Reunited.....9422

[guyfromohio]

I’m just giddy right now.....and I don’t use that word, well, ever. When I was a teenager, I spent many days hanging in the LGS. They were good people and very kind to me. I would pour through their catalogues and handle various arms. At some point, I decided on the exact gun I wanted. It was a Winchester 9422. The price was agreed upon and he placed the order for pick-up when I raised the cash. I spent all summer mowing lawns, cleaning landscape, and even did some lifeguarding to earn enough. Finally, I got her. I shot the snot out of that gun.

Fast forward three years or so, I did the unthinkable and traded it in for a Remington BDL in .243 with a Harris Bipod and Leupold scope. Financially, a good deal. Regrettably, a mistake.

After years of searching, Armslist presented me with a mint 9422 built around 1994. I don’t think it’s been fired. My original was a 1989.

After a year of safe purging, I’m so glad to have it back.

 

[BreechFace]

Mine will never be sold, passed down, but never sold.

Glad you got one back in your possession, although I’m sure it won’t hold the same feeling as the one that required all the hard work and sacrifice to attain.

 

[Riomouse911]

Congrats on acquiring a nice memento from memory lane.

May it shoot well for you and bring you all the joy you recall from years past.

Stay safe.

 

[marksman13]

It’s always cool to me when someone finds their “grail gun”. Congrats. As the events on this day nineteen years ago remind us, life is beautifully and bitterly short. Enjoy it.

 

[3Crows]

Glad you were able to find another. My 9422M XTR (87) is a no trade/sell gun for sure. It sits in number 2 spot only below my Marlin 39A Mountie (57).

 

[JohnB-40]

Nice Winchester,glad you found your replacement. I also have a 9422 XTR. I would have to be in real dire straits to sell it

 

[bannockburn]

guyfromohio

Don't you just love a happy ending! While my 10/22 will never match the classy lines of a Winchester 9422 it was the first rifle I bought with my hard earned dollars (at $2/hr. you betcha they were hard earned)! Safe to say this rifle isn't going anywhere until I do and then it goes to one of my kids or grandkids.

 

[SwampWolf]

Not "figured" per se, but I really like the way the grain on the stock stands out in a "straightforward" way. Very nice looking little carbine.

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

Mine will never be sold, passed down, but never sold.

Glad you got one back in your possession

Came to post the same.

I have always enjoyed the hell out of mine.

 

[Tommygunn]

I think you found the identical twin to the 9422 I bought circa 1992, guyfromohio. Mine will never be sold .... funny how many here say that!

They are very nice rifles. John Wayne would love 'em!

 

[bannockburn]

Tommygunn

They are very nice rifles. John Wayne would love 'em!

That's what I was thinking when I came across this Rossi Model 92 at a gun show some years back!

 

[Peakbagger46]

That one looks identical to my first gun that I bought new with my hard earned money in 1995. Mine has had many thousands of rounds through it and is missing bluing from being carried day after day through my father’s woods. It even did defensive duty one time stopping a rabbit raccoon charge, LOL. She still shoots great 25 years later.

 

[Gordon]

I have bought many many memory guns like that in my 55 years of gun collecting. Now even the memory replacements are beginning to be be sold off as I approach 75 ! I haven't really lost financially so far, but the investment return is not great generally, but the satisfaction - priceless !

 

[guyfromohio]

Just hanging out in the “gun room”, aka “basement”, holding it brought back so many memories. My dad had no interest in guns or hunting, but he recognized my passion and enthusiasm by getting me a membership to the local Izaak Walton range. He’d take me trap shooting as a youngster, but when I bought my 9422, he’d buy ammo so I could go there with my brother and shoot the broken clays off of the target mound. Fun times.

 

[BreechFace]

Just hanging out in the “gun room”, aka “basement”, holding it brought back so many memories. My dad had no interest in guns or hunting, but he recognized my passion and enthusiasm by getting me a membership to the local Izaak Walton range. He’d take me trap shooting as a youngster, but when I bought my 9422, he’d buy ammo so I could go there with my brother and shoot the broken clays off of the target mound. Fun times.

Good on your dad supporting a youngsters passion that’s different from his own!

 

[jmr40]

A 94-22 was never on my radar, but several years ago I was in a gun shop and found one sitting in the shops "Bargain Barrel" It was literally a barrel with a bunch of cheap single barrel shotguns and cheap 22's. It was an XTR just like the OP's and was priced at $200. At the time I had seen used ones priced at $350 so I knew it was a bargain. I didn't have cash and don't like to put such things on a Credit Card, but made an exception in this case. No regrets.

Somebody didn't know what they had. Mine is a good shooter and would be one of the last rifles I'd let go.

 

[Weflyfast]

My grandfather bought me one in 1972 the year they came out- for my birthday- it was the best I ever had, and probably the best I will ever have- I will hand it down to my grandchildren- some guns should never leave a family.

 

[MarshallDodge]

Congrats on the new rifle!

They are beauties.

 

[Cornhusker77]

I love my 9422, congrats on yours.
Mine reminds me of my dad also.
When I was young, around 25 or so, My (now ex) wife's cousin asked me if I wanted to buy a couple .22 rifles.
I had no money, but asked to look at them. He had this Winchester 9422 and a model 190 Winchester. I asked him how much he wanted knowing I couldn't raise $10 that night.
He told me he'd take $75 for the pair.
I said "Don't move".
My mom and dad were in town having supper with Grandma, so I scooted up to her house and told Dad I knew where I could get my hands on the 2 rifles above and what they cost. I told him if he had $75 he could have his pick and I'd take the other one.
He whipped his wallet out so fast it almost caught fire.
I made the purchase, took the rifles to Grandma's and showed them to Dad.
He chose the 9422, and I got the 190, but it was his money.
Dad has been gone almost 20 years now, and I still have both rifles, and I'll have them when I die.

 

[jar]

Not a 9422 story but I just recently found an example of the very first rifle I ever shot. It belonged to either the father or older brother of a friend and the grown-up (at 9-10 years old the whole world is filled with grown-ups) took us out behind the barn and let us shoot in the just harvested hay field. It was a JC Higgins Model 28 which was actually made by High Standard.

I had not really thought about the gun and was not really looking for one when I came across one for sale online but suddenly that whole glorious day came flooding back with all the smells and sounds and memories. The gun when it did arrive though was considerably smaller than I remembered. Likely it shrank over the ages.