[fabsroman]

Okay, if I am not mistaken he said price wasn't an issue and that he was favoring a bolt action for ease of cleaning. Last I checked, we weren't supposed to clean the barrel of a .22lr, but I do every once in a while.

With that out of the way, I would suggest the Ruger 10/22 as mentioned above. Not only is it fun to shoot, it can be modified a million different ways. I have one in .22lr with some decent mods on it, but the next one I am going to get is going to be a Volquartsen 10/22 in one of the .17's or the .22WMR. If you look at their site, you will see some beautiful 10/22's on there with some really nice barrels. Speaking of barrels, that is one good thing about the 10/22. When you finally shoot out the barrel, you can just put a new one on by mearly taking the stock off, loosening a bolt under the barrel, taking the old barrel off, putting the new barrel on, and reversing the take down process.

I replaced almost everything on my stock 10/22, including the barrel. The first barrel I bought was a Butler Creek graphite/plastic surrounded one. It shot terribly. So, I bought a Green Mountain barrel and it shoots great. At 75 feet, I can put almost everything into a 5 cent piece off of a rest until I start to get careless, and even then it usually isn't more than a 25 cent piece. I haven't really shot it on paper out to 50 yards, but it has done well on the 50 something yard shots that I have taken with it.

That is my 2 cents worth.