Henry Longranger in .308

I was really interested in this when I first heard about them and asked Henry to send me the rifle manual, bass pro also had one in stock so I was also able to handle it.

Nice rifle, felt good in the hands but the show stopper for me was that from the manual its not easily taken apart for maintenance, they do not even give instructions on how to do it.

This is actually what they have under the how to clean your Henry long ranger rifle in the manual I received.
"We recommend the use of pull through cleaning kits or cleaning with a rod from the muzzle to breech. We do not recommend disassembling the Henry long ranger for cleaning. Overtime, depending on the amount of use and how it is stored, we do recommend that you take your Henry long ranger to a gunsmith to have it inspected at which time it can also be cleaned more thoroughly."

Its just a personal thing for me, maybe from being in the army but the idea of having a rifle in the bush in all sorts of weather conditions that is made of metal that is unable to be taken apart easily just doesn't sit right. If that wasn't a concern I think it would be a nice little rifle, points well, nice balance appears well made.
 
delboybc said:
I was really interested in this when I first heard about them and asked Henry to send me the rifle manual, bass pro also had one in stock so I was also able to handle it.

Nice rifle, felt good in the hands but the show stopper for me was that from the manual its not easily taken apart for maintenance, they do not even give instructions on how to do it.

This is actually what they have under the how to clean your Henry long ranger rifle in the manual I received.
"We recommend the use of pull through cleaning kits or cleaning with a rod from the muzzle to breech. We do not recommend disassembling the Henry long ranger for cleaning. Overtime, depending on the amount of use and how it is stored, we do recommend that you take your Henry long ranger to a gunsmith to have it inspected at which time it can also be cleaned more thoroughly."

Its just a personal thing for me, maybe from being in the army but the idea of having a rifle in the bush in all sorts of weather conditions that is made of metal that is unable to be taken apart easily just doesn't sit right. If that wasn't a concern I think it would be a nice little rifle, points well, nice balance appears well made.
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If you research the BLR from Browning that this rifle is a copy of they say the same. Maybe all the Model 94 owners should chime in about how many times theirs have been apart.
 
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