Get your first 10/22 (there will be more) and surf on over to rimfirecentral.com for all the information you will ever need about modifications to improve the trigger, accuracy, appearance, or function. Many of the best improvements are not very expensive.
I posted the Remington #5 earlier, and I love mine for accuracy....but, more often than not, I grab my Henry .22 crank gun. Smoothest action, perfectly balanced. Easily capable of dropping squirrels. No finicky semi-auto action.