[Gareth68]

Originally Posted by Baba Louie

minute of squirrel

I love that accuracy rating.

And my decision is not officially made until I hand over the green...



Hopefully I find something at the show next weekend.

[Highspeedlane]

Originally Posted by CajunBass

Ithaca Model 49.



Why if I'd had one of these when I was a kid, there wouldn't have a been a rustler in Hanover County, Virginia.

Man I haven't seen one of those in eons. We had a couple in .22lr we used to slaughter hogs with in the 70's. I think they were under $50 brand new then, or not far from it.

[257 roberts]

I have a 1958 Marlin 39a with a 3/4 Redfield scope for sale (85%- 90%) for $650.00

[Highspeedlane]

It's hard to go wrong with an old school Marlin 39A. I bought this one in 1975 from an old gunsmith in Cherryville, N.C. and I want to say I paid $80 for it at the time.

Though it will group well with most any .22 ammo, it is laser accurate with CCI Stingers.

[cloudbuster]

I own a BL-22. Beautiful, beautiful gun in every respect. I can't say anything bad about it.

[Lt Scott 14]

Know how you feel about lever 22s. Went today and bought a Henry base model lever.
Will range test tomorrow and advise in the near future. Price was around $317.00 with tax. Been on my lust list for years. (note: As bad reviews as Wally Mart gets, they had a good price and in stock item. $297.00 and even a mgr to walk me and rifle to the front door!) LOL.

[wjv]

Originally Posted by Four Knives

All else equal, I'd prefer no crossbolt safety or rebounding hammer, but this one is my favorite:

'69 pre-safety Marlin Mountie

Have the Henry and a Winchester in .22 magnum. The Henry is nice but the Winchester is one of my 2 favorite rifles (Marlin 1894 lever gun in .357 is the other)





I put One-Hole sights on both of those guns.

.357


.22 mag

[Old School]

I bought a recent production Marlin 1897 (39a with octag bbl). Action was horrible. After a few tubes, it practically cut my hands to work the lever. Sent it back to the factory. They stripped the take down knob over tightening it, but other than that did nothing with it and sent it back. I hope someone from Marlin is reading this - you guys made a crap product and deserve the following comment:

Buy anything other than a Marlin lever gun.

[vikingsoftpaw]

I would recommend buying a used, older Marlin 39. Let someone else beta test the 'Remlin' production.

[Highspeedlane]

Originally Posted by Old School

I bought a recent production Marlin 1897 (39a with octag bbl). Action was horrible. After a few tubes, it practically cut my hands to work the lever. Sent it back to the factory. They stripped the take down knob over tightening it, but other than that did nothing with it and sent it back. I hope someone from Marlin is reading this - you guys made a crap product and deserve the following comment:

Buy anything other than a Marlin lever gun.

Sorry to hear about that. Sounds like they've lost focus on putting out a quality product.

If it were mine and short of getting rid of it, I'd be tempted to slather the innards with a mild abrasive paste and work the action back and forth a few hundred times to see if that had any effect on smoothing it out.

[Angel]

Be patient and get a Winchester 9422 XTR non checkered version. High gloss stocks, deep deep blue and polished internals. Old quality build.

[ChrisJn]

Originally Posted by Angel

Be patient and get a Winchester 9422 XTR non checkered version. High gloss stocks, deep deep blue and polished internals. Old quality build.

I'm with Angel. Remember the movie '1873'. One of a kind!
I have one and love it. Never to be parted with.

[ratf51]

I got my son a Henry H001 (18" round barrel) for Christmas-- he loves it. It is accurate, the action is smooth, and the cost is reasonable. The front sight/barrel band is plastic but Hi-Viz is coming out with a nice replacement. I am considering the H001T, the Frontier model-- same receiver but a 20" octagonal barrel. My LGS has priced it for me and it runs about $100 more than the H001. All that said, if I could find a good used older model Marlin 39A I'd jump on it.

