Luke,
I also have wanted to own a 63 but never could bring myself to pay the price of a really nice one. A couple of years ago I found a used modern "Winchester" repro in brand new condition (made in Japan by U.S. Repeating Arms under license from Winchester). It is a really close copy of the original, well made and a sweet little gun. It has the dovetail grooves on the receiver to mount a scope so I found a brand new Bushnell 3X-7X scope at a gun show for next to nothing that is just the right size and looks great mounted on the gun. The good news is that I have only around $300 in the whole thing...the bad news is I haven't had the opportunity to shoot it yet.
The most accurate .22 I have ever owned was my first rifle that I got for my 12th birthday. It was a Mossberg model 146B. I put a Weaver scope on it with an aftermarket "varmenter" objective. I could consistently shoot a 5-shot group at 100 yards that you could cover with a quarter (dang, I wish I still had that gun).
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If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction
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