earlthegoat2
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In my mind, when someone asks what is best, I generally point out the items that were made to a standard not a price point.
Nonetheless, the Marlin 39 has often been billed as an “adult” 22 rifle. As in, one that is sized and weighted for average grown ups who are probably also used to a Marlin 1894.
Either they designed it heavy on purpose and marketed it this way or they just made it and a quite a few years later, not much has changed. I could see the appeal back in the late 1800s to have a rimfire that pointed and shot like your larger bore rifle.
Nowadays there is more interest in target shooting and bringing the family so a rifle that a youth can wield all day is a plus.
For me, there is such thing as too light. It is even possible that I could mistake “too light” for “cheap junk”. Happens to me with ARs all the time.
Nonetheless, the Marlin 39 has often been billed as an “adult” 22 rifle. As in, one that is sized and weighted for average grown ups who are probably also used to a Marlin 1894.
Either they designed it heavy on purpose and marketed it this way or they just made it and a quite a few years later, not much has changed. I could see the appeal back in the late 1800s to have a rimfire that pointed and shot like your larger bore rifle.
Nowadays there is more interest in target shooting and bringing the family so a rifle that a youth can wield all day is a plus.
For me, there is such thing as too light. It is even possible that I could mistake “too light” for “cheap junk”. Happens to me with ARs all the time.