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22 Lever action

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:14 pm
by swajan
Hi
Any idea about .22 lever rifles of any make like winchester, Marlin, Mosssberg ?
Information is helpful
Thanks

Re: 22 Lever action

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:16 am
by xl_target
Swajan,
Are you looking for one that is for sale or are you just looking for information about them? It is not clear from your question.

Re: 22 Lever action

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:47 am
by The Doc
swajan wrote:Any idea about .22 lever rifles of any make like winchester, Marlin, Mosssberg ?
Information is helpful

The oldest continuously manufactured rifle is probably the Marlin Golden 39A Lever Action .22 LR .

Marlin Golden 39A Lever Action .22 Rimfire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlin_Model_Golden_39A
http://www.chuckhawks.com/marlin_golden_39A.htm

Marlin 39 vs. Winchester 9422 comparison
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/marli ... hester.htm

HTH,

Rp.

Re: 22 Lever action

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:31 am
by PRITAM PATEL
Hello

I would recommend marlin 39A ( bull barrel with micro grove gives astonishing accuracy, besides take apart with only a coin for maintenance, holds 19 LR, enough for any little cowboy action ;)

regards

pritam

Re: 22 Lever action

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:26 pm
by carbine
there is winchester 8 shot .22lr lever action rifle in very good condition at 2lakh at eastern arms varanasi

Re: 22 Lever action

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:19 am
by swajan
dear friends,
My sincere thanks to all of you for providing time and valuable inf.
regards

Re: 22 Lever action

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:10 am
by timmy
When I was 14 or there abouts, I bought my first gun. It was a Marlin 39A and I still have it. It has dispatched many many varmints. I shoot anything and everything that is .22 LR through it, including the Winchester Wildcat and Remington Lightning cheap ammo. I still have several thousand rounds of each stashed away in military ammo cans. Everytime it went on sale for $10 per 500, I bought some. In those days, I shot 300 to 400 rounds at an outing, and even though my 39A is not scoped (it is old, with the pre-microgroove or "Ballard" rifling), I never took a back seat to anyone else in the shooting department, scope or not. This included my brother, with his brand new Browning Automatic with Redfield scope.

Because I am not an exceptional shot, I credit my Marlin for this performance. Every gun is different; even a pair made together on the assembly line, but mine is a sure shooting machine. In all the years I shot with others, nobody ever looked down on my Marlin, and for good reason!

As far as the 9422 is concerned, and the article Doc mentioned, I don't have any familiarity with it.

Re: 22 Lever action

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:01 am
by The Doc
timmy wrote: I credit my Marlin for this performance. Every gun is different; even a pair made together on the assembly line, but mine is a sure shooting machine. In all the years I shot with others, nobody ever looked down on my Marlin, and for good reason!
+1

Re: 22 Lever action

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:35 am
by Bespoke
I think Browning BLR's are dandy little .22's.

Re: 22 Lever action

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:06 pm
by TwoRivers
Bespoke wrote:I think Browning BLR's are dandy little .22's.


It is indeed a sweet, and accurate, little rifle. But never trust its half-cock position for a safety, as you can with other hammer guns.

Re: 22 Lever action

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:22 pm
by xl_target
I've never used a Marlin Lever action .22. in fact, I haven't seen too many in this area. I guess this is not Marlin Country. However, I have had the pleasure (and I do mean pleasure) of using the Winchester 9422 and the Henry Golden Boy. They are both beautiful little rifles. Henry's quality is always decent but the Golden Boy is really done well. Henry has really brought their quality up in the last few years and their rifles are impressive. I also like the fact that there is no checkering on it. You really don't need checkering on a .22

The Winchester that I shot, which was a 1985 or 1986 rifle, on the other hand was a thing of joy. Slick, smooth action. Very positive ejection. Don't look real close to see how the empty is ejected, it can be painful (ask me how I know). The fit and finish was excellent; nicely figured walnut, deep, deep bluing, well balanced and did I say slick action (yes, very slick action). It is easy to run the lever fast on it but the trigger guard is slightly smaller and you can get your finger pinched by the bottom of the trigger if you are not careful (ask me how I know :) ) when trying to go too fast. I couldn't help it, the action was so slick that it was just begging me to run it as fast as I could.

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Winchester 9422

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Henry Golden Boy

Re: 22 Lever action

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 5:19 pm
by Mark
Here is another 22 lever action you may find-
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If you look at the bottom rifle, it is a Marlin 57M (this one is a 22 magnum, but there are the 22 long rifle versions around). They are very nice guns. They have an extremely short lever throw, short enough you do not have to remove your hand from the grip interestingly enough.