I find the 9422 is an excellent rifle and compares quite favourably with the older 39's...until trigger pull comes into the equation. Any decent smith can give you a crisp 3 pound or less trigger on the old Marlins. I haven't seen a 9422 yet with a trigger pull that could be called "crisp".

I have had early 9422's and had a Marlin 39A with the serial number 201. That's not a typo. Today the only 22 lever that remains is a 1960 39A Mountie.

Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!

Stolen from an erudite CF member.