.22LR Lever Action Rifles?

Well I'd get the Henry, but the receiver being brass and super shiny is really not my thing. Do they have one just like the Golden Boy but without that Brass coloured receiver?
A friend has a Winchester 9422 that she uses on the farm for pests. Apparently it's a great gun!

Lots to think about here. What, in your honest opinion, then, is the best bang for your buck?
 
I've had quite a few lever 22's over the years and this is what I found-
Erma EG-71, stay away at all costs.
Ithaca single shot and repeater- they're OK, they work.
Win 150 and 250- good "entry" level, but parts are hard to come by.
Browning BL-22- great little rifle, generally very accurate (still have 2)
Winchester 9422- well built and highly sought after (still have 1).
 
Got a response from Henry:

Dear Winston,

Thank you for your interest in Henry. While the occasional dry fire will be fine we recommend avoiding dry firing our rifles when possible.

Regards & Happy Shooting!,

Kevin Maguire
Technical Customer Service
Henry Repeating Arms, Co.
59 East 1st Street
Bayonne, NJ 07002

Tel. (201) 858-4400
Fax (201) 858-4435


I also had time to take apart and give it a good cleaning today. It is a captured type of firing pin with a stop pin that would prevent damage to the face of the barrel. I think the warning above is probably related to excessive dry firing breaking that stop pin and/or the firing pin itself. I have a 10/22 TD and a SR-22, but I just know I'm going to have great fun with this. Just got to find more time to be out at the range :)

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Long Range Canuck said:
Really suprised they never answered your question. Sory to say I can't give you an honest answer on dry firing...it's something I never do to my rifles as a habit, but that being said for the number of times i have run my Henry dry not counting rounds as I shoot, I usually end up with a dry fire click after going empty. I have shot over 1000 rounds through mine with no issues and in that probably hundreds in unintentionally dry fires. Based on that I would say no worries.
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Drachenblut said:
Well I'd get the Henry, but the receiver being brass and super shiny is really not my thing. Do they have one just like the Golden Boy but without that Brass coloured receiver?
A friend has a Winchester 9422 that she uses on the farm for pests. Apparently it's a great gun!

Lots to think about here. What, in your honest opinion, then, is the best bang for your buck?
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....then you'll be looking at Henry's H00T1 Frontier model.
I had one a few years ago. Great lever! My only complaint was the octagon bbl made it a bit front heavy.
That said, I'm liking my BL-22 nickel finish. Trigger's a bit stiff (needs to be broken in some more) but the rifle is so compact and light and the short throw is fast!
 
I brought my Henry golden boy scout edition centennial to the range today after 100 rounds of Blazer .22LR, I change my mind to keep rather than sale on EE. The lever action is very smooth, the sight is dead did, I mange to hit bullseye a couple time with 50 meters distance. I'm glad, I did bring it to the range today.

Just to add, Lever action always has its place, the day before I brought my TAVOR, not a single old folk star at it beside just a clinch. Today, it's quite different, they did come over and take a look, touch it, ask if I mind to let them give a shot.
 
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I see, the H00T1 Frontier. Hmm. Does the Youth also come in dark finish? I'm a smaller guy, and long LOP is not my thing. I had a Winchester 150 some time ago and it was perfect.
 
Scope on a lever gun???

Thats sacrilegious :0


If you want a better sighting system (admittedly the factory rear sight is mediocre) put a Marbles flip up tang sight on it and all will be right with the world.

Thats how my Henry is set up, very happy with it. Admittedly not in the same class as older Marlins (not sure on more recently built ones) or other steel lever guns like Winchester or Browning but reliable, fun and reasonably priced, all like a rimfire should be.
 
In order, my preference would be an old Marlin, followed by a Winchester 9422 or a Browning BL22, then newer Marlin, then Henry.
Unless you are more interested in the "modern" style lever guns like the Winchester you have, in which case there are the Colt, the Rugers, and a couple others out there (all going to be used, if you can find one).

I don't care much for the Henry's looks myself. Good enough from 50 feet away, I just don't want one. YMMV.

Cheers
Trev
 
surfclod said:
Scope on a lever gun???

Thats sacrilegious :0


If you want a better sighting system (admittedly the factory rear sight is mediocre) put a Marbles flip up tang sight on it and all will be right with the world.

Thats how my Henry is set up, very happy with it. Admittedly not in the same class as older Marlins (not sure on more recently built ones) or other steel lever guns like Winchester or Browning but reliable, fun and reasonably priced, all like a rimfire should be.
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If they didn't want optics on it, then shouldn't put a integral 3/8" rail on it.

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