Nothing against the 10-22. I've got a scoped one and like it but this one took some trigger and stock work to get it to shoot the way I thought it should.
A guy I shoot with bought a Model 60 Marlin about 15/20 years ago. It shot good right out of the box. He's shot it a lot, kept it clean and never had any problems with it.
Another one worth considering is the older Remington 552 BDL with the Model 700 style adjustable sights and lower comb stock. These sights are considerably better than typical rimfire sights and the stocks have enough drop that the sights line up pretty naturally for most shooters. They are grooved for scope mounting but since it's the only 22 I can shoot ok with open sights I took the scope off. It's plenty accurate for my use with or without the scope. They'll also function with shorts, longs or long rifles. If I could only keep one 22 it would probably be this one. I've seen these in VG condition on gunbroker go for a under three hundred bucks.
