Know what you mean, Daryl.

Even the least accurate of my .22s, a Ruger All-Weather 77-22 (got it back in '92 or '93), can still do the job and there's no fancy wood to worry about scuffing up.

Took this critter 3 weeks ago in the Veld I call my Back-Fortay ... I used a special "Coon-stopper" load.

44.8lbs of racoon.

Aguila's subsonic "sniper" load - 60gns of round-nosed lead stuffed into a .22 Short case.

Compared with most.22 fodder out there, it's accuracy is marginal.
But the shot was under 40yds, and that distance the subsonic slug will stay within "minute-of-coon" all day.