Hard to argue against the 10/22 for a plinker. That being said I have a couple of the Remington 597s that I'm satisfied with. The older of the two took a VQ extractor to cure some feed issues, but for what they are and cost, I'm satisfied. The new heavy barrel version has been good to go out of the box. I prefer the factory ergos of the 597 to the 10/22 but customization of the 10/22 is unlimited.
