I hear you. Those 03/63's were/are probably the epitome of what a .22 autoloader should be.

I never judge a .22 autoloader by how well it groups on paper. What matters is how well I can keep an empty beer can bouncing with one (what, you didn't think I shoot full ones did you?) and how well I can dispatch a squirrel running across an oak limb. If it'll slop 5 into an inch-inch and a half at 50 yards I'm good to go. If you miss with the first shot you have a second go with just a twitch of the trigger.

"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
"Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty