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I just ordered a Long Ranger 6.5 yesterday and am looking forward to my first Henry rifle. I have been a Marlin owner for over 30 years, with a JM 30-30, 35, and a 444, but the recent Remlin problems have soured me on a new one. I have been hankerin to buy a Henry for a while now, so when I read the great reviews on the Long Ranger 6.5 recently I thought I should finally take the plunge. I chose the 6.5 since I have the reloading equipment and I enjoy the low recoil. I am a little worried right now though about the trigger pull, I like a 3lb pull on my hunting rifles. I hope mine is some where close to that. Is there any information on the web on how to rework the trigger for a lower pull weight?

Its good to be a Henry owner!

Welcome to the forum from CT. Glad you joined us and congratulations on your new Long Ranger. When you finally get it, please consider adding yours to our running tally of Henrys here:
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... 14#p111214

We have several members with Long Rangers, so I expect you'll be getting some advice about the trigger shortly.

kamml wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:42 am

I just ordered a Long Ranger 6.5 yesterday and am looking forward to my first Henry rifle... Its good to be a Henry owner!

First welcome to the forum glad you joined us. There is one other member here who has that rifle and has it shooting very well. Ive not seen any news on the trigger of that model but there probably is some out there.

welcome indeed, delighted to have you join our forum .... please to follow CT's link above and add your 6.5 to our community's total .... the Long Ranger is patterned after Browning's BLR .... with the complexity of the gearing in the receiver, I don't know how much can be done to a Long Ranger's trigger pull by the average owner or even by a non Browning trained gunsmith .... I do know that with our BLR the trigger took a while to smooth in

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Welcome from the TV, Oregon!
I haven't seen any of us Long Ranger owners share any trigger work here.
Take a look at the HenryUSA disassembly maintenance video for the Long Ranger. https://www.henryusa.com/own-a-henry/he ... ng-ranger/ About 5:33, might give you an idea what/where to tackle for modifying trigger pull. There is a warning note in the video that advises against messing with the gear timing. Just so you're aware of that.

kamml wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:42 am

I just ordered a Long Ranger 6.5 yesterday and am looking forward to my first Henry rifle. I have been a Marlin owner for over 30 years, with a JM 30-30, 35, and a 444, but the recent Remlin problems have soured me on a new one. I have been hankerin to buy a Henry for a while now, so when I read the great reviews on the Long Ranger 6.5 recently I thought I should finally take the plunge. I chose the 6.5 since I have the reloading equipment and I enjoy the low recoil. I am a little worried right now though about the trigger pull, I like a 3lb pull on my hunting rifles. I hope mine is some where close to that. Is there any information on the web on how to rework the trigger for a lower pull weight?

Its good to be a Henry owner!

Welcome!

I plan on ordering a Long Ranger in 6.5 Creedmoor soon, so we can share stories & tips.

Mines been great so far. I really enjoy it as a mountain gun, it's a bit heavy for trucking up a mountain side, but I like that there is no bolt to get stuck on tree's etc.

I put my trigger pull gauge on the Long Ranger yesterday. It is a little stiff at 6 lbs. I am hoping it will wear in to be a little lighter. It is very crisp with no let off, but to strong for a hunting rifle for me. Its going to the range this morning for the initial sight in. This will be fun. More to follow.

I just realized i had not told ya'll that i received the rifle from the LGS on Thursday. Its a beauty, furniture is well figured and the assembly tolerances are perfect. The machining is very good too. Fit and finish wise I am pleased. The trigger pull is stiff but I hope that will work in a little too and lighten up with use. With rifle season three weeks away in TN its to late to send it back in for rework. I will be shooting Hornady American Gunner 149 g. today for site in and then I have a box of Hornady American Hunter 129 gr. and a box SB 120 gr. just to try. Though I have read that the HAG is almost match quality by itself. I will report later today on the LR performance at the range.

Congraats on getting the rifle hope it lives up to your expectations at the range. If I had one Id be curious about the Barnes TTSX ammo and the Gorilla ammo in it.

