I passed on an Enfield .22 No.1 a few years back, should have gotten it......it would have made a nice, cheap plinker for my 25 yard backyard pistol range and it was built just like a No.1, I think it was Australian. The "big stuff" (i.e. fun stuff) like 8mm and .303 is too powerful for my little range and out of courtesy for my 2 semi-close neighbors I don't shoot really loud weapons on my personal range. I have been on the lookout for another .22 Enfield but haven't seen one.

If you want some history and a really classy, classic .22 I would go for one of the German pre-war rifles made by Erma and a few others, made to look like K98's, made so Hitler Youth i.e. future soldiers could learn to shoot under the guise of recreational rifle matches.

I've seen a few of the French .22's, they look military enough, they are parkerized but with a half stock. Kinda sorta could look like a MAS 36 if you use your imagination.

I bought myself a nice vintage S&W K-22 revolver, handles and feels just like a .38 Model 10,it's almost mint and i can't bring myself to use it for what I intended, to hammer thousands of rounds of .22......this thing is from the 70's and the cylinder looks hardly turned.......might pick up a new stainless S&W .22 just for plinking...... So, I bought a kinda beat up but solid Smith 14-3 aka Target Masterpiece with a mile long 8" barrel, a nice .38 target revolver.Low powered enough for my backyard setup, ad .38 is still comparitively cheap. Lets me practice my wheelgun shooting with a revolver that shoots POA at 25 yards.

For fun, historical handgun shooting I got back into cap and ball revolvers......it's addictive, and now that Beretta has taken over Uberti you can buy a replica that won't snap a mainspring after 6 shots. Don't get me started on Pietta As a bonus everything you need for 100 rounds is less than $20. 1 lb. of Pyrodex P, $12, 100 .36 rounds balls, $5, 100 #10 caps, $3, 100 felt wonder wads, $5, throw in a nipple wrench and a bottle of BP solvent and you're still having fun on a budget......I use 9mm and .38 brass as a powder measure, perfect for my .36's. You can even get something like a repro Sharps .54 paper cartridge rifle, lots of power, accuracy and smoke and a lot less $ to roll cartridges than buy 45-70 ammo. Drop $1,000 for the rifle, and then all you need is bullets, powder, and caps. If you shoot it alot you'll be saving cash on loaded ammo. The Smith carbine repro even has little brass cases you pre-load and re-use, although I don't buy anything but Uberti and Perdersoli when I'm in the mood for a charcoal burner.

I have heard about the .32 ACP chamber adapters for military bolt action rifles, they would be quiet and kinda fun, to shoot .32 out of my K98, but again, you would still be paying $10+ a box for .32 ammo when .22 is still $20 a brick.

Personally, I get bored with bolt action .22 rifles......after 20 rounds or so I'm dying to go grab one of my .38's or go shoot some 8mm Mauser.........the only way it's fun for me to pop .22's is in a semi like a 10/22 or a handgun, so I can at least work on my pistol shooting on the cheap. The answer for me was to get a set of Tech Sights for my 10/22, these are M16A1 style sights for about $20, that install on your 10/22 using the factory dovetail front and scope mount holes for the rear. 10 minutes to install, get an M16 sight picture in your 10/22, add one of those poly tactical stocks and you have a fun accurate semi .22. My stock 10/22 is a tackdriver with these sights, and this rifle has countless thousands of rounds on it.

Sure, you could drop $600 on an AR upper in .22, probably be backordered for 3 months, or you can use the 10/22 that you probably already have, or go to Wal Marx and buy one for $200 and put the new sights on......fun easy solution.