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Here's my tack driving .308 Long Ranger with a Burris Veracity 2-10x42mm scope.

Beautiful rifle, rockfish77. Welcome to the forum from CT. Glad you joined the conversation.

rockfish77 wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:45 pm

Here's my tack driving .308 Long Ranger with a Burris Veracity 2-10x42mm scope.

Scoping a rifle, regardless of its style, will always be subjective.
I will NOT scope my 'traditional' style lever rifles for a few reasons - I can see the sights well and have found a combination front/rear which gives me an excellent sight picture.
I can understand however if scoping is a necessity due to eye problems and if so then mount a scope by all means! Maybe it doesn't have to be a 'standard' sized 1" scope with a 40 or 50 MM objective but can be one of the smaller, low powered style.
I was very impressed with the two I tried last Friday with a forum member - on his .45 Colt BBS and his .308 Long Ranger.
Both were a smaller, 30 MM size with 1-4 X magnification.

rockfish77 wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:45 pm

Here's my tack driving .308 Long Ranger with a Burris Veracity 2-10x42mm scope.

for me, that is one fine looking rig .... if I ever buy a Long Ranger, I'd be very happy if it turned out to look like yours

Thanks CT_Shooter and JEBAR!!

rockfish77 wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:46 pm

Thanks CT_Shooter and JEBAR!!

you are more than welcome and we are delighted you have joined our forum .... please feel free to read and post often, we hope you will continue to participate in ongoing threads; as well as, to start your own .... take a look at our How Many ? thread (link below) and add your Long Ranger along with any other Henry rifles you may own to our community's total

http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 79#p101979

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One LR owner to another... Welcome from the TV, Oregon!
Mine is scoped with Leupold 3.5-10x40mm.

rockfish77 wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:45 pm

Here's my tack driving .308 Long Ranger with a Burris Veracity 2-10x42mm scope.

My Long Ranger is wearing a Leupold 6x36 on an EGW mount with EGW Practical rings. I'd like it to be a little lower, but it's worked well so far. After installing the base and scope, it shot about 1-1/2 inches high and on center at 50 yards without touching any of the scope adjustments - never had that happen before!

As to scope or not scope... It is a matter of personal preference and sometimes necessity? I am 68 years old and for the first. time could not read the eye chart at DMV.I Don’t like shooting with glasses on (try duck hunting in the rain). I need a scope to see when I am hunting. I shot a buck this morning and if it had not been for the scope it would not have happened. Of course these rifles look better without a scope but I really love this gun and quite honestly I used to look better with a full head of hair and my own teeth and minus 30 pounds but I was still happy with this mornings results.Please yourself first and remember that you can always take the scope off for display purposes.

congrats on taking your Buck with your Long Ranger .... I've had a scope on our BLR since the 70's .... since then every bear, boar and deer it has taken down, the better it looks to me