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22 wmr
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SteelChickenShooter
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I agree on the Henry, I bought the Golden Boy 22 Mag and love it.
.22 Mag is special. Except for price, which is about three times as much as a .22 LR (but 1/3rd to 1/2 the price of .223), it basically offers all the features and benefits with twice the power.
A .22 Mag has the same velocity at 100 yards as a .22 LR at the muzzle. If you just want to poke holes in things up to 50 yards, .22 LR. Want it to do something significant up to and beyond that? The .22 Mag is a 125 yard rifle cartridge because the flat bullets drop off precipitously from that point.
Small, powerful (as a .44 Spcl. handgun), accurate, quiet. Relatively inexpensive. Reliable except the long powerful rimfire can have extraction problems in auto-loaders so are not generally recommended where fast follow-ups are critical.
Henry also makes .22 Mag pump-action. My truck gun is a customized .22 Mag. pump.
One more thing -- the .22 Mag is a real bullet. By that I mean a jacket (sometimes Jacketed Hollow Points, Jacketed Soft Points, or Full Metal Jackets) around a lead core.
A .22 Mag has the same velocity at 100 yards as a .22 LR at the muzzle. If you just want to poke holes in things up to 50 yards, .22 LR. Want it to do something significant up to and beyond that? The .22 Mag is a 125 yard rifle cartridge because the flat bullets drop off precipitously from that point.
Small, powerful (as a .44 Spcl. handgun), accurate, quiet. Relatively inexpensive. Reliable except the long powerful rimfire can have extraction problems in auto-loaders so are not generally recommended where fast follow-ups are critical.
Henry also makes .22 Mag pump-action. My truck gun is a customized .22 Mag. pump.
One more thing -- the .22 Mag is a real bullet. By that I mean a jacket (sometimes Jacketed Hollow Points, Jacketed Soft Points, or Full Metal Jackets) around a lead core.
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mhmiller62
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I've got a henry .22mag and its great. The open sights are pretty bad (maybe thats just me) but with the nikon scope I put on it I get dime sized groups at 50 yards with hornady ammo. the groups open up a bit with the cheaper stuff.
The Henrys are OK rifles, but I would recommend a Winchester 9422 if you can swing the price. I love mine. No comparison in build quality, all steel instead of Henrys zinc alloy receiver cover, plastic sights, etc. The Henrys can have problems retaining zero with a scope because of the receiver cover not being rigid to the barrel. That is why their 17 HMR models have a cantilever bracket attached to the barrel to mount a scope.
I am not trying to knock Henry, they make a decent product made in the USA and I wish them well. I just think the Wichester 9422 is in a whole different class, unfortunately, they are getting pricey since being discontinued.
I am not trying to knock Henry, they make a decent product made in the USA and I wish them well. I just think the Wichester 9422 is in a whole different class, unfortunately, they are getting pricey since being discontinued.