I got a Ruger 10/22 from a friend.
It was nothing special, blued with a standard wood stock.
It gets a trifle humid around these parts and I wanted it to be a little more "weather proof".
I swapped the barrel for a stainless Ruger barrel and I swapped the stock for a synthetic Ruger stock.
It's my "all-weather" 10/22 now.
John