The Ruger 10/22 is an accurate little rifle. It surprised me when a friend got tired of watching me plunking .45 moa groups at 100 with my Tikka T1x and decided to try his luck at it. He was a pistol instructor and not much of a rifle person to start out. He is also a bit frugal. He bought a bottom of the line Ruger 10/22 and mounted a cheap 3/9 on it and tried to match my groups at 100. I was surprised at how accurate the rifle was out of the box and with a, very cheap 1 inch tube on it and $3 a box ammo. We started playing with ammo to see what the rifle liked. In the end, SK Long Range Match was the winner with SK Auto Match coming in close behind. While he whined about the $5 per box price (at the time) the cheap setup was able to shoot 1 moa. He has since invested in a good 4 - 12 x 44 scope and his groups have shrunk to 0.9 moa. Don't sell the 10/22 or for that matter other inexpensive 22 rifles short. I would like to see what the target version is capable of doing.
