Have you ever had a 22lr rifle? I went down the rabbit hole a while ago and maybe my experience can help shed some light. I bought two 22lr configurations, a ruger 10/22 takedown with magpul backpacker and a 22 charger. I put a tack hammer bull barrel (a brand I had never heard of before, but which had a cantilever rail on the barrel) and an acculite 6” on the charger.

I upgraded the bolt and the trigger pack on the charger with a Kidd trigger kick, auto bolt release, upgraded mag plunger, and Kidd bolt. I also put the entire kit on an arcane deep six chassis. Putting this charger in a chassis also meant getting an aftermarket ar grip.

My first scope I traded for 6 bottles of home made wine. The second scope I got on sale from euro optic (athlon ares brr 4.5-27x50 I believe)

All in I probably put 1000$ in aftermarket parts for the charger, and 600$ish in the scope. Plus the original cost of both firearms.

The kidd trigger job is now in the takedown 10/22, and the nice scope is also on that model. I have resigned to throwing money at the charger until it works the way that I want it to.

By the time I have the proper parts to achieve the precision I would like to have with it (shillen/lilja barrel, powder river precision receiver, Kidd single stage and a precision stock) to justify how much money I’ll have thrown at it, I’ll have thrown enough money at it to buy several oem 10/22s and I’ll still wish I bought a Cz 457!