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Posted: 12/27/2011 3:01:29 PM EDT
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I saw a very nice 98% 9422 Trapper the other day and couldn't pass on the opportunity to take it home with me, but I don't see much discussion about them here.
I recall being impressed with the accuracy of the 9422 back in the late 70s when my cousins and I went rabbit hunting on an almost daily basis and I still admire the quality of the weapon relative to most other .22LRs out there. My recent acquisition has excellent balance, a butter smooth action and an excellent trigger. We'll find out shortly how well it shoots. What does the rest of the hive think of the 9422 in either full length or 16" variants? |
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At one point I was busily trying to put together a collection of all the .22RF leverguns out there: Mossberg Palomino, Ithaca Model 72 and their little-known Model 49R, Winchester Model 250, couple of Marlins, etc.
I had a 9422 before that and I still have it today. The only other lever .22 in the safe after that collection notion dried up and blew away is a Marlin 39M, which is the only other one out of the bunch I think compares and if it came to it, the Marlin would get the axe first. My 9422 is one of the last guns I'd part with. |
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9422 prices have gone through the roof in the past three years.
I passed on a trapper magnum several years ago and regret it greatly. I have two. 9422 LR but with a factory large loop lever. It is unfired for no other reason other than laziness. The other is a 9417 HMR. I bought this on used and it is my walk around the woods and shoot stuff rifle. Very accurate and carry's well. I would like a trapper to add to the collection. |
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The trapper 9422 models bring good money if they are in excellent condition.
They aren't talked about that much, because the lever action rimfires aren't as popular as they used to be, with Henry models being the exception. Everybody wants a 10-22, 15-22, or some other semi-automatic. Of course the 9422 hasn't been made in about five years either. If you see an excellent condition one, for less than $400, you can pretty much be sure you will get your money back, if you decide to sell it. |
| I love my 9422. Dad bought it for me before I even popped out, so I guess that makes it my first gun. I don't feel that it is my most accurate as far as shooting groups goes, but it is the most accurate in the field where it counts. I attribute that to it just fitting me and having a very natural feel in my hands, almost like it becomes an extension of me. I wouldn't want to even begin to figure out how many rounds have been through it. It doesn't get shot as often as I would like, but if I were going out for small game, or an informal bet you can't hit that type competition with friends, it would be my first choice, and it would be the last rifle I would part with if things ever got that bad. |
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Grandpa has a 1986 XLR 9422 magnum, its a safe queen less than 100 rounds through it. I love it when he lets me take her out on a range date, he bought it a M&M hardware store in 1986.
1 1/2" five shot groups and 2" 10 shot groups all day at 100yards so its a great rifle for accuracy and all out fun. He is 78yo and was also putting them in a 50cent peice pattern using the 4-9x scope off bench no sand bagging or gun rest. My father's first rifle was a 1976 9422 and that is a sweet shooter also, has a fixed 4x scope and as long as you do a foot and a half hold over I can bang steel brake rotors at 175yards. |
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Here's what I think. It's another of my usual curmudgeonly iconoclastic perspectives.
I don't like the 9422 or any of the other 22LR models I've seen. They all seem to be made lighter and more cheaply than their centerfire counterparts. I dislike this, a lot. I'd like one that is almost indistinguishable from the centerfire versions. One where you'd have to look at the ejection port or barrel markings to know what caliber it is, instead of the usual, "Oh, I can tell just by looking at it, that's a rimfire." I did actually see one like this, right here on this forum. The thing is, it was an old model, no longer in production. Boy!, that was a nice rifle. I want one that looks like this but is chambered in 22LR. 
I just now found this on the Uberti web site. 
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Here's what I think. It's another of my usual curmudgeonly iconoclastic perspectives. I don't like the 9422 or any of the other 22LR models I've seen. They all seem to be made lighter and more cheaply than their centerfire counterparts. I dislike this, a lot. I'd like one that is almost indistinguishable from the centerfire versions. One where you'd have to look at the ejection port or barrel markings to know what caliber it is, instead of the usual, "Oh, I can tell just by looking at it, that's a rimfire." I did actually see one like this, right here on this forum. The thing is, it was an old model, no longer in production. Boy!, that was a nice rifle. I want one that looks like this but is chambered in 22LR. http://www.uberti.com/firearms/images/1873_half_octagonal.jpg I just now found this on the Uberti web site. http://www.uberti.com/firearms/images/silverboy_lever_action.jpg It might just be me, but it looks like a similar drop in the stock like the Henry Golden boy which is way too much for me. I just watched the promo video on uberti's web sight.......chrome finished aluminum alloy receiver. I don't know if that offers much more than a Henry except the controlled round feed. |
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9422 and Brownings are the closest 22lr levers that are full size and made of quality material. I can't begin to tell you how many squirrels or doves I have taken with my 9422. Just go shoot it you will see all is well. I'd add the Marlin 39A and 39M to that list. |
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