This may be a ? asked a 100 times already. Of the 10/22 currently availible at Wholesale or SIR- which one. Some buddies said avoid the one with the barrell band others said it did not matter. I will eventually upgrade the bits and componets that I have read on here that you guys have done- but not right away- me and my son will play with it for awhile. Or the question could be I buy the cheapest model availible with the intent of upgrading, In what order do you upgrade eg, stock , barrel, trigger etc or another sequence I want a semi auto that will shoot nice groups, blast some gophers and look cool while doing it. if you are able to help thanks very much