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**DanTheEldest** · 10-01-2006, 02:11 PM

I've been kicking around the idea of getting a .22 rifle for cheap plinking, and I've looked at the Ruger 10/22 and a few others, BUT, I also have a serious case of nostalgia for lever-action repeaters. Can anyone recommend a good plinking .22LR lever action, preferably from personal experience?

coastemac · 10-01-2006, 02:37 PM

Had a buddy that owned about 4 or 5 Henry's. They were his favorite and he loved them. I shot a few of them, have to admit... they are a lot of fun.
Sorry I cant help you out any better than that.

Dwweeb_5150 · 10-01-2006, 03:14 PM

My oldest son has a browning Bl-22. Accurate,reliable, and well made.
http://www.browning.com/products/cat...24&type_id=100

kayl · 10-01-2006, 04:02 PM

Ruger 77/22

Paul · 10-01-2006, 04:03 PM

Get the 10/22. You'll shoot more ammo but .22 ammo is cheap.

So Flo · 10-01-2006, 05:09 PM

My cousin had a very nice browning lever action. (sucks it was stolen)
If I were to buy a lever action 22, it would certainly be the browning!

CyBuzz · 10-01-2006, 05:22 PM

I have a 9422 and a 9410. Both lever actions I have had no issues with. The only problem now is they are double the price due to them not being made any longer.

VAXDGUY · 10-01-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DanTheEldest

I've been kicking around the idea of getting a .22 rifle for cheap plinking, and I've looked at the Ruger 10/22 and a few others, BUT, I also have a serious case of nostalgia for lever-action repeaters. Can anyone recommend a good plinking .22LR lever action, preferably from personal experience?

It's not a lever action (semi auto with a bolt) but we picked up a very inexpensive Mossberg "Plinkster." I sighted it and its $7 scope in yesterday, and I had more fun with that $100 worth of hardware than I've had in ages. And the accuracy is really pretty astounding for something of its ilk. The wife is going to love shooting it.

Dhunter55 · 10-01-2006, 05:37 PM

If your looking for a lever .22, I have to recommend the Marlin 39A. Great "out of box accuracy" and a "centerfire quality" .22 that you can use and pass down to the grandkids. Love my Marlin levers.

The Knight Of Light · 10-01-2006, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Dhunter55

If your looking for a lever .22, I have to recommend the Marlin 39A. Great "out of box accuracy" and a "centerfire quality" .22 that you can use and pass down to the grandkids. Love my Marlin levers.

I gotta ad the obligatory +1 to that. Marlin 22 LA are bulit the same as their center fire siblings and I have to say some of the more accurate if not just darn fun guns to shoot in the Lever line-ups.

10-01-2006, 02:11 PM	#1
DanTheEldest XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,279	Lever-action .22? I've been kicking around the idea of getting a .22 rifle for cheap plinking, and I've looked at the Ruger 10/22 and a few others, BUT, I also have a serious case of nostalgia for lever-action repeaters. Can anyone recommend a good plinking .22LR lever action, preferably from personal experience? __________________ The AK-47: Designed to be field-stripped and used effectively by a half-drunk, half-frozen illiterate conscript who found it buried in Mother Russia's mud after last year's Regiment exercises. SOP: retrieve from ground, pee in action, cycle bolt, go back to work. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. --Martin Luther Last edited by DanTheEldest : 10-01-2006 at 02:19 PM.

10-01-2006, 02:37 PM	#2
coastemac XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Miami Area, Florida Posts: 1,194	Had a buddy that owned about 4 or 5 Henry's. They were his favorite and he loved them. I shot a few of them, have to admit... they are a lot of fun. Sorry I cant help you out any better than that. __________________ coastemac U.S. Coast Guard Gunnersmate XD Service Dark Earth .45 ACP (new) XD Sub-Compact Bi-Tone .40 cal Savage Model 10 FP (6X-18X 42mm) Marlin Model 336RC 30-30 Marlin Model 17VS .17 HMR Taurus PT-908 9mm Ruger 22/45 .22lr (and a few others...)

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kayl XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: WI Posts: 1,244	Ruger 77/22 __________________ Have you talked to your XD today?

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Paul XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,576	Get the 10/22. You'll shoot more ammo but .22 ammo is cheap. __________________ Paul

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So Flo XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wellington, Florida Posts: 11,261	My cousin had a very nice browning lever action. (sucks it was stolen) If I were to buy a lever action 22, it would certainly be the browning! __________________ No Guns, Know Crime. Know Guns, No Crime! http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member3984.png

10-01-2006, 03:14 PM	#3
Dwweeb_5150 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Leaving ¿©@l!n0gun@Â§tan Posts: 819	My oldest son has a browning Bl-22. Accurate,reliable, and well made. http://www.browning.com/products/cat...24&type_id=100

10-01-2006, 05:22 PM	#7
CyBuzz XDTalk Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: West Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 92	Winchester I have a 9422 and a 9410. Both lever actions I have had no issues with. The only problem now is they are double the price due to them not being made any longer. __________________ CyBuzz ------- XD40 Service - XD45 Tactical - and many other Long and Short guns. One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. --- Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1796. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and Bergh, editors.

10-01-2006, 05:37 PM	#9
Dhunter55 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bikini Paradise Posts: 3,540	If your looking for a lever .22, I have to recommend the Marlin 39A. Great "out of box accuracy" and a "centerfire quality" .22 that you can use and pass down to the grandkids. Love my Marlin levers. Last edited by Dhunter55 : 10-01-2006 at 05:40 PM.

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