Ihave a couple 10-22's.
One is a factory HB that has been shortened, a 2nd barrel hold-down screw added out on the forend, and muzzle threaded that is MUCH more accurate now than w/factory length barrel.
Other has a 16" fluted Lotahr Waltehr HB and was got from Clark, and shoots as well as my old M-52 Win. used to.
I have a Butler Creek folder on it, as well as bedding and the 2nd hold-down screw.
I am gettign it threaded now, but in anticipation of folders, semi-autos, and over 10 rd. detatchable mags. being decreed illegal by our robot overlords, I am also having an Anshutz sporter threaded to take my SRT Commanche like the others. (This is another .22LR that shot noticeably better after having the barrel shortened to 16".)(??)
Ammo: Rem. Sub-Sonic varies in vel. over my chronograph from aprox 800fps to over 1,200 fps, (complete w/ sonic "Crack!"
CCI Std. Vel. is quiet and CONSISTENT. I flat-nose these in a Beljan or SGB die for better terminal performance.
I will buy another case of CCI 40 gr. Sub-Sonic h.p. when they are available since these are just as reliable, and are a better choice for controlling digger squirrels in hay fields.
In CCI the only priming irregularities I have come across are very occassional ones in the el cheapo "Blazers"...These shoot pretty accurate, but won't always function a short barreled 10-22 with the first few rds. from the mag. (?) while I have not had problems with the Std. Vel. CCI functioning at all (more ????)
I spent less $ for my SRT than for a THeoben gas-ram .25 cal. pellet rifle that I was extremely glad to find a buyer for, than for suppressor, registration, and barrel threading.
A firearm is much simpler than any airgun, especially pneumatics and their fill apperatus.
The ony jsutification for airguns is when there is NO ammunition, and THEN, there might not be any pellets either, so I think the "answer" is to have more .22LR than you can conceiveably use in your life-time, properly stored around your AO.
My Blazers are practice/last resort/barter ammo, and my Std. Vel. and SUb-SOnic h.p. CCI are my "premium" fodder.
If I can, I will get another high quality, user-serviceable ''can' for .22 rimfire, and one for 190 gr. 1,000 fps .357 rifle laods, or possibly 7.62x39mm, but financial realites may have made that an impossibility.
Better to have several good rifles, precision/snugly threaded, an excellent user-serviceable suppressor, and alot of .22 ammo than NO suppressor and pallets of noisy ammo that will attract unwanted attention and racks of AKs that may be declared "illegal" tomorrow. (I know...The totalitarians want ALL firearms, but I figure manually operated .22's will among the last on their list, and what isn't heard does not get reported on by neighborhood squealers.)
Dave3220/Paradox Pete