I've put over 1200 rounds through mine with no problems. And strangely enough, the first 550 rounds were the infamous Remmington Golden Bullets; only about 5 failure to fires with those. Been shooting Walmart Fed bulk since and like it much better, much cleaner shoot ammo!
Just some food for thought, I had a JP Enterprise spring kit installed in my 15-22 and am very pleased with how it turned out. Lighter pull, completely removed that slight notch feel just before the break. And best part, it cost me $15 installed at my local gun shop.
From what I was told by a 20 year IPSC shooter. Was for the most part, any optic $100 and under will generally be of the same quality. I personally have a $40 center point red dot from walmart on mine and love it. As far the 5 moa dot size covering the target at longer ranges I find that turning...