Very wise input, gmcttr. You know me well.
You are right. I don't regret paying good money for a good firearm & have double invested in what I have compared to when I started out the first year.
You mentioned the Shadow 2.
I would buy a Kadet .22LR kit for it just for fun if I thought it would cycle my SAO flat light trigger, but from what I've read, springs have to be switched out, not just the slide to make it work, then back again for the 9mm.
Since I hate the Urban Grey (not grey, not tan, but an ugly combination I refer to as diaper brown), I've even thought of letting Allen Cerakote it.
Or maybe just getting grips to go with the Urban Grey crap color: I've looked, too many choices.
I am stunned at the prices of a good spotting scope.
Got an intro to doing that with hitting push pins at Crosley, but that was only 30 yds.
I thought the 10/22 was middling, but the RPR was all over the place!
Ruger 10/22 has a Nikon Prostaff 2 3-9 x 40 (50 yd. paralax)
Ruger Precision Rifle has a Hawke Vantage 3-9 x 40 (Did see paralax on box, maybe in manual.
Scope definitely limits your RPRR. Mine took a couple boxes of shells to approach it's potential. New, it shot CCI minimags better than other stuff. Now it is much better with the std vel and subsonic ammo.