rcmodel
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Those finish dings are nothing a little Tru-Oil dabbed on with a finger-tip won't fix.
I like it!
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I like it!
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Winchester 94 22 thoughts
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bonza
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Well done, they are a fine rifle. My first cartridge-firing rifle was a 9422 purchased new in 1976 for $189 when I was a teenager in Australia.....a lot of money at the time as I was earning $50/week. It appears your rifle has had the rear sight replaced with a folding leaf, the original was a semi-buckhorn with notched elevator ramp.
Danny Creasy
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My late late father in law gave me his 94/22 several years ago. His worsening health issues made him mistrust his faculties and he felt it best to have his home firearms free. Sad. But, I treasure this rifle. I remember going to a local shop in the mid-1980s and helping him order it. He loved the little rifle. It is a real shooter. Smooth, accurate, and well balanced. Frustrating to scope though. It is stocked for open sights, and that is how I keep it these days:
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bikemutt
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According to an online inflation calculator, $189 back in 1976 is now $763.18, now I feel guilty, I stole the darn thing at $495
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bikemutt
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Shot it today, so much fun!
I could not use the rifle range today as they're hosting some regional competition causing it to be closed to members and the public, so I hit the pistol range with the 94/22, 25 yard maximum range.
I dug up a Bushnell Sportview scope I had in the parts drawer, also found a pair of Millet medium tip-off rings. Fifteen minutes later I had the scope mounted and bore sighted in.
After dialing in the scope on the center bullseye I put a couple red circles above and below the bull and got to work. I can't remember the last time I had so much fun, this little rifle is just pure joy to shoot. Not one single failure to do anything over 100 rounds. Great action, very nice trigger and appears accurate enough. I'm sure anything outside a dime is operator error.
It's true, every once in a while even a blind dog finds a bone, this one's mine
I could not use the rifle range today as they're hosting some regional competition causing it to be closed to members and the public, so I hit the pistol range with the 94/22, 25 yard maximum range.
I dug up a Bushnell Sportview scope I had in the parts drawer, also found a pair of Millet medium tip-off rings. Fifteen minutes later I had the scope mounted and bore sighted in.
After dialing in the scope on the center bullseye I put a couple red circles above and below the bull and got to work. I can't remember the last time I had so much fun, this little rifle is just pure joy to shoot. Not one single failure to do anything over 100 rounds. Great action, very nice trigger and appears accurate enough. I'm sure anything outside a dime is operator error.
It's true, every once in a while even a blind dog finds a bone, this one's mine
Bikemutt;
Ya done good! They are indeed fine little levergun .22's. However, if you want to make a fair comparison to the Marlin, you need a model 39 Mountie rather than the standard model 39A. Both the 9422 and Mountie are saddle carbines whereas the 39A is pretty much a full-size rifle.
900F
Ya done good! They are indeed fine little levergun .22's. However, if you want to make a fair comparison to the Marlin, you need a model 39 Mountie rather than the standard model 39A. Both the 9422 and Mountie are saddle carbines whereas the 39A is pretty much a full-size rifle.
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Great find!
I have a 9422 magnum circa 73'
I don't know if you noticed but the reason for no failures to feed is there are rim channels in the bolt face which hold the rim of the cartridge while the ramp moves it up to chamber level. Very unique! The fit and finish on these early 9422's is awesome! You will be well served by this rifle for many years to come.
STW
I have a 9422 magnum circa 73'
I don't know if you noticed but the reason for no failures to feed is there are rim channels in the bolt face which hold the rim of the cartridge while the ramp moves it up to chamber level. Very unique! The fit and finish on these early 9422's is awesome! You will be well served by this rifle for many years to come.
STW
I have one that I bought back in 2005 off someone on the S&W forum. Being honest I'd get rid of every .22 rf rifle I own before the 9422.
Besides the fact that it's well made and accurate it will also digest in .22 rf cartridge out there. I have only one other rifle that will do that, and it is a single shot from the 1930s.
Besides the fact that it's well made and accurate it will also digest in .22 rf cartridge out there. I have only one other rifle that will do that, and it is a single shot from the 1930s.
crestoncowboy
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Some like the marlin better, some the browning, I collect them all, and have a few of each. I like the Winchester far better than the rest. We once put one of each brand, in a vise and shot numerous kind of ammo through each, made a day out of it. the Winchester shot almost all brands better than the others, even the big marlin with its longer barrel. But to be fair there wasn't much difference in group size from any of them. Even the west German Ithaca with many thousands of rounds was comparable. They are all great guns.
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