New Henry lever actions.

[44magLeo]

Howdy,
Maybe some of you know this but Henry has a new line of lever action rifles out. The Long Ranger. MRSP of $1066, probably a bit less in the stores.
They are chambered in 223/5.56 NATO, 243 Win, 308 Win and 6.5 Creedmoor.
They have a 6 lug rotary bolt head that locks into a barrel extension. A removable steel box magazine, 5 in 223/5.56 NATO, 4 in everything else. They have 20 inch barrels in most, the 6.5 CM has 22 inch.
The twist rates are 1-9 for 223/5.56 NATO. 1-10 for 243 and 308, 1-8 for the 6.5.
The 223/5.56, 243 and 308 you can get with or without sights. Without sight you mount a scope.
The 6.5 looks to be scope only.
These sound kinda like Browning style rifle.
They also have a line of break action shot guns and rifles.
These rifles have wider range of calibers available.
I found out about these today. I get email for a couple gun magazines. They mentioned hunting turkeys with Henry's. They showed pics of the break action shotguns. I went to Henry to investigate and found the other items too.
I guess Henry is doing ok to expand their line up.
Leo

[northmn]

Henry has quite a line up with some similar to the old Winchester commeratives. The Long Ranger does interest me, but I am deer rifle poor and basically have found that the lever actions really offer me no advantage as hunting rifles. I am now retired and sit in a stand so my shots are pretty deliberate.

DEP

[Markopolo]

One of my son’s bought the LR in 223... don’t ask me why. I set it up, scoped it, loaded it, and so on.. put quite a few round through it. Well made gun first of all. Action is very nice, functions as well as any of my Winchester’s... I did notice it was very heavy for a 223... think around 9lbs. Trigger was very very nice, shot very straight with the 50g lee bator bullets up to 100y... I did like the gun, just wish if he was gunna plop down his Alaska dividend on a 1000 dollar plus rifle, it would have been for a caliber more versatile for the country we live in... 223 is NOT a bush gun around here...lol. It would just piss somebody off.. not a deer gun either unless you are a total crack shot. Not even a wolf gun in my opinion.. and we have no coyotes lynx or stuff like that here... not many squirrels either.. and on the range it’s not a long range gun either. waste of a good gun, but it was what he wanted... not sure what his intention was when he picked that caliber except to maybe shoot up my lead and powder supply,...

[wch]

Been thinking about having a Henry single shot rifle in 357 Magnum rechambered for 357 Maximum.
Whaddaya' think?

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I've become a Henry fan, since I bought a Big Boy a couple years ago.

To anyone interested, they'll send you a nice color catalog of their complete line, just for the asking
https://www.henryusa.com/

[BigAl52]

Henrys customer service is second to NO ONE if you have issues.

[Crazy Carl]

Been thinking about having a Henry single shot rifle in 357 Magnum rechambered for 357 Maximum.
Whaddaya' think?

Been thinkin' the same, as a 'companion' for my 10.5" Ruger.

[northmn]

One of my son’s bought the LR in 223... don’t ask me why. I set it up, scoped it, loaded it, and so on.. put quite a few round through it. Well made gun first of all. Action is very nice, functions as well as any of my Winchester’s... I did notice it was very heavy for a 223... think around 9lbs. Trigger was very very nice, shot very straight with the 50g lee bator bullets up to 100y... I did like the gun, just wish if he was gunna plop down his Alaska dividend on a 1000 dollar plus rifle, it would have been for a caliber more versatile for the country we live in... 223 is NOT a bush gun around here...lol. It would just piss somebody off.. not a deer gun either unless you are a total crack shot. Not even a wolf gun in my opinion.. and we have no coyotes lynx or stuff like that here... not many squirrels either.. and on the range it’s not a long range gun either. waste of a good gun, but it was what he wanted... not sure what his intention was when he picked that caliber except to maybe shoot up my lead and powder supply,...

d

Even in the lower 48 I can appreciate those comments. A 223 can be a fun rifle but I have little use for one myself. Any varmints can be shot with either my 243 which I bought and seemed like a good idea a the time, or my 6.5CM. The 6.5 CM is a great all around rifle where I live or the 308. I prefer longer barrels and wish the Henry LR was a 22" barrel for the 308 as well or the 243. I could hunt black bear but the way they are hunted around my place, my old 35 Remington or my 38-55 would be adequate.

There are more than a few that would like to see the Henry LR offered in 358, which would be a pretty handy rifle for Alaska.

DEP

[Markopolo]

Yea, 223 is kinda just a play gun around here, and we really don’t have any “ranges” around here... mostly just rock pits for building roads and such.. so to me it was kinda a waste. Now 308 would have been just fine and dandy for most stuff, and in that Henry, I would have been very Jelous of that son of mine. But noooooooo.... 223

[Chainsaw.]

Been thinkin' the same, as a 'companion' for my 10.5" Ruger.

Me three. Would be a great low country deer gun around here.

[izzyjoe]

Well, I've looked over a few of the Henry's, and they are built well, but I can't get over them being butt ugly! But to each his own!

[popper]

So action allows cleaning from the chamber end like marlin? No owners manual on line.

[jimmyhat1978]

I saw some long rangers at a gun show a few months back. They seemed really heavy for the calibers, weirdly of the five that I saw two had cracked butt stocks...

[Ramjet-SS]

Yea, 223 is kinda just a play gun around here, and we really don’t have any “ranges” around here... mostly just rock pits for building roads and such.. so to me it was kinda a waste. Now 308 would have been just fine and dandy for most stuff, and in that Henry, I would have been very Jelous of that son of mine. But noooooooo.... 223

The 223 when loaded with a 60 grain Nosler Partition is a pretty darn effective round everything else you said but man a guy can really shoot accurately with those little 223.

[40-82 hiker]

I would LOVE to have a Henry lever action in .357. Too pricey for my wallet...