Where is the .22 ammo?
My rule is to spend as much on ammo as you spend buying the gun. Having a few 22LR things results in plenty-o-ammo.
Plus 22LR is much like 12 ga in that there are many, many choices of ammo to try out.
Cabela’s, Washington state. Thirty four dollars a five hundred round brick. Yeah, I know it’s a drive. And tons and tons of .223