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22 RIFLE
I agree with Iowafun, the Ruger 10/22 is one of the most popular semiautos sold. The 10 round rotary clip doesn't protrude below the stock (in the balance area of the gun when you want to carry it with one hand). There are also some tube feed models as well as clip styles from other manufacturers that are good. Remington, Marlin and Savage are all well built and accurate. Most have scopes mounts built in. Some don't have a front sight and are meant for scoped shooting only. The length of pull varies slightly (distance from trigger to end of butt stock) among the models. So, if you are tall or short they will fit the individual differently. Suggest going to a gun shop that carries all the brands and pull it up into shooting position and check it out for comfort. Some offer a MonteCarlo stock which allows you to rest your chin better and some have a thumb hole mounted in the stock for better grip.
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With the price of .22 ammo, I'd only shoot long rifle shells. I like semi-autos for the ability of rapid fire. Otherwise bolt actions and levers are good. If you're looking for an old western style, consider a Henry lever with brass receiver. They are a little heavy in weight though. Taurus makes a pump .22 that resembles an early 1900's Remington. I think they look kinda cool. Visit them at taurususa.com
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You have choices of:
1. stocks: wood, laminate or black synthetic.
2. bull or regular barrel
3. stainless or blued
4. with or without adjustable rear sight and one that glows in the dark or not.
It is all preferences. Some people really get into the beautiful grains of wood and like the laminate striping. Black is also cool.
Stainless is good if you live in a damp area and are not good about cleaning readily. Likewise if you hunt or shoot in the rain or take it in and out of a warm house and out it cold weather it condensates and can rust. Stainless is not as hard of a material and if you really shoot allot you can get barrel wear. I doubt if that will happen. Stainless reflects light in the sun and may spoke game.
If you plan to use a scope, rear sights are not required. If you use open sights and shoot at dawn or dusk HiVz sights are nice.
Bull barrels are good for very precise shooting where you will shoot fairly often in a row such that thermal growth doesn't cause the bullet to shift. A bull barrel weighs more and is heavier to carry in the field.
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You may be able to purchase a scope mounting ring that is slightly higher with an opening so you can see through it allowing for a combination of scope and open sight shooting.
My personal taste is stainless with black synthetic. Bushnell, Leupold and Nikon make stainless scopes if you wish to carry the stainless color look throughout. If you go with a black stock, a black scope would also look nice. If you go with a wood or laminate stock, I go with a stainless scope.
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A bull barrel is a larger diameter for the full length. A regular barrel is slightly tapered on the O.D. getting smaller at the tip. The bull's larger size is to give better more accurate performance and is supposed to be less likely to flex from heat after you shoot several rounds or a clip through it in a row. In my opinion, unless you are into competition shooting or desire to shoot holes in a dime at 50-100 yards it is not necessary. The gun will weigh another pound or two more. I think it would be more realistic for use on more long range ammo setups like on a .223 or .22-250.
A carbine has a slightly shorter barrel for easy of carry. As a beginner, either of the guns will be more accurate than you are. When going to the nth degree of sophistication, a longer barrel will give you slightly better performance (usually an increase in velocity and energy but will be minimal in that short of a distance variation) and because of the length that you are aiming through with open sights, better results can be achieved. There is a limit to the gains. In your situation, either model is going to be fine.
Some combinations of bull barrel and longer length make it heavy at the front and doesn't balance well. I would suggest going to a gun shop that has several models to chose from and pulling them up to your shoulder and peek through the sights to determine if it feels good. Some guns feel awkward by just a few inches in barrel length, etc.
The extra muzzle weight also helps to keep the tip down for faster target acquisition between rapid fire shots. Not that much recoil from a .22 but we are talking very minor differences.
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