Thanks for all the replies & opinions. I took the 22-45 to the range today & in total I put 550 rds thru it & while the shoot & clean, shoot & clean thing was a little laborious after I got thru with that I stripped it down & cleaned it real good then mounted my rail & my red dot & really started having some fun. I knew the trigger would probly need some work to get it where I want it, but it was actually better than I thought & the more I shot it the better it felt. I'll run a few more bricks thru it & then I'll probly get a hammer & sear for it. It is a very accurate & smooth gun. It never jammed & cycled flawlessly every squeeze of the trigger except for two duds out of a whole brick of ammo. All in all I'm very pleased with this gun & I can't wait to get it in my daughters hands & see how she likes it. I have a lil sterling .22 that she loves to shoot even though you have to clear at least 1 jam out of every 10 so I think she will really enjoy shooting this ruger. I am supposed to pick up my new shooters ridge 18.5" fluted stainless bull barrel for my 10-22 from my gun guy tomorrow so after I get it together & go down & shoot it I'll probly start running some good ammo thru the pistol & see how it does. If I can figure out how to post pics I'll include some of both guns. Well it's getting late so I better get to bed. Be safe & shoot straight. Biggjimm.