RE: shooting the 22lr
I bought a bolt action Romanian training rifle in 22lr 4 years ago. The thing has the worst trigger you can imagine, but it will shoot a really tight group if you treat it right. Whenever I go to the range, I shoot 20 - 30 rounds out of it before I touch my other guns. It makes me concentrate on the shot more than my other guns. Best 40 bucks I ever spent on a gun.