it's not that difficult to disassemble the receiver for a more thorough cleaning. There's some good disassembly videos on Youtube and I think there's even one on Henry's site.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=brass+bore+g ... _ss_i_1_16

[Mags]

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A Long Ranger shouldn't be disassembled, its not like the other Henry rifles internally. Disassembly runs the risk of messing up the gear timing with the bolt carrier and rotating bolt.

There isn't a cleaning video on the HenryUSA website for the LongRanger, but the .45-70 cleaning video is an example of how to clean even an LR.
https://www.henryusa.com/own-a-henry/he ... 010-h010b/

I use these on my steel rods. Also, although I don't do it every cleaning it's not that difficult to disassemble the receiver for a more thorough cleaning. There's some good disassembly videos on Youtube and I think there's even one on Henry's site.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=brass+bore+g ... _ss_i_1_16

[Bad Bob]

I will use a bore snake, but I think that Henry needs to review their Instruction manual or post a "How To Video" for this very expensive rifle....

[Mags]

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Ya have to agree with that. They are a little behind on their instructional videos as well as posting of PDF owner manuals for the newer models.

I will use a bore snake, but I think that Henry needs to review their Instruction manual or post a "How To Video" for this very expensive rifle....

[BigAl52]

Otis system works great for me.

[Mistered]

How you gonna do that??

Open the action and clean from the MUZZLE to the breech.

It is fine for a soft metal or fiber rod to touch the bore. Not ok for hard metal rods like steel.

Ditto this^