The 10/22 is an awesome little rifle. I bought mine 10 years ago and it's still going strong. The only problem I had was with the original magazine which wore out after MUCH use. The rifle started to jam all the time, and when a thorough cleaning didn't help I decided to get a new magazine to try. I'd been wanting a second mag for awhile anyway. But it turned out that that was the cause. It now functions very well. Mine prefers high velocity copper plated bullets to plain lead, but will feed lead OK. I use Winchester Super-X HV loads and it cycles them great. Very accurate too. It'll also shoot CCI Stingers really well too, which is what I use for tree rats.

As for assessories and upgrades, if you want a custom rifle and don't want to pay $2000 or more, the 10/22 is the way to go. There are dozens of companies making upgrades and aftermarket parts to replace/enhance every part of the 10/22 from the stock on up. About the only thing you'll need to buy from Ruger is the reciever, every other part can be bought from another company. And the real beauty of the 10/22 is that 99% of the upgrades and custom parts are drop in components that you can easily replace yourself, no gunsmithing required. You can spend 5 minutes replacing the stock and installing a match grade barrel, and another 30 minutes replacing the trigger group parts and you'll have a sweet shooting custom rifle.

But if you're not into that stuff, the standard 10/22 carbine is great in its stock form too. It also makes a great training rifle for kids too because if its small size and short length.

Mike