Well my new Henry Long Ranger arrived a few weeks ago. At NZ$2,000 it was not cheap and I looked at a nice vary power scope for it, but at another NZ$600 decided to wait.

I put on a no brand 3-9 X 40 scope and used a laser cartridge to get the scope "on paper", Unfortunately the laser cartridge, which chambered easily in my former Mini- 14 wouldn't allow the bolt on the Henry to close. Today took the rifle to the range. I was sighting in a couple of guns (Browning Buckmark and CZ75 PCC Carbine that I have fitted new Vortex Crossfire red dot sights to so I was set up on my club's 50 meter range.

The first three rounds at 25 meters off an improved rest grouped top left of the 25 meter ISSF target. After a while I had three rounds at 12 o'clock 50mm (2 inches) above POA. I moved a new target back to the 50 meter line and started to refine the scope setting. After another dozen rounds I had 3 rounds in the 10 ring just to the left of centre and a fourth (second round fired, called flyer) just to the left again in the 9 ring.

I turned the scope 2 clicks up and 2 clicks right and called it a day. I also have to resight my Mauser .243 after changing the scope and Win '94 30-30 after fitting a Lyman tang sight, so after my last competition of the year (7th-8th December) I will schedule some time on the 100 meter range with all three rifles.

One thing though, several times I had difficulty closing the Henry's bolt on a round. Now these were my own reloads and it may be that my sizing die is a bit sloppy, but like the laser cartridge I never had any issues with chambering these reloads in my Mini-14. I am suspecting an very tight chamber in the Henry.

I will "borrow" (liberate) some factory rounds from my brother and if they chamber properly I will have to visit my LGS and source a tight factory sizing die. Either that or ask my local gunsmith if he has a .223 chamber reamer on hand

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I've been craving a Long Ranger. But I haven't decided if I want to go with .243 or 6.5 Creedmoor. Are you gonna use it on those feral goats?

What is a "CZ75 PCC Carbine" ?

Looks so much like my BLR in 308 I had to look it up for a review.

Should be a nice and quick 5 or 6 shots.

Ivan

It is a carbine chassis that takes a pistol, in this case a SO01 although I’m using my Tanfoglio CZ75 with a rail added to the dust cover.

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Have you checked your .223 reloads with a cartridge gauge? I had problems with reliable loads in a Mini when I tried to chamber some of them in a bolt gun. Seems my efforts were a wee bit long to the case shoulder (per the case gauge) and the bolt gun had a tight head space dimension. Snugging down the Dillon sizing die a tad took care of the problem.

While small base dies used to be touted as necessary for lever guns and semis, I've never really found it necessary. A lot of small base dies now note that they're for chambers below SAAMI specs. They may not do anything for a case shoulder that's not where it's supposed to be. Mine didn't until very carefully adjusted.

Depending upon your brass source, they might have been fired in very generous military chambers that seem to allow more expansion in the web area or the case than most commercial chambers. Which is where the small base die does come in handy. I cheaped out and got the shoulder bump version of the die. It doesn't touch the neck. Does what I want it to do.