Model 9422 XTR
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Model 9422 XTR
I always thought this model was probably the best looking and sweetest cycling lever Winchester ever made. A shooting friend back in the late 70's had one and it was a joy to shoot. I was just looking on GunsAmerica and found several...for $1000 or more! About dropped my teeth. For a .22 of all things!
Re: Model 9422 XTR
NIB yes....used no...pending condition..seen them from $650 to 800+
trapper are even higher!
had a chance to buy one at a gun show in 22 mag for 550 in near as new condition
and did not have the money........cant find ammo anyway...
trapper are even higher!
had a chance to buy one at a gun show in 22 mag for 550 in near as new condition
and did not have the money........cant find ammo anyway...
LETS GO SHOOT'N BOYS
Re: Model 9422 XTR
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I bought my 9422XTR-M about 8 years ago, after looking for one (in-person/hands-on) in pristine condition for 20 years, before coming accross it (FINALLY ! ).
Ammo's still NP, since I've been shooting various .22 magnums since the mid-60's, and have always kept myself well-stocked.
I've had a .22 Magnum Savage 24 O/U, a BRNO 611 autoloader, two S&W's (M48 & M351P), two Charter Pathfinders (old/new), a few Ruger Single-Sixes, and a Ruger 77/22M - but the 9422XTR-M is the last one (long gun) standing (I still have a Pathfinder), since it's the best IMHO.
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I bought my 9422XTR-M about 8 years ago, after looking for one (in-person/hands-on) in pristine condition for 20 years, before coming accross it (FINALLY ! ).
Ammo's still NP, since I've been shooting various .22 magnums since the mid-60's, and have always kept myself well-stocked.
I've had a .22 Magnum Savage 24 O/U, a BRNO 611 autoloader, two S&W's (M48 & M351P), two Charter Pathfinders (old/new), a few Ruger Single-Sixes, and a Ruger 77/22M - but the 9422XTR-M is the last one (long gun) standing (I still have a Pathfinder), since it's the best IMHO.
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Re: Model 9422 XTR
9422Ms go for more money as do the 9422 Trapper models.
For a regular 9422, expect to pay $600 at a minimum for one in 95% or better condition with a 9422XTR going for $100 or so more. Plan on $750 to $800 for a Trapper in .22 LR in 95% or better condition, when you can find one. I found one a few years ago in a very large gun shop mis racked with some Henry 001s, where it had quietly sat appreciating with the old price tag on it for a few years. I asked to buy it and was told they did not have one - so I showed it to them, and they sold it too me for the price marked, although the owner admitted someone had screwed up as it would have been with the collectible rifles and listed on GB.
Many people, including some gun shop staff, get confused about the "XTR" features. In the photo below many will assume the checkered carbine is an XTR and the non checkered carbine is a regular XTR when the reverse is true.
The bottom carbine is a 9422 Trapper made in 2000 and the upper carbine is a 20.5" 9422 XTR carbine made in 1978. The polish on the receivers is identical and the "XTR" difference is in the rest of the metal work and the stock finish. The difference in the metal work is minimal on the barrel and is most noticeable on the flats of the lever, but the glossy stocks are obvious.
The checkering is not an automatic indicator of an XTR as Winchester first produced the XTR in 1978 with an un-checkered stock. Checkering came shortly after that on the XTR in 1979 or 1980, but was continued on the standard 9422 after the XTR was discontinued in 1989.
The 16 1/4" barrel Trapper was introduced in 1995 and holds 11 rounds rather than the 15 rounds the 20.5" 9422 holds, but they are quite handy and just as accurate as the longer 9422 carbines.
WInchester also introduced Win Cam (1987) and Win Tuff (1989) models as well as a high grade engraved model (1995), a 25th anniversary model (1997), a 22.5" curved pistol gripped Legacy model (1998), a large loop model (1998), a brass plated "Yellow Boy" model in 2003 and the 9417 in 17MHR in 2003.
They stopped making them entirely in 2005, and they have been appreciating in value ever since.
