Lets face it. The .22lr is the rifle. Most people out there will spend a thousand dollars on a rifle, then at least five hundred on a scope. They will then fire that rifle a dozen times a year getting ready for hunting season. Then that same person will buy a hundred dollar .22 rifle, an a twenty five dollar scope and call it done. If your like me, you'll fire tens of thousands of rounds through your .22 every year. Without the .22, where would we have got our shooting beginnings? I love the .22, how 'bout you?