did a 10/22 experiment a while back To get mine to reliably fire and cycle (with no stovepipes) and to consistently shoot into 1" at 50 yards, it took a match extractor, a radiused bolt, a lightweight firing pin with a volquartsen hammer and spring upgrade, and an aftermarket barrel. (I went with a sporter contoured Lilja, because like you I'm not a fan of the 'space-gun deathray' 10/22 look).
I never did get around to bedding it, or converting the pinned trigger group to a threaded bolt-in one. Everything feels loose and cheap with the amount of wobble you get.