Winchester switched from a steel magazine tube to a brass magazine tube around 1978, to avoid corrosion issues, and they made a minor modification to use the same bolt and lever throw on the .22LR and .22WMR calibers, which prevents the use of .22 Short rounds in the later 9422s. Other wise the design was very stable over the years.
All of them were designed as take down models along the lines of the Model 61 pump action rifle, resulting in 2 major assemblies (plus the bolt) to allow easy field stripping and cleaning from the breech end, as well as transportation in a shorter case. The original screw is profiled for use with a coin, but I added saddle ring screws to mine to facilitate disassembly and reassembly without tools, and because I like the saddle ring look. There is also an after market thumbscrew available that looks much like the screw on the model 61, as well as a very early unproduced .22 caliber Winchester lever gun.
For a regular 9422, expect to pay $600 at a minimum for one in 95% or better condition with a 9422XTR going for $100 or so more. Plan on $750 to $800 for a Trapper in .22 LR in 95% or better condition, when you can find one. I found one a few years ago in a very large gun shop mis racked with some Henry 001s, where it had quietly sat appreciating with the old price tag on it for a few years. I asked to buy it and was told they did not have one - so I showed it to them, and they sold it too me for the price marked, although the owner admitted someone had screwed up as it would have been with the collectible rifles and listed on GB.
Many people, including some gun shop staff, get confused about the "XTR" features. In the photo below many will assume the checkered carbine is an XTR and the non checkered carbine is a regular XTR when the reverse is true.
The bottom carbine is a 9422 Trapper made in 2000 and the upper carbine is a 20.5" 9422 XTR carbine made in 1978. The polish on the receivers is identical and the "XTR" difference is in the rest of the metal work and the stock finish. The difference in the metal work is minimal on the barrel and is most noticeable on the flats of the lever, but the glossy stocks are obvious.
The checkering is not an automatic indicator of an XTR as Winchester first produced the XTR in 1978 with an un-checkered stock. Checkering came shortly after that on the XTR in 1979 or 1980, but was continued on the standard 9422 after the XTR was discontinued in 1989.
The 16 1/4" barrel Trapper was introduced in 1995 and holds 11 rounds rather than the 15 rounds the 20.5" 9422 holds, but they are quite handy and just as accurate as the longer 9422 carbines.
WInchester also introduced Win Cam (1987) and Win Tuff (1989) models as well as a high grade engraved model (1995), a 25th anniversary model (1997), a 22.5" curved pistol gripped Legacy model (1998), a large loop model (1998), a brass plated "Yellow Boy" model in 2003 and the 9417 in 17MHR in 2003.
They stopped making them entirely in 2005, and they have been appreciating in value ever since.
Winchester switched from a steel magazine tube to a brass magazine tube around 1978, to avoid corrosion issues, and they made a minor modification to use the same bolt and lever throw on the .22LR and .22WMR calibers, which prevents the use of .22 Short rounds in the later 9422s. Other wise the design was very stable over the years.
All of them were designed as take down models along the lines of the Model 61 pump action rifle, resulting in 2 major assemblies (plus the bolt) to allow easy field stripping and cleaning from the breech end, as well as transportation in a shorter case. The original screw is profiled for use with a coin, but I added saddle ring screws to mine to facilitate disassembly and reassembly without tools, and because I like the saddle ring look. There is also an after market thumbscrew available that looks much like the screw on the model 61, as well as a very early unproduced .22 caliber Winchester lever gun.
Re: Model 9422 XTR
The one I was looking at was NIB and had checkering and the stock and metal was glossy for $1099. You can't hardly find ammo for anything these days.
Re: Model 9422 XTR
If it's an XTR, the flats on the hammer and lever will also be highly polished, and it will be stamped "XTR".ColColt wrote:The one I was looking at was NIB and had checkering and the stock and metal was glossy for $1099. You can't hardly find ammo for anything these days.
I'd probably pay that for one that was NIB - if I planned to keep it that way, but I generally buy rifles and carbines to shoot them, and thus won't pay a premium for a NIB example or any extra for a box.