Henry Long Ranger .243 Winchester
Model: H014-243
Henry Long Ranger .243 Winchester
Model: H014-243
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Henry Long Ranger is a walnut-stocked lever-action .243 Winchester built for whitetail and coyote hunting. It has an MSRP of $1,330. It feeds from a flush steel detachable box instead of a tube, so pointed hunting bullets sit side by side and nothing presses a spitzer tip into a primer.
No front or rear sight is fitted, and a scope mount, a hammer extension and sling swivel studs all come in the box, so an optic and rings still have to be bought. The receiver is drilled and tapped under that mount. A chromed six-lug rotary bolt head locks into an extension at the rear of the barrel, and the 20-inch barrel ahead of it is free-floated. Nothing on the rifle adjusts, the pull is a fixed 14 inches, and no Long Ranger has a threaded muzzle.
If you're cross-shopping, the Ruger American Rifle Generation II has an MSRP of $769, comes threaded with a brake fitted and runs a faster 1:9 twist. The Bergara B-14 Ridge has an MSRP of $999, uses a 22-inch barrel for a little more velocity, and carries an accuracy guarantee this rifle does not have.
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Strengths & Limitations
- The magazine is steel-bodied with a steel floorplate and a release on the right of the receiver, so unloading means dropping the box out.
- Side ejection and a central hammer leave the rifle the same to run left or right handed, which none of the bolt guns here manage without a dedicated action.
- Henry cut the barrel at the standard .243 hunting twist, so ordinary factory hunting loads are all inside what it will stabilize.
- A suppressor or a brake means gunsmith work on a two-piece walnut-stocked rifle, since there is no thread to start from.
- The pull is longer than the bolt guns here, and longer still over a heavy coat.
- Confirm the magazine count with the dealer.
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.243 Winchester Ballistics →Frequently Asked Questions
Is the .243 the same rifle as the .308 version?
Mechanically, yes. Henry lists the same barrel length, overall length, weight, twist rate, capacity and price for both, and the geared action and rotary bolt head are shared. The chambering separates them, and .243 is the far gentler of the two to shoot.
Does every Long Ranger hold the same number of rounds?
No. The .223 Remington version holds one more than the .243, .308 and 6.5 Creedmoor rifles, so a magazine is not common across the whole family.
What safety does it have?
A transfer bar, with no lever to switch. The bar comes up between the hammer and the firing pin as the trigger is pulled and drops clear when it is released.
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