I grew up watching Westerns on television. When it came to a movie or a television series that involved cowboys, if they were armed (and they usually were), the handguns were six-shooters, and the rifles were lever action. I dreamed of someday riding off into the sunset with a revolver on my hip and a lever action rifle in my saddle boot.
Many decades passed. I might not have been quite at the place where I would be riding off into the sunset, but I could see that place from where I was. And I still had never fired a lever action rifle.
I decided that it was time to address that glaring omission in my list of essential life experiences. I contacted Henry Repeating Arms, and asked if I could borrow one of their Henry Long Rangers in .308 Winchester. I was particularly interested in the model with iron sights, since every cowboy ought to have a rifle with iron sights. Henry was kind enough to agree to my request. When the rifle arrived at my FFL, I went to pick it up.Continue reading“Henry Long Ranger in .308 Winchester, by Thomas Christianson”
