[jacks308]

In a Marlin 39 ? Or say a Winchester pump ? Trying to decide if I "need" a Marlin . ( must be without the crossbolt safety)

The last Winchester I saw was $850 . wow :uhoh:



Thanks , Jack

[ENC]

.22 mag is just about my favorite bullet.

You definetly don't see them around as much as I would like.

$850 for a Win is way to high for any around here.
Do you have anything against bolt-action or even auto-loaders?

[dude]

I just 'saw' (and held) a Henry lever action .22mag that I will be buying next week for around $270. I was so pleasantly suprised by the smooth action of the .22 version that I picked up last year that a mag version was bound to happen sooner or later.

FWIW- there is no crossbolt saftey on these Henry lever rifles. They are not show-pieces by any means with their painted recievers and plastic front sight/barrel bands...........but that smooth action!!! It will be a great plinker.
I have read lots of bad reports on the internet about the quality & poor function of these rifles but mine works just great so I will gamble on the .22mag being just as good.

[ShaiVong]

The 22 Mag concept is superb. The only thing that holds me back (probably forever) from getting one for myself is the ammo price. Just seems unproportionaly expensive.

[cratz2]

I've done quite a bit of hunting with the 22 Magnum. Coon and crow to 100 yards, maybe a bit further and coyote out to about 75 yards. I'm patient and will not take a shot I'm not comfortable with. I wouldn't consider taking any of these with a 22lr.

My buddy just traded a 9422 (I think that's what it's called) in 22 Magnum for an older Colt revolver worth $400 and last one in my local shop I saw was priced at $400.

Personally, I like the 22 Magnum just fine. I don't compare ammo costs with the 22LR, more towards a 22 Hornet.

[ShaiVong]

The first pistol I ever fired was a single action 22 mag revolver with a 9" barrel. It belonged to my uncle, and we would engage in tactical racoon home defences with it. I stayed with him a few times, and he lives out in the boonies without running water or electricity. At night the racoons would start getting into stuff, so i would position myself 5' from the front door, and he would swing it open fast, whence i would blast the racoon sitting on the porch. Good times.

The first scoped rifle i ever fired was also a 22 mag. I could shoot the rivets out of old tea kettles with it.

[Ryder]

Coon and crow at 100 yards? I hunt bees at 100 yards with mine. I set up a pop can on a stump, crank the scope up to 9X, and start piling up the body parts. :D

[ShaiVong]

nt

[cratz2]

I sense I'm being doubted... :scrutiny:

[six 4 sure]

I have never been a big fan of the 22mag, but for some unknown reason I been thinking about getting one recently. Now to decide which one to buy. I've narowed it down to a Win 9422 (to match my 22lr), a Henry, and the Rossi 62? pump.

Right now I'm leaning toward the Rossi short barrel in stainless with the new tang sight. Just looks like a cool gun.

Of course I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, but that's never stopped me before.

Six

[JohnBT]

I haven't owned a .22 Mag. since the mid-60s, but the gun shops here are full of them. Well, I do have a Single-Six Convertible, but this is the Rifle forum.

I've never seen a Marlin 39A in .22 Magnum ;) I don't think anyone has, unless it was in the Marlin prototype shop.

Maybe it's because the family business for so many years was an apple orchard, but why would anybody shoot a useful little critter like a bee? Useful is too mild a word - we all depend on them.

John

[jacks308]

I don't have a thing against bolts or auto loaders , Just being left handed I'm more comfortable than shooting it right handed . I have a 597 in 22mag and while it shoots real well , it doesn't carry as well as , let's say my 39 . The Leupold rimfire scope let's me take advantage of the range of the round and all . Maybe the problem here is that the rifle is to fat where I hang on to it at .

Shoulda bought the Kimber left-hand bolt I saw a couple years ago when I didn't "need" a 22 magnum huh? :(

Or teach my right eye to focus better ! :banghead:


Jack