Scope on a Long Ranger?

[Mags]

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Both the sighted and unsighted Long Rangers are supplied from the Henry factory with the Skinner two piece scope mounts. These should have been in the box with the rifle when you bought it. If they were not in the box contact HenryCS. http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5127

I have them installed on my Long Ranger and can still use the iron sights. If HenryCS won't send you a set, you can buy them from Skinner.
http://www.skinnersights.com/scope_mounts_31.html 2/3 of the way down the webpage.
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I just got a long ranger 308 win with iron sights, it didn't come with the weaver bases like the un-sighted versions do. Is there a base I can get that won't block my view of the iron sights if the scope is removed?

[Chemosabe23]

My mistake on the type of scope mounts that are supposed to come with the rifles. But on the Henry website the long ranger with iron sights does not have scope mounts listed as an embellishment/extra as the non-sighted version does.

[Chemosabe23]

I am contacting Henry's CS to see what to make of the situation.

[JEBar]

I just got a long ranger 308 win with iron sights, it didn't come with the weaver bases like the un-sighted versions do. Is there a base I can get that won't block my view of the iron sights if the scope is removed?

below is a link to a YouTube video that presents a really good look at a scope mounted on a Long Ranger with iron sights .... with the sleek lines of that rifle, I can't envision see through scope mounts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXFNn5vkW18

[Mags]

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I looked that up too to check. Ya you are correct. They had to have recently changed that. It used to say "included" on both sighted and unsighted. It did when I bought my sighted LR couple months ago. As for the one-piece Henry offers it is too tall when you want to use the iron sights.

Initially I was hesitant to use the Skinners because I did not think they would not allow enough eye-relief adjustment. So I went shopping for a low profile aftermarket mount. Unfortunately I could not find a one piece with the right hole spacing. I have a mount with a grove down the middle on my .30-30 that would work with the iron sights of the LR, but I would have had to drill my own holes in the mount for the 2nd mount location. On my LR receiver the holes are 1/2 inch apart (center to center) with 2-1/8 inches between the centers of the inner pair of holes. With the rings and scope I have, the eye-relief turned out not to be problem using the Skinner mounts.

My mistake on the type of scope mounts that are supposed to come with the rifles. But on the Henry website the long ranger with iron sights does not have scope mounts listed as an embellishment/extra as the non-sighted version does.

[Mags]

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Those are a nice one piece ring/mount pair that get that scope pretty low.

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I just got a long ranger 308 win with iron sights, it didn't come with the weaver bases like the un-sighted versions do. Is there a base I can get that won't block my view of the iron sights if the scope is removed?

below is a link to a YouTube video that presents a really good look at a scope mounted on a Long Ranger with iron sights .... with the sleek lines of that rifle, I can't envision see through scope mounts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXFNn5vkW18

[BigAl52]

Ive not scoped any leverguns because Im lucky to still have decent eye sight. But to me it seems like trying to use both on the same gun would require the scope being mounted so hight that cheek weld might be an issue when using the scope. Just a thought.

[ESquared]

It seems to me that the LR is designed for scopes, and the comb is higher to accommodate them without a cheek riser. That's been my experience, anyway. Had to put a riser on my 357 BBS, but the LR seems fine as-is. Your mileage may vary!

[Mags]

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same experience as E^2. Also the iron sight on the LR fold over. So it's not in the way when using the scope. My scope is about as low as I can go with the Skinner 2-piece mounts and 0.75" rings. The scope objective is about 0.1" from the barrel.

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It seems to me that the LR is designed for scopes, and the comb is higher to accommodate them without a cheek riser. That's been my experience, anyway. Had to put a riser on my 357 BBS, but the LR seems fine as-is. Your mileage may vary!

Ive not scoped any leverguns because Im lucky to still have decent eye sight. But to me it seems like trying to use both on the same gun would require the scope being mounted so hight that cheek weld might be an issue when using the scope. Just a thought.

[BigAl52]

Ya but I got the impression the OP wanted to have access irons while being able to use the scope to