Winchester 9422 opinions

Finest Rifle I have touched

I have two 9422 Winchesters, one USRA, the USRA is actually a bit nicer. the Wood is nice on both the XTR rifles, but more vibrant in the Repeating Arms gun
It was one of the earliest. They were both purchased in the 80's one from my late Brother. His Winchester has the back of the cocking bar left Bright by the Factory, I had not seen that before. The other one is blued.
They are simply the finest guns I have ever touched with both able to out shoot me. For example to sharpen our shooting skills my brother and I would pound two horseshoe nails on top of wooden posts. These posed were about 15 ft apart. We would take turns shooting them. We were both decent shots and could hit the nails out to close to 100 yards!
It is funny they were about $289.00 new, I am seeing XTR models in miint condition selling close to $1000.00 now!
I guess people don't appreciate what they have until they are gone.
I have a Henry Brass .357 and Marlin 1894 in .357, the Henrys actin is a bit smoother, but I like the marlin better, the slightly larger forearm on the Marlin is nicer, and I prefer the Micro-groove Barrel.
The Winchester model 94 30/30 honestly feel like sloppy junk compared to the 9422 and that surprised me!
I believe the 9422 are about topped out for value, but then again I thought the same thing when they hit $500.00.
The Winchester 9422 is only 1/2 lb lighter than it's Big bore Brother so it
honestly "Feels" bigger than it is.
My opinion is no rifle will ever have more beautiful lines than the Winchester
starting from it's early Henry heritage and ending with the 1894 Winchesters.
Every shooter I have ever met has a little bit of Cowboy in him (or her), and
the 9422 helps bring it out, with ammo that is cheap and fun to shoot.
Scratch that A real pleasure to shoot! I also still have the first rifle I ever shot, an Ithica model 49, many a tin can has met it's maker through the barrel of it, It was a 10th Birthday present from my Brother. It was designed for youth shooters and the little single shot rifles didn't miss many targets. Do that today and you would get thrown in jail, but back then in the Midwest we were handed a gun and taught to shoot and Hunt before we hit 5th grade!
I traded it in on a Semi Auto 12 Gauge and when my brother heard about it,
he bought it back, I didn't know this until I received his entire gun collection when he passed away..He knew I would come to regret selling it....and he was right.
But the 9422 is my favorite, always will be, and 2nd place isn't even close!
 
My opinions are that the 9422 is a very nice little gun, and it's time to sell mine. :)
Thanks for the nudge.
Denis
 
@DPris: I know you handle more guns in a year than many of us handle in a life time, but I would think hard before I sold my 9422. I've come to believe in "Cheapshooter's" tag line: "Never sell anything".

My 9422 has one of the older, diminutive redfield, fixed 4's, with the 3/4 inch tube, and the combination works and looks proportionately right.
 
Been off & on debating.
Haven't fired it in several years.
It'd still leave me the Marlin.
And the two CZs.
And the two 10/22s.
:)
Denis
 
Before you sell it go shoot some golfballs with it. If you don't have fun, sell it.

I know what you are thinking, rimfire doesn't do it anymore. I had the same thought regarding a Marlin 39. Golfballs are the answer.

Get rid of a cz and a 10/22 since you have two of each. Ten years from now the Winchester well be worth more than the cz and 10/22.
 
Dennis, you will be sorry you sold it the second the last piece of Tape seals the Box!:confused:
I know the profit margin lures many to sell theirs, but remember ,the one yoy sell is the cheapest one you will probably ever see again.:(
 
Whenst you reach a certain age in life & realize there's little point in hanging onto so many guns that you can neither find the time to shoot 'em all nor wear ANYTHING out, the desire for a non-collector to retain a number of shooter-grade guns begins to make little sense.

Calculated against the number of projected outings in the next ten years or so, and the nature & type there-of, it doesn't balance out.

The CZs are more accurate for serious purposes, the Rugers date from the timeframe before plastic triggergroups & a lesser frame finish and fill a niche for a semi-auto rimfire in the personal line-up, the Marlin is just as accurate as the Win with better likelihood of ongoing parts availability & fills my need & affection for a rimfire levergun.

Never a matter of profit in letting a gun go, and this one has made it through more than one "inventory reduction", but with rimfires so well covered elsewhere it can go to fund something else I want more, which is the essential base for all such "let-go" decisions nowdays. :)
Denis

And I forgot the Henry .22 levergun & the old Taurus .22 pump. And the 40-year-old Marlin .22 boltgun buried somewhere in the vault. :)
I have more .22 rifles than I can possibly use even in rotation.
 
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Well I guess you could look at it one way, you must have friends here.
If we weren't trying to watch out and help, we'd be asking prices and gimme
first chance at it....
OLD HUNTERS NEVER DIE, WE JUST STAY LOADED........
 
I do appreciate the efforts to talk me out of selling it. :)
Normally, it'd be a classic sample that I'd hang onto, and it has already survived several cullings.

But, has not left the house in ten years & is unlikely to ride along on any future ATV expeditions.
I rarely shoot recreationally any other time, and on the few occasions where I do, if it's a rimfire it's obviously something else. :)

One of the very real downsides to having too many guns is that it becomes impossible to do anything with the greatest majority of 'em.

They just sit, and when a chance to hit the dirt comes up, it's a hassle deciding what goes along. Too many choices. :)
Denis
 
Rifle shoots decent but I'm not overly impressed with 17 hrm in terms of kinetic energy as a plinking round. About the same as 22 LR only way more expensive.
 
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