Small game hunting, pest control, plinking, everyday trapline carry .22LR That would be ideal but I don't want to blow that much dough, especially cuz I'm also going to want to purchase a nice Vortex or Bushnell rimfire scope for it, as well, which would be another 180-200 bucks or so

Yeah. I doubt I'm going to be getting a suppressor for it any time soon... But it would be pretty cool if I did end up getting one.

Like I said, right now I don't want to spend that much money but yes that would be the best solution


Thanks!

You do know that Henry was a Yankee, and his rifle helped win the war, right?

… that and signing up immigrants to fight …. The South was superior at warfare and everyone knows it

… these Henry’s are made a by a different Yankee though … he seems to be a decent man

I already have a few .22s with iron sights, and I can't hit a fly in the eye yet, but I was hoping to add a nice scope to this next gun to get maximum results at longer ranges.
Thanks for the advice!!

Ha! Just busting your chops a bit, I learned it from you. Carry on pardner.

answer a few questions for me


are you going to mount an optic ?
hunt in the rain or heavy wet snow ?
want more rounds easily load able in a second?
going to want to run a suppressor or muzzle device to protect your crown?


if you answered any of those yes , get the Ruger.

… bust away brother

Yes
Yes
Well with 15 rounds of .22LR (or 21 rounds of .22 short) in the Henry tube magazine, I don't think I will need to reload in a second
Not at the moment. Maybe later in life I will get a suppressor but by the time I do buy one, I'll probably have other guns to put it on


if you answered any of those yes , get the Ruger.
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Coyote cowboy , I would suggest a minimum of 3 mags and a GI web sling and you go attend an Appleseed with the Ruger , they can teach you to shoot better than you thought was possible and faster using detachable magazines.

yes I have shot rifleman many times , in the hot , in the freezing cold , with a 22 bolt and semi auto and a 5.56 at the 25 meter course the 25-100 yard coarse as well and the 100-400 yard with the 5.56 and I was also a volunteer with Appleseed for a few years.

you will not be sad you learned to shoot better and you will learn to shoot better , I was good going into my first Appleseed and I did shoot rifleman my first weekend.
but you get to where it isn't if you shoot rifleman it is an oddity that you don't and it usually involves some sort of equipment issue so then you get better at making sure those don't happen either , because your not excited you shot rifleman your angry at yourself for not performing up to a standard of rifleman.

a Vortex Cross fire II 2-7x32 will do you very well on that gun , you don't need big magnification to shoot well. catch a sale and 130 dollars + tax will get you one.

… don’t listen to that weekend warrior nonsense

.. get yourself that lever gun and be a cowboy lol

Flip a coin?

Lol

Lol you do know we have semi auto sniper platforms right ?

I already tried WD.

Henry's used to have swirled plastic look alike plates on both sides of the receiver.

I don't know if they went away from that or kept it that way. But it used to be plastic for sure.

I would go to the gunshow or get on Gunbroker and look at older Marlin lever actions , way nicer than either of those guns. Nothing wrong with well taken care of guns I like them better really, better workmanship, materials you name it

Truth

Cowboy ... You asked for their opinions.

Wise man once said ... "Don't ask questions that you're not ready to hear the answers to". Lol

Both are good guns, as well is the 10/22, choose what you wish.

My old Marlin 25 bolt has served me well over the many years. That said, in hind sight, I wished I would have acquired a Winchester 9422 when they were affordable.

Yep I know I was just trying to be funny lol. Do they still make the 9422? Or did they replace it with the Ranger?

Nope, the Winchester 9422 was last made in like 2005ish