Need some help here. I will start this with I know ABSOLUTELY nothing about buying a rifle. I have shot a few, but they have always belonged to someone else. Please keep this in mind when answering the following:
Long story short, hubby and I were watching Top Shot last night. He was practically drooling over the lever action rifle they were using. He proceeded to talk about how he has always wanted one since he was a kid, etc. until I fell asleep. Now this is a man that really never asks for anything – I have to pry ideas for presents out of him and he indulges most of my whims.
I would really like to get him a nice lever action rifle but I don’t even know what to look for. It was mostly be used for target shooting as I cannot imagine my hubby actually hunting. So ideas, opinions, options – I’m looking for info. I don’t even know what price range I’d be looking at. I checked the Henry site and they said MSRP is about $325 for a .22 and $340 for a Carbine - the fact that I really don't know the difference should tell everyone something. Anything under $600 would be doable in the next two months without him knowing about it.
Thanks!
Long story short, hubby and I were watching Top Shot last night. He was practically drooling over the lever action rifle they were using. He proceeded to talk about how he has always wanted one since he was a kid, etc. until I fell asleep. Now this is a man that really never asks for anything – I have to pry ideas for presents out of him and he indulges most of my whims.
I would really like to get him a nice lever action rifle but I don’t even know what to look for. It was mostly be used for target shooting as I cannot imagine my hubby actually hunting. So ideas, opinions, options – I’m looking for info. I don’t even know what price range I’d be looking at. I checked the Henry site and they said MSRP is about $325 for a .22 and $340 for a Carbine - the fact that I really don't know the difference should tell everyone something. Anything under $600 would be doable in the next two months without him knowing about it.
Thanks!