love my 10/22. Got a deal on it when i was 17 from a friend. I bet i put 1000rnds through it without cleaning it, just to see what it would do. and it performed like a champ! awesome accuracy. I like the auto for squirrel hunting for a follow up shot in case you get one scampering up into a saddle in the tree, you can get another shot off quick and knock him on out.