Heck, I get that out of my off the shelf 10/22 at 50 feet, and can punch out the bullseye at 50 yards regularly, at least until the chamber gets too crapped up with wax. You need to find some better rifles my friend. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

As far as the Henry stocks, mine seems tough enough I don't worry much about scratches. It is a utility firearm, so I am not that concerned about finish.

I grabbed one of those Romanian bolt action 22s a while back for $50. We use them at the range for Hunter Ed qualification for prospective hunters. They are pretty darned good, though I've noticed a few models have feed problems because of loos fitting magazines. They aren't pretty or takedown, but they are rugged enough for keeping one behind the seat of your pickup truck, or the scabbard, or the gun rack or whatever.

if I am going to pack a full sized pistol around, I will take a major caliber for survival carry since it is no more heavy or bulky, probably more accurate, and darn sure more inherently lethal. Doesn't S&W make a 16 oz 357 mag now? Sure, it would be a bear to light off a full power load in it, but you could use 38 +P or reduced handloads and still have enough to disptach deer sized game at normal pistol ranges. For another 10 oz or so, you could get their 44 mag, and down load to 44 spec to tame the beast so to speak, and still have a very desirable man/predator deterrent (well, not griz or brown, but certainly black bear and cougar). That is pretty darned good in my book.