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TNT

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thats another one I am talking about buddy just told wifey I needed to have it she said no you just want it I said no I need it she laughed and said ok.:D
 
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FirstFreedom

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Sweet. It's arguably the best rimfire levergun out there, with it's main feature advantange over others being the extremely short lever throw for cycling. It's the fastest non-semi-auto rimfire out there, including pumps!
 
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Clayfish

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The wife got me one for Chrstmas last year:p . I just got to brag. It's the best .22 I've ever had and one day my kid's gonna have it (when we have one).:rolleyes:
 
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Clayfish

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compared to what? If you dont mind me asking
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The .22's I've had are...

remington 522 viper (crap)
erma US carbine (a semi clone of the M1 carbine in .22. It's a great little gun. still got it.)
ruger single six
10/22
marlin 60

Like I said, It's the best I've had.

ETA I forgot about one, I had a mossberg 39A target turnbolt circa 1941 (I think) The browning is still better.
 
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Ian2005

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Maybe its just me, but I don' understand the fixation with a lever-action .22 rifle. I mean at the range, or anywhere else for that matter, for all the "work" to chamber a round for this little spit drop of a bullet, seems pointless. A semiauto I would think it would be far more enjoyable. Now if you going to have a lever, I would think you would want a true caliber in there, a 32 caliber, 30-30, something of more significant power and size. Punch a bigger hole in a target, take down a deer or something. I guess if you wanted to give your kid his first rifle with echo's of the past, well it might do.
 
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deadin

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Maybe its just me
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Trust me, It's you.:D Otherwise there wouldn't be much of a choice of guns out there. Just a semi-auto .22, one gun suitable for hunting and another for defense, etc. Kind of boring.

(Don't take this seriously, I'm just poking fun.:D )

Dean
 
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FirstFreedom

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By, if it was me, I'd look for an older used one from the 60s on back, not a new one. Nothing wrong with the new ones made in Japan, but I'd rather have a Belgian made one myself.

Wait a minute.... I may be full of it. They may not have ever been made in Belgium...still researching; bear with me. Now I'm reading that Miroku of Japan started making them in 1969 or 1970; hmmmm.

http://www.browning.com/faq/detail.asp?ID=202
 
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FirstFreedom

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Non-semi-auto repeaters are a bit safer for kids, who have a tendency to forget things (such as "hey, my gun automatically loaded up the next round"), and so be having a deliberate action, it refreshes their memory, that "ok, I just loaded a round into the chamber" each time they cycle the lever, pump, or turnbolt.
 
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tulsamal

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Don't blame the internet. I used to spend god knows how many hours poring over the newest Gun Digest. I never had any trouble finding new guns that I REALLY needed!

Gregg
 
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TNT

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Ian2005

Maybe its just me, but I don' understand the fixation with a lever-action .22 rifle.
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1. For one they are a reminder of the past a nastalgic thing
2. They are cheap to shoot
3. Its a lever action
4. Some of us are fixiated with the past but sometimes you cannot aquire the bigger calibers due to price. So aquiring a .22 lever action is like getting a miniature lever action so to speak.
This will ruffle feathers so I apoligize up front
5. If I was to get another lever action in a bigger caliber it would be a .454 Casull or a .45-70 or .444 Marlin. Anything but a 30-30 I find that being respectful as possible the 30-30 is under powered and limited in what it can do. The other calibers I would choose before I got a 30-30, granted it has done its fair share of taking down critters. But I feel that there are other brush calibers that perform better. (THIS IS NOT A FLAMER TOWARDS THE 30-30 OR ITS CURRENT OWNERS) Just a matter of preference IMO
 
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pwelsh4hd

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A BL-22 was the first rifle I ever shot in my youth, about 35 years ago, and I bought it from my grandad for $1 shortly before he passed away ($1 so that we could say he sold it to me, so none of the other yahoos in the family could get upset). It's a wonderful sweet shooting rifle, and I'll cherish it forever.
Gotta love those takedowns and old BAR-22's too:D
 
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FirstFreedom

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Fyi

Near as I can tell, they've been manufactured in Miroku Japan ever since their creation in 1969, which is apparently contrary to some widely held beliefs that there are Belgian BL-22s.
 
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