| Ruger! :)
The Ruger 10/22 is a pretty decent little 22. It has a box style magazine, 10 rounds, and is really a nice little semi-auto 22 rifle. When I was a kid, we had a little Browning semi-auto rifle I really liked, but a common problem with that rifle was that the tubular magazine in the stock would break, and ours was no exception. When it broke, I eventually ended up shooting a Marlin lever action, tube fed under the barrel. I think that it was a model 39. Anway, talk about one accurate little rifle!
You know, it's funny, I never really got too many new guns of my own. My father was an avid gun "accumulator" (he didn't collect for the sake of collecting, he'd buy a new toy, shoot it for a while, buy another new toy, etc.) and had over 100 different pistols, rifles, shotguns, etc. Everything from cap and ball revolvers, to well over a dozen little .22 rifles to well over a dozen 12 gauge shotguns. It wasn't like I had a lack of selection to choose from! In fact, there were days when dad and I would stand there in front of his pistol display board, scratching our head trying to figure out just which ones we were going to take out shooting. The last time we went shooting before he died, I think we took 9 different handguns out with us, nothing smaller than a .38.
Anyway, if I had to buy a .22 rifle, I'd probably get the Ruger 10/22. As for pricing, I've never really priced anything other than accessories because once Mom finally decides to let go of Dad's guns (if THAT ever happens!) I'll wind up with more than enough guns and reloading equipment to keep me occupied without ever having a desire for anything more.
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