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You won’t get much gun advice here on FR, so I’ll chime in:

1. I own that particular .22, and I like it. It’s comfortable in my hand and a good one for learning to shoot accurately at a reasonable price. There are other good guns, and the choice depends on many things including whether you have small hands (let’s not do politics), but that’s one of my top ten handguns in .22LR.

2. There are a lot of differences in ammo. I would get the cheap 1400 round bucket of bullets and not worry about 2% of them not working on the first try (or sometimes the