Originally Posted By: RePete"I'd never buy another BLR....the ONE I had wasn't very accurate"...
"I'd never buy a Henry....my friend heard about one that wasn't accurate"....
Typical.....
Truth is....any manufacturer can make a stinker but there's too many guys that love their BLR's for em all to be crap...
As for Henry's new offering....not one single person who's voiced an opinion about them owns one...or as far as I can tell...has even fired one yet they're junk too....
Problem with the Henry is....at their price point we may never get an honest review of the dang things...too bad cause I like Henry rifles (for what they are) and would love to see another magazine fed lever gun on the market....
While I do not own one, I have handled and fired one. As a previous owner of a BLR I prefer the Henry Long Ranger. It fit me better, the trigger does not travel with the lever, it does not have the high gloss varnish like the BLR (which I would not want on a hunting rifle).
It has a screw in one piece barrel where the BLR has a press fit barrel. The magazine fits flush unlike the BLR.
The guy who owns the one I shot has 2 BLRs and one of the reasons he got the Henry is that it is easier to disassemble for cleaning.
I know that most of this boils down to personal preferences, but at least I have personal first hand experience with the rifle in question before making a judgement.
The one that I fired had a crisp, clean trigger, neither too heavy or too light for a hunting rifle.