Gaston,

You are pretty new here so let me first say welcome to you.

There is a lot of information on this Forum about Smiths and the info that you have received from Mike, opoefc, RBurg, and bdGreen is the best that is available. Those four guys have probably handled, owned or currently own more important .22's than any other four guys ever have. They are all in agreement, so you can take that to the bank.

The original .22 Outdoorsmen are beautiful pieces and you owe it to yourself to find a good one. They are out there and when you find a good one, it will last you several lifetimes. (Remember that 100,000 rounds of .22 is 2000 bricks...that's a lot of "plinking" in anybodies book.)

Bob