Cheap ammo plus light weight are the two reasons I chose to "upgrade" or modify my 10/22...originally it was purchase mostly to entertain the family on camping trips in the 90s...I inherited my first 22 rifle in 1969...it was the first gun I ever shot going back ten years prior and the first gun I ever actually owned...still have it...it's a cheap bolt action...and I plan to restore it...it's been heavily use and somewhat abused...made in the 30's...
With regard to cheap ammo...I am very painfully aware of the cost of ammo for REAL guns... j/k...
The dollar investment in a 22 that makes you happy and you can afford to shoot a lot is a good one imo...in the long run...if you have a high-power center fire gun and shoot it a lot...you will spend more on bullets than the gun at some point...that probably applies to the 10/22 as well but at you get one heck of lot of use out it...
AssaultRifle is the battle cry of those who want to disarm the public at any cost...I hate that term because of that and refer to my "tactical" weapons as "battle-guns"...because that it what they are meant for...to be used in battle...and using them for target shooting and/or hunting is perfectly valid...assaulting some on with one who doesn't deserve it is a crime and should be punished harshly...for decades I had and shot a lot a WWII Mauser 8mm in original form...never did a single thing to it...my personal opinion is that no one in their right mind would want to get assaulted by enemies with one those...It was and I am sure still is a fully functional and highly effective battle-gun...it got replaced with an sks and is in a dragunov stock...tapco makes a nice wood thumbhole stock that I would like to have for it...not sure it is tactical with that stock or not...
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I don't consider black rifles and the like "assault weapons" I think it is how a weapon should look in the 21st century
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That is really on point...that is what I am personally curious about...how one defines tactical and why...
My 10/22 is black plastic stock...but I would prefer it to be checkered walnut...I might wind up with one later...for now I went with the one I have simply for the optimal combination of ergonomics and relative low-price...it looks okay but imo nothing looks as good a classic wood with well done embellishments...
Some I think would say mine is NOT tactical because it is a "target" stock and a thumbhole stock...and has no picatinny rails on it...
Apparently others would say it is tactical because it looks the way a 21st Century rifle should look...
Not that this is important but I am curious to what people think and why...
You already answered what was going to be my second question...
Does it have to be black plastic...apparently you say it does...
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