I got a mid 1980s beat up 10/22 with stripped out scope base screw holes from a pawn shop in 1995 for $35.
I put a Simmons $37 22 mag 4x scope on it.
I put a $125 stainless fluted Green Mountain barrel on it.
It kill a thousand rodents, but I lost it in 2007.
I replaced it with the 10/22 two posts up ^^^^
Both barrels came Bentz chambered. I did not ream all the way out to 22LR SAAMI, but just enough to feed hunting ammo.