If you've ever fondled the "mini-mauser" 22LR from Kimber you can appreciate the upper-end of the rimfire market. I have several 22s but I would hate to have to choose between my 10/22 and my 22 BLR. The first gun I ever bought, ever, as a kid was a Marlin bolt. I actually shot cigarettes into with it as they floated by in a river from atop an old abandoned bridge. THAT cheap lil ol gun was the most accurate 22 I have ever been around. I hope it blew up on the SOB that stole it one night! Second most accurate 22 I have ever been around was my stepfathers bolt action Ruger. ANY turtle within 150yds was goin too the big log in the sky!

Either are great lil rifles.
RA