I bought a used Ruger 10/22 when I was 14, still have it, and put a few hundred rounds through it nearly every time I go shooting. I don't know how many rounds it's seen in the 27 years I've owned it, maybe 100,000? It's my favorite gun and probably always will be. I bedded, re-shaped, and re-finished the stock when I was 16 or so. It's one of the few blonde 10/22s I've seen and it gets compliments from nearly everyone that sees it. Shortly after the stock work I put a Bushnell zoom scope on it that was on clearance in a Gander Mountain mail order catalog. Then I did my own trigger job and de-burred and polished every moving part of the action. The action is 100% original parts and the only time it FTFs is when it's *extremely* dirty.
Thinking about it, I don't have a single picture of my 10/22. I'm going to have to fix that!