diff --git a/Lib/test/test_range.py b/Lib/test/test_range.py
index 3870b153688b25..395652f24b7bff 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_range.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_range.py
@@ -584,6 +584,17 @@ def check(start, stop, step=None):
             check(0, -1)
             check(-1, -3, -1)
 
+        for test in (range(5), range(0), range(1, 10, 2), range(10, 0, -1), range(-1, 200, 1)):
+            with self.subTest(test=test):
+                self.assertIs(test, test[:])
+                self.assertIs(test, test[:len(test):])
+                self.assertIs(test, test[0:len(test):1])
+
+                if len(test) > 1:
+                    self.assertIsNot(test, test[1:len(test):2])
+                    self.assertIsNot(test, test[1:])
+                    self.assertIsNot(test, test[:-1])
+
     def test_contains(self):
         r = range(10)
         self.assertIn(0, r)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-10-04-14-06-40.gh-issue-139476.02iIfn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-10-04-14-06-40.gh-issue-139476.02iIfn.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4864b5b51d31e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-10-04-14-06-40.gh-issue-139476.02iIfn.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:func:`range` slicing with ``[:]`` and ``[:len(r):]`` no longer creates a copy,
+it now returns the same object, consistent with :func:`copy.copy`.
diff --git a/Objects/rangeobject.c b/Objects/rangeobject.c
index f8cdfe68a6435e..b15fc11a20cbcc 100644
--- a/Objects/rangeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/rangeobject.c
@@ -413,6 +413,13 @@ compute_slice(rangeobject *r, PyObject *_slice)
     if (error == -1)
         return NULL;
 
+    if (start == _PyLong_GetZero()
+        && step == _PyLong_GetOne()
+        && (slice->stop == Py_None || PyObject_RichCompareBool(stop, r->length, Py_EQ) == 1))
+    {
+        return Py_NewRef(r);
+    }
+
     substep = PyNumber_Multiply(r->step, step);
     if (substep == NULL) goto fail;
     Py_CLEAR(step);