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Henry .223/5.56 Long Ranger

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Recently acquired a Long Ranger in .223/5.56 so I can use what I already have for ammo.
The extra 4" (20" barrel) gives it a little velocity boost over my AR (~150 fps).
Shoots nice and brass comes out relatively cool (can catch with my hand, if I wanted to).
It is fun to work a lever action while shooting! Helps conserve ammo as well.

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#2 ·
That's a nice looking gun. I like lever actions; have a Marlin in .38/.357 and a BLR in .243. They are satisfying to shoot.

Will we get a range report some time soon?
 
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Not sure what a range report is exactly, but here's some numbers acquired with a Magnetospeed Sporter chronograph (the values circled with red are repeat values, left them in the calculations):
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Looks like 25.5 grains has the best extreme spread and standard deviation.
 
#6 · (Edited)
A range report is nothing more than a review of what you think of your rifle, how it shoots, how it grouped shots at whatever distances you shot and most important pictures of the target and rifle.

I do not know how experienced you are with reloading or shooting but many novice shooters seem to chase speed when they reload it's the cool factor for them. I always reload for accuracy and which ever loads gives me the best group is what I stick with. I shoot all my different loads without really knowing velocities as accuracy is my goal. Once I find the load with the smallest group shot. I load 10 additional rounds of the exact same load and run them through a chrono. I do this afterwards because the magneto speed chrono will change your point of impact, but it does not matter because now I am only interested in getting a 10 shot averag for velocity so that I am aware of the ballistics for that round at with that load at various distances.
 
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The intention was to find where the curve flattens for velocity, supposedly that is better for accuracy. I only shot this at the 25 yard range to get some numbers. I also shot my AR for some numbers as well. The AR settled out at 25.4 grains, so I'm loading that for both so I don't have to keep everything separate. Going up to 27 grains was just to get some data. I agree that max velocity does not correlate to best accuracy from everything I've read.
The next step is going to 100 yards with a lead sled. Last time I tried one of these it didn't really hold the aim by itself, even with max weight loaded on it (I think it was 20 or 25 lbs).
Is there a technique for keep the sled from moving around or do you just re-aim for each shot?
I was really hoping to take the human variable out of it.
 
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I don't have a lead sled. I just aim using my bipod or rest and factor the "human factor" into my accuracy test.
 
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