If you can find one of these it will shoot better than most shooters. This one comes with the Ruger BX trigger. It has a 20" mid-weight target barrel. If you don't go crazy heavy on a scope weight can be right at 7 lbs scoped which isn't too heavy to hunt with. The barrel weight makes it shoot well offhand.

https://ruger.com/products/1022Carbine/specSheets/31173.html

These are a little easier to find. Same rifle with a wood stock and standard trigger. If you upgrade the trigger they shoot pretty well.

https://ruger.com/products/1022Sporter/specSheets/31167.html
https://ruger.com/products/1022Sporter/specSheets/31166.html

I have one of each. I got them for around $350. My Tikka T1x is a little more accurate, but not by much.


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