Yes i had a 10/22 when i shot comp a few years back, it had every conceivable tune up or aftermarket part you could name, even a 12 inch threaded Volquartsen carbon wrap barrel and a sound moderator, the action made more noise that the muzzle report
Its all to easy to get swayed by the crowd and shooting club mates who will tell you over and over to get this gun, or that gun etc.
Ive seen it many times before people get bamboozled into buying a gun that they rearly use because everyone else says get it.
Different strokes for different folks as they say, but as I mature I'm becoming an old fart and only high end wooden and steel rifles interest me. As bill Calfee says "only accurate rifles are interesting"
I loved that gun until I bought an Anschutz, and remembered what a close friend said to me about 10/22's "they look very airgunny, like a cheapo Crossman" I thought of my Crossman pump up rifle when I was a kid and shuddered,spray paint alloys eeew what must my anscestors think!
Yes he is a gun snob and what is wrong with that? Its all about taste, one thing you cannot fault about 10/22 is that they are reliable.
He was right this is no BSA or Wierauch/Anschutz, spending potentially £100's if not over a grand to make it shoot well seems illogical why not simply save time effort and rabbit holing by just buying an Anschutz, but it clean it before shooting and forget, no need to tinker, no need to guess did I get a Friday afternoon job etc etc
as they say "if you buy cheap, you buy twice"
If you miss with an Annie, you know its you 100% not the gun
As I mature I too remember my shooting roots and what my dad told me, guns are well made precision instrument's, for me alloy and synthetic's should never be allowed on a rifle, steel and walnut even the scope should be thin steel as opposed to that dastardly aluminum
Although I must confess to owning a CZ with synthetic stock and Alloy trigger guard as I don't like the "agricultural" look of the standard trigger guard.
But then I'm weird,
If I was chief overlord of planet earth, I would equip all modern army's with Martini rifles, in .218 bee, TOG3 Tanks and Fokker triplanes, also war would be strictly limited to 9-5 and no fighting on Sundays or public holidays.
Any nation failing to comply to would have to nuke themselves
:t