The Henry Long Ranger is a walnut-stocked lever-action 6.5mm Creedmoor built for hunting from a stand or on foot. It has an MSRP of $1,330.00 and weighs 7.0 lbs. Its bolt is machined and chromed steel with a six-lug rotary head that locks into a rear extension of the barrel, which is how a lever gun handles a pointed, high-pressure cartridge.

No sights are fitted at all, but the receiver is drilled and tapped, the action ejects to the side, and a scope mount comes in the box along with sling swivel studs and a hammer extension. The magazine is a steel-bodied flush-fit box holding four rounds, with a steel floorplate and a blackened steel release button on the right side, and Henry sells spares. Length of pull is a fixed 14.0 inches on a checkered straight grip, and the safety is a sliding transfer bar inside the hammer, so there is no switch to put on.

If you're cross-shopping, the Ruger American Rifle Generation II Predator has an MSRP of $769, weighs 0.3 lbs less, and brings a threaded muzzle, a brake and a Picatinny base, though it holds three. The Howa 1500 holds five and loads from the top a cartridge at a time. The Long Ranger is the one of the three worked from the shoulder, so a second shot goes off without the rifle coming down.