As Mac66 requested, my definition of beer can accurate is that I can consistently hit a beer can at 50 yards with a wide range of ammunition. Farther out than 50 yards and it becomes a crap shoot to an extent.
If going with a 10/22, I would at least suggest that you shop some pawn shops or gun shops for a used one. My 10/22 is something around 15 years old. It has an aluminum trigger housing and came with all metal parts. I don't know when the transition occurred, but the last 10/22 that I looked at in the store had a plastic barrel band, plastic trigger guard and I could have sworn, a plastic trigger.
I'm not saying that I don't like the 10/22. This is mine....
Aside from the scope, I have $100 in the barrel, $100 in the stock and about $60 in the trigger, plus a bit of elbow grease into opening the barrel channel and bedding the stock. Initial testing has shown that it will shoot MOA at 50 yards if I really take my time with the occassional inexplicable flier using Wolf Match ammo. It shoots pretty well with Federal bulk ammo too, but the "fliers" are much more frequent and pronounced (as in hitting the target next to the one I'm shooting at). This is a tinkering project. My goal is to tick the guys off (in a friendly competitive way) at the range that are shooting the Remington 40Xs and Anshutzs in the local rimfire match. I know it won't shoot as well as the others, but I believe that if I'm persistent I will, one day, have that one day that I'll be able to talk about for years.
If going with a 10/22, I would at least suggest that you shop some pawn shops or gun shops for a used one. My 10/22 is something around 15 years old. It has an aluminum trigger housing and came with all metal parts. I don't know when the transition occurred, but the last 10/22 that I looked at in the store had a plastic barrel band, plastic trigger guard and I could have sworn, a plastic trigger.
I'm not saying that I don't like the 10/22. This is mine....
Aside from the scope, I have $100 in the barrel, $100 in the stock and about $60 in the trigger, plus a bit of elbow grease into opening the barrel channel and bedding the stock. Initial testing has shown that it will shoot MOA at 50 yards if I really take my time with the occassional inexplicable flier using Wolf Match ammo. It shoots pretty well with Federal bulk ammo too, but the "fliers" are much more frequent and pronounced (as in hitting the target next to the one I'm shooting at). This is a tinkering project. My goal is to tick the guys off (in a friendly competitive way) at the range that are shooting the Remington 40Xs and Anshutzs in the local rimfire match. I know it won't shoot as well as the others, but I believe that if I'm persistent I will, one day, have that one day that I'll be able to talk about for years.