Posted on 01/04/2016 1:41:55 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
For my money, take that 300 bucks to the pawn shop with a buddy who really knows guns and buy 4 or 5 .22s!
>Marlin bolt, they’re all the same and CHEAP
>Ruger 10-22 for eternal upgrading and customizing and CHEAP
>Marlin Model 60 cause it’s go to go as is and CHEAP
>Henry because you guys are American and lever rifles are SO American
Haven’t seen the Henrys in pawn shops and they aren’t cheap. Just a good are the Marlin Model 29, and Browning BL22, all lever guns. Those also are not cheap.
Have fun!
A Ruger BX-25 magazine made by Ruger is the way to go. A standard 10/22 magazine is usually a 10 round.
Ok . You are right.Get the kid a .22. But train him at the range 6 times!!
Worthless? The Israelis use them for sniper weapons, check it out.
Google it up. GOD Bless
that is a .223 157 grain . no drop at 500 yards . Huge load !!
I have a few 3rd party mags but I get the fewest jams with the Ruger mags.
“I bought a Remington 22 Level Action when I was 18. Still love it ...”
Remington has produced only one 22 rimfire lever action - the Nylon 76. Made in the early 1960s for only a couple years. Around 20,000 produced. Factory stopped supplying parts in the early 1980s. Now a sought-after collector’s item; working specimens in any sort of good condition fetch prices near $1000.00.
Remington’s Nylon 66, 76, 77, and Mohawk 10C share some parts. Stocks have a tendency to crack between the sear pin and the hammer abutment. The structural nylon used as stock/frame material cannot be repaired by any method known outside Remington factory (and they no longer provide service support): no cements/adhesives available to private citizens will dissolve the stuff.
The Nylon guns were a major design milestone when introduced nearly 60 years ago, but a number of parts (for example, disconnector) were underbuilt when considering a service life greater than half a century. Many were stamped of sheet steel, then heat-treated and tempered by what are guessed to be multiple inert-gas (non-atmosphere) techniques, and their manufacture cannot be duplicated today. The rear sight is notoriously fragile and no iron sights of any other type can be installed (fortunately, the receiver cover is grooved for 22 RF scope claw mounts).
If you respect your 76, consider retiring it. Or if you wish to continue shooting, find a complete spare rifle and get ready to pay dearly. Similar advice for 66 and 10C owners.
How about a Savage .22?
Correct... In either case the reason I bought the 10/22 is because it’s light and a great survival tool. My Mossberg weighs in at nearly 10 pounds. It’s a great Target gun.
Ruger 10/22
The Mossberg Model 44 US training rifle duplicated the length and weight of an 03 Springfield.
Wish to heck I could get some brand new in the box Mossberg 22s from the 40s and 50s. They were tremendous bargains for the money.
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I’ve never had a problem. AND, do yourself a huge favor and get the butler creek speed loader too.
Nice article on the Marlin 39 lever action:
http://shootersjournal.net/marlins-magnificent-model-39/
Marlin Golden 39A, the longest continuously manufactured firearm in the world (and not without good reason). You won’t get one for $300, but you can’t expect to get a true heirloom gun for that. Made from forged blued steel and checkered American walnut, with nothing more than regular maintenance, it will last to serve your great-grandchildren’s great-grandchildren.
I have a Ruger 10/22 Compact and I’ve been very happy with it.
Think about his future. If things keep going the way they are, if you buy him a .22 now, he may never get the option of buying a hunting or sporting rifle later.
Buy him something in a larger caliber that is popular and let him grow into it if it is too heavy now. You can never go wrong with a .30-o6 or a .270.
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