Marlin 39a VS Henry Golden Boy

[Wyseguy]

I'm really interested in buying a lever action .22 cal rifle to add to my collection, and these two seem like the best of the best. I already own a few semi-auto .22's (a Ruger 10/22 among them), and I have a Henry pump
.22 (It's one of my favorites), also own one bolt .22 (CZ 452 lux), so the natural thing to do would be a lever action .22lr.
I'd really like to people who've had experience with both, but if you own either one, and really like it, please let me know the reasons.
Thanks

[ZOMBIEHUNTER]

marlin is a classic it also cost more but hands down is the nicest lever action 22 you can get

[m24armorer]

MARLIN!

Nuff said.....

[BP88]

I've never fired a lever action Marlin, but I have fired a bolt action Marlin and must say it was of good quality.

[m24armorer]

A Marlin is quality and will always hold its value.

[Black Majik]

Go to THR and check out the following on the 39a.

Then check for Henry's Golden Boy. (it ain't 100+ pages long )

[m24armorer]

The 39 and any of it's cousins date way back. All things considered the Marlin was a better gun than the Winchester.

[crowbar]

I have both. Well, the Marlin is mine and I bought the Henry for my son. The Henry is smoother cycling - yeah, I couldn't believe it either, but the Marlin is my / our favorite. The Henry is a good piece tho' and made right here in the U.S.A.

[fairfaxjim]

I still have, and shoot fairly regularly, my Marlin 39A that I purchased in 1962 at the age of 12. Almost everyone who has seen or shot it has tried to buy it off me. No sale! I love mine!

[mstlaurent]

I have a Marlin, and it is a wonderful rifle. One of the earliest guns I ever shot, an excellent gun to use when teaching young shooters.

[saki302]

The nice thing about the Marlins is there are 50+ year old rifles out there, eligible for C&R and the old rifles were VERY well put together- like little works of art.

The marlin takes down into 2 halves too- I'm not sure of the golden boy does that.

-Dave

PS- in the old days, weren't the brass colored guns called 'Yellow Boys"? I'm sure us asians complained and it became 'Golden'