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Great plinking rifle ...

anderskandersk Member Posts: 3,627 ✭✭
edited May 2002 in Ask the Experts
How is it that no one mentioned the Winchester Model 9422? They cannot be beat! (for looks, for fun, for reliability, for plinking ... why would you look elsewhere?) I would not recommend a semi-auto for messing around plinking ... too dangerous and too many jams)

Ken
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  • ADfreeADfree Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    andersk, what do you mean when you say semis are too dangerous? Most of the members here own at least a semi .22 and I haven't heard of any injuries due to the fact that they are semi-auto rifles.
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  • reb8600reb8600 Member Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A gun is only as dangerous as the person shooting it.

    Guncontrol-The ability to hit what your aiming at.
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  • gunnutgunnut Member Posts: 724 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Semi 22, dangerous? prone to jams? now I have heard everything!

    ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think that unloaded 22's can be dangerous... All guns are always loaded, rule #1.

    (Its a play on words...It means that when a gun is assumed unloaded and handled in such, it can be dangerous.)

    If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.
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  • k.stanonikk.stanonik Member Posts: 2,109 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    .22 semi autos are dangerous, oh man guess i better get rid of at least 5 guns in my collection then. Sir with all due repect that line of thought can apply to any firearm, if someone is that uncomfortable with a weapon they should take a safety class befor buying and ask questions.
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,342 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you only feel safe with a SS .22 then that's fine. I would suggest that you futher educate yourself on Semi-Auto .22's....They are no more dangerous than any other firearm. The dangerous part of a firearm is the person standing behind it....As for reliability, my Ruger 10/22 has 25,000 plus rounds through it without a single jam.
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  • ADfreeADfree Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    andersk
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    Canada
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    I think that bold part might explain it. Propaganda is strong there.
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  • gundummygundummy Member Posts: 254 ✭
    edited November -1
    He must have had a bad experience with a semi-auto rifle that was made by someone like Jennings that was not allowed in the US and only sold in Canada. Seriously, only the person shooting can make a gun dangerous like a careless or drunk driver making a car dangerous. GD
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  • anderskandersk Member Posts: 3,627 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Boy, did I ever get fried for this one! Hey, guys I just got out of the hospital! Now, I'm being labled for all kinds of things because I prefer to stay away from .22 semi-autos.

    Let me explain, IF anyone is interested. When I was thinking plinking I was thinking of plinking AND teaching gunsafety to young beginning shooters. (I do both but do not have the luxury of different guns for each.)

    I think from my own youth and experience (even if I am a junior contributor and from Canada - what could be worse! Now, EVERYONE knows what is wrong with me. Actually, I learned to shoot when I was 7 or 8 years old from my Dad just fifty years ago in Illinois.) that a slower more deliberate rifle could be safer in the hands of a beginner than the pretty-easy-to-squeeze-off 2 or 3 rounds from the good operating semi-auto guns. This may just be only a personal choice, but slower is better for me ... maybe I'm getting old.

    OK, back to plinking - messing around shooting cans in the sand pit - do I really need to see if I can keep it rolling all the time? No, and I really like the feel of a lever gun. The old Winchesters are just so well made. Look great and I've never had a problem with any of mine. Do they ever wear out?

    My first multi-shot rifle was a Remington Fieldmaster pump. I sure had lots of fun with her, but she was a bit fussy about the brand of ammo ... shaving lead only leads to problems. Solved that by picking the right ammo.

    Also, I'm left handed, and I have not grown to appreciate the junk (powder particles or whatever) put in your face from semi-autos doing their thing.

    Also, the last two used semi-auto .22's that I have purchased were not in great shape and jamed continually. Three shots in a row was a very rare event. EVEN AFTER an expensive gunshop cleaning and repair (Sayz the happy gunsmith, "Now, it will work just fine ... thanks, boys.") Back to the range with the boys and the same thing ... two or three shots in a row. That is discouraging to the boys as well as the Dad (now, me!). Well, on the positive side, it does help teach them not to flinch.

    Thanks for letting me answer your questions ... happy plinking! with whatever you like to use!

    You know, I think I forgot the original point ... I was just kind of surprised that not a single lever gun was mentioned in the posting asking about favourite plinking rifles. (Next time I'll keep my surprise to myself.)

    Several responded to my other posting about my being glad to be back from the hospital, suggesting that some time out at the range would be good for my recovery. They could be right ... I've got to ask the boys to take me out to the range. My two bricks of .22s will last me quite a while in my Winchester Model 9422. Come to think of it, they could drop me off and go play a round of golf and I'd still be plinking away when they come back to get me!
    And today is Victoria Day up here in Canada.

    Please do not get rid of ANYTHING in your gun cabinet because of me, unless you happen to have a used "Annie" sitting there for too long. In that case please do get rid of it by contacting me. I'll be glad to take her off your hands!

    Bottom line: I must have been thinking too much about teaching young'uns and about my own frustrations and experiences with not such great semi-auto .22s. And I certainly was possesed to intimate there could be anything dangerous with a semi-auto gun.

    Bonne Chasse et que Dieu vous b?nisse!

    Ken
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