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Congrats! Looking forward to your range result followup!

kamml wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 03, 2019 8:56 am

I just realized i had not told ya'll that i received the rifle from the LGS on Thursday. ...

Well I now have the 6.5 ammunition, and I mounted the bases and the rings to the Long Ranger this weekend. I hope to get it up the range Friday morning. Fingers are crossed. The scope should be in tomorrow. I am putting a new Leopold Tactical on it. Hopefully it will be on time. I am sighting in a TC Strike at the same time. It's black powder season here in TN. I've been running behind because my family moved into a new house back the end of August and have not caught up yet with sorting out and putting my hobby stuff away. I hope to get out hunting with the TC Strike Friday afternoon after lunch. One week from Saturday TN rifle season opens, I will be ready to go. I planned on hunting with my Marlin 35 Rem until I saw the Henry 6.5 CRD. Ahh young love.

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. A Henry will do that to you.

kamml wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:46 pm

... I planned on hunting with my Marlin 35 Rem until I saw the Henry 6.5 CRD. Ahh young love.

Well I got it to the range on Friday like I planned. For some reason the brand new Leopold scope will not center with the rifle. I've got to play with it and see if I can get it right. I used a collimater to center the cross hairs first but it still shot quite a bit to the right. The elevation was perfect. The 8 shots I took with it told me it has good precision. Despite being unable to center on the bull the bullets grouped very well, with 5 of the 8 overlapping. The trigger pull is quite stiff and makes it difficult to squeeze the trigger, but when it breaks its like glass snapping. I was using Hornady American Gunner 140 gr. ammo. The lever action is manly, I mean you have to rack it like you mean it. But I am sure that's because it is new. Some use will loosen it up quite nicely I am sure. I am pleased with the rifle, I am still working on the scope.

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Otherwise risk a bullet nose up jam in the receiver.

kamml wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 16, 2019 11:07 pm

... The lever action is manly, I mean you have to rack it like you mean it. ...

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I haven't noticed the trigger being overly stiff on mine. But it does break 'suddenly'.

kamml wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 16, 2019 11:07 pm

... The trigger pull is quite stiff and makes it difficult to squeeze the trigger, but when it breaks its like glass snapping. ...

The trigger in my Weatherby (Howa action) has a glass break like trigger, but it breaks about 2.75 lbs and its always a surprise. I am sure the Henry will lighten up with more use. I am going to change out the scope mounts from medium height to low, take off the Skinner mounts replace them with the Tally, then I will numerically center the cross hairs, remount and take it back to the range. I am hoping I don't have to send the scope into Leopold. The Henry is a fine piece and I am happy to have added it to my battery.

On another note I shot the black powder TC Strike for the first time when I took the Henry to the range. I am very pleased with its performance. I sighted in with only 5 shots. I am shooting a 250gr. TMZ using 100gr volume of BH209. I mounted a Nikon BDC Shotgun scope on the rifle and it worked very well. I zeroed in with the cross hairs at 50yds and and was right in the 6" diamond target just right of center at 100 yds. with the first shot using the first circle on the reticle. I used my BH209 Encore loads from last year that i had measured out and kept in my BP box over the summer. I had been told that BH209 stores well. I have to agree the first shots with the old loads were no trouble igniting. But the 50 cal surprised me with its recoil, it does this every year. Its a banger.

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Did you buy the sighted or unsighted version of the Long Ranger? If sighted I'd be curious to know how it shoots using the sights it came with.

kamml wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 16, 2019 11:07 pm

... For some reason the brand new Leopold scope will not center with the rifle. ...

My came without sights, Sorry i can't help you with your question. I am sure their are others that may be able to help with the irons.

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My curiosity was specific to your Long Ranger. Like does it shoot straight with iron sights. Moot since yours doesn't have them.

kamml wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 17, 2019 3:14 pm

My came without sights, Sorry i can't help you with your question. I am sure their are others that may be able to help with the irons.