lever gun update

Thanks to all who responded I do have a Henry 22 lever action and am happy with it I will check these others out when I finally save up and get one I will post back and tell everyone what I think thanks again!

I love my Henry 22.

I have an older Winchester 9422(1976),my buddy has a Henry 22. I think the Henry is a superior firearm

Your Henry 22s must be different than the one I bought. It was cheap gun. I think I gave $175 new 15 years ago at Theisens, a local farm supply store. That rifle shot and fired fine. The sights where JUNK. The front sight was almost an 1/8 of an inch wide. You could park a car behind it. If you tried to set the sight up to where you would center the top of the sight on your target then you were shooting too low. I finally put a cheap scoop on it and traded it. I wanted a scabbard gun to carry on the tractor/pickup for varmints. The scope made that a dream. I wanted something you could beat the heck out of and still shot some thing close with it. With that Henry it had better be REAL close as you where not going to hit it very far away. LOL

So I went back to my pump action Rossi 22 mag. I gave $50 for that cheap gun 35 years ago. It has ridden under just about every pickup seat I have owned. It gets dusty, dirty and still will shoot. It looks bad but gets the job done. 22MAG is getting hard to find. I have to order it online to find it anymore.

I have to agree - the Henry I used functioned and shot just fine, but the sights left plenty to be desired. Same with the sights on my son's Ruger 10/22.

Maybe you should look for a Taurus, or Rossi pump gun in .17 HMR. The wind is hard on that little .17 bullet, but ammo is readily available. I have a Taurus in stainless steel that is a clone of the old Winchester '06 pump.

An option I didn't see mentioned is one of the Uberti replicas. They are not cheap, but they are reasonably accurate copies of historical rifles such as the 1866 and 1873 Winchesters. I have an Uberti 1860 Henry in .45 Colt, and I've been quite happy with it. Check out the Uberti 1873 Winchester; it might be what you're looking for.
Uberti rifles

Nick167: one question--what's your intended use of this rifle? It would help us narrow down our recommendations if we knew what you want do do with it.

I don't really have a particular purchase just for fun and maybe deer hunting I got my Henry 22 for Christmas 2 years ago the sights are wide like you said I will agree with you I'm amazed at how long some of the cheap guns last

Just adding a note I bought the Umberti Six shot revolver rifle like 25 years ago. It is in 44-40 and looks way cool. Trouble is the very first time you shoot it. Damn I almost blew my ear drum through the other side of my head!!!!! Ear plugs and goggles are absolute! Still looks cool but not for playing with.

Hard to beat the one that was the first as in a Winchester lever gun. Have 2 and both old and new work well and if I had to depend on a gun I would depend on either one

I have owned both the Rossi 92 (in 45 colt) and 2 Marlin 1984 rifles, one in 44mag/44 special and the other in 44-40. I still have the 44-40.

The main takeaway is that the Rossi and all other Winchester 92 style rifles are more complex, and harder to take down and clean properly. When new they cycle stiff. The Marlin is a breeze to take apart and clean. Since it is a simpler action, it tends to cycle much easier as well. A little bit of 600 grit sandpaper on the bolt makes it run even better.

The 44mag/44 special rifle should get a serious look in that you can run 44 mag in it for hunting but run 44 special cowboy loads in it for plinking. Quite versatile. I wish I had never sold the 44mag/44special rifle.

All 45 long colt loads are anemic since the manufacturers are so worried that some one will put the load in a old colt sixgun and have it blow up if loaded to 44 mag power levels. Take a look at the loading books and there will be 2 load sections on 45 long colt - one for ruger blackhawks and the other for the rest of the firearms.

I kept the Rossi for around a year. I have been shooting the Marlins since 2005. Enuff said...

John (who is Hogleg Willy in cowboy shooting circles)

if i remember right you wanted something to deer hunt with, someone mentioned the 444 marlin,..i have a 444 and it is really hard on the meat, you can lose 5 to 10 lbs. of deer real quick. i think a 44 mag would be about right,..ammo anywhere you go and way cheaper then 444 with brass at 1.00 each. i've taken several deer with .44 pistol and it's plenty powerful