My 15-22 is one of the most reliable firearms I've ever owned. After catching hell from my wife for buying a $500 plastic .22 rifle, I could only pray that this gun shoots well enough to justify the money spent. 20 years ago, I was shooting expert with every small arms weapon the Army could throw at me with iron sights. My eagle eyes and steady hands are not what they used to be, but give me a shooting bag and a scope and I can put the 15-22 on target and have a blast all day long. On last range visit with this little gem, the range officer stopped and asked me what I was shooting at. He said there's not a hole in your 50 or 100 yard targets. I asked him to look through the spotting scope at the target sitting on the 200 yard berm and he was astounded. No grouping to speak of, but plenty of holes that would hold off any bad guy at that distance. The wind was dead calm, so I had the advantage. I sighted in a new 4-16 x 40mm scope at 100 yards three weeks ago on a very wind day and and had no problem filling an 8" circle full of holes. I was very pleased until my 17 year old son took over. He managed to eat the bulls eye out at 100 yards with the same wind. Kinda sucks getting shown up by my 17 year old with just a "First Gun" shooters certificate and a hunter's safety course to call training. I've had 2 dud rounds from a 10 year old box of Remington bulk, but once they were gone, the Federal 550's took over and not one single bad round or failure to feed from many boxes. I've shot 300 rounds of blazer bulk and a few mini mags and stingers as well as 100 rounds of Remington sub sonics and still no issues. I've never gotten past a couple hundred rounds of ammo with my Marlins, Ruger 10-22's or Stevens without some kind of jamming or cycling issues. If I had to depend on a .22 for my life, it would be the 15-22!
