I have a .22 LR, but it was my Grandpa's and it is a Remington Model 33 made between 1932-1935 or so I have been told. So I don't want to use it too much, although it is a shooter.
If it's for hunting, clean up and lube grandpa's 22 and enjoy useing it for what it was intended to be used for!!! You will never wear it out hunting!!
I have an OLD Savage 3D ? single shot from the 30's that we've been shooting for years and years... It stays on a 4 wheeler that is used to check "traps" with, and it gets shot more than most of the other 22's around here...
Enjoy Grandpa's rifle!!
DM