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Long ranger 308 not grouping

Post by Reddog79 » Thu Oct 10, 2019 5:23 pm

Hello all, just wandering what round everybody shooting good groups with, tried 165 grain federal fusion not very good there.will be used Primarily for deer and hogs
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Re: Long ranger 308 not grouping

Post by CT_Shooter » Thu Oct 10, 2019 5:28 pm

Welcome to the forum from CT. I'm sure you'll be getting some replies from those who know. This is a great forum with lots of knowledgeable and friendly folks. Glad you joined us.
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Hello all, just wandering what round everybody shooting good groups with, tried 165 grain federal fusion not very good there.will be used Primarily for deer and hogs
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Re: Long ranger 308 not grouping

Post by Cofisher » Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:13 pm

Don't have the 308 yet. Try some other ammo first. Let us know. The 308 single shot is my next Henry.
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Re: Long ranger 308 not grouping

Post by JEBar » Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:56 pm

first, welcome to our forum, happy to have you join us .... any chance you may be loading your own ammo .. :?: .. we do not have a 308 Long Ranger, we do have a 308 BLR which is the rifle the Long Ranger is patterned after .... we have found that 150 gr Nosler Ballistic Tips for practice and Accubond bullets for hunting to be extremely effective .... please take a look at our How Many ? thread (link below) and add your Henry rifle(s) to our community's total


http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 85#p109485
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Re: Long ranger 308 not grouping

Post by Mistered » Thu Oct 10, 2019 8:00 pm

Welcome to the forum but you did not start with a lot of information other than ' not very good there' - do you have any targets to post, group sizes? range distance and any other factors?

Kinda need a bit more to go on to start with !
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Re: Long ranger 308 not grouping

Post by BigAl52 » Thu Oct 10, 2019 8:27 pm

Welcome to the forum and glad you joined us. I know some of these guys have some 308's Im sure we can help you change that.
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Re: Long ranger 308 not grouping

Post by Reddog79 » Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:07 pm

Yea didn't really give much info lol, been a busy day. Distance is 100yds waiting 5-10 minutes between shots, I don't have any pics but the best group was about 3 inches. I went to Bass pro this evening and picked up Hornady 165 sst and 165 sierra game kings because that's about all they had left. Thanks to everyone,a lot of very knowledgeable people here I've been around reading from this forum for a long time
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Re: Long ranger 308 not grouping

Post by Ojaileveraction » Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:20 pm

Welcome Reddog,
What kind of sights were you using.
3 inches at 100 yards with iron sights is not bad.
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Re: Long ranger 308 not grouping

Post by Reddog79 » Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:35 pm

Oh sorry still not enough info lol. I got a Swarovski 2-10x42. It's a sweeettt setup!!!
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Re: Long ranger 308 not grouping

Post by Mags » Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:17 am

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pictures, we like pictures....
Reddog79 wrote:
Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:35 pm
Oh sorry still not enough info lol. I got a Swarovski 2-10x42. It's a sweeettt setup!!!
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