[ithaca_deerslayer]

Originally Posted by CajunBass

Well, we're probably getting off target, but my understanding is the father of the current owner of Henry designed the rifle for Erma of West Germany. Ithaca bought the guns from Erma under their own name. Later the design came back to the family, and Henry was born.

How accurate that is, I'm not sure, but that's my understanding.

Thanks for the info. The design is a winner. My brother just bought a Henry, so I'll get a chance to shoot that version eventually.

While not historical looking, the Ruger has a great design. Love the short throw, accuracy, and rotary magazine.

And the Winchester just feels great

[thisaway]

Originally Posted by Berto

Happy Henry owner; smooth quick action, very good accuracy and function. You can spend more, but they won't shoot any better. Good factory support too.

+1

[Four Knives]

Originally Posted by wjv

(Marlin 1894 lever gun in .357 is the other)

Good taste - my 357 1894s are what started this dang addiction

[wjv]

Originally Posted by Angel

Be patient and get a Winchester 9422 XTR non checkered version. High gloss stocks, deep deep blue and polished internals. Old quality build.

Yup!

If you can afford one.

~$800

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[CajunBass]

Originally Posted by Highspeedlane

Man I haven't seen one of those in eons. We had a couple in .22lr we used to slaughter hogs with in the 70's. I think they were under $50 brand new then, or not far from it.

I remember them (the Ithaca 49) being about $29.95 at Sears-Roebuck in the late 60's or so. That may have been the "Ted Williams" version that Sears sold though.

Might as well have been a million dollars to a dirt broke country kid, whose mother didn't like rifles at ALL. She was convinced if you shot a rifle straight down into the ground at your feet, you'd kill someone in China. Shotguns were OK, but no rifles.

[Old School]

Thanks Highspeedlane. I bought a pawn shop project gun and while I was shipping it to a smith, I included the Marlin to get a Cowboy action tuning job (fully informing the gunsmith of the history). It runs great clean. I have to think that the bolt is twisting / binding when it makes contact with the hammer...or maybe the ejector isn't fitting well in the bolt groove and it's pushing the bolt outwards. Or both. We'll see what the gunsmith says / does.

It's maddening watching youtube videos of people shooting their 1987. Click-click, bang. Repeat. Sounds fun.

[Wolfgang2000]

I'm a lever gun fan. Being a lefty growing up in the 50's and 60's kind of knocked bolts out of the picture.

If I could have found a Marlin Mountie or Texan in decent shape that they didn't want a kings ransoms for I would have jumped on it. But it wasn't in the cards.

I ended up with a Browning BL-22. It's one sweet shooting gun. The throw of the lever is short. Literally just open and close you hand. I have a Winchester 9422M. It's a good gun, but I wouldn't trade my Browning for it.

A friend has a Henry. Nice gun, probably the best bang for the buck. Very accurate.

IN the end you are just going to have to figure which one fits you best.

[Jack23]

The Henry Golden Boy! I haven't fired or even handled all of 'em but I have fired this beauty and if I was in the market I'd put my money down on one of these. You can knock out a bulls eye and look good doin' it..........

[SGT_Calle]

I really like my Golden Boy as well. No experience with any others.

[WILLSARV]

This is the best looking .22 lever you will ever see. Came from Winchester Custom shop and has never seen a shell.

[silversport]

Originally Posted by WILLSARV

This is the best looking .22 lever you will ever see. Came from Winchester Custom shop and has never seen a shell.

that is gorgeous...when I was looking for one a few years back the Brownings seemed very nice but small for me...the new Marlins were not up to the vintage models in fit or finish I found a near new without box Winchester 9422 and have been pleased with it...(I had to buy it 'cuz it was a Winchester )

Bill

[Gareth68]

I'll drag this thread back up.

I just won this rifle on gun broker.

I'll be taking a 90 mile drive shortly to go pick it up.