I would highly recommend the Ruger 10/22, they are inexspensive, accurate and just fun to shoot. Plus there are tons of parts out there to make them custom target rifles. Ive killed many squirrels with mine. I think mine cost like 160.00, so there not going to break the budget. The best .22 i ever had though was my 55D anshultz, ive never seen anything that would shoot with it, sorry i sold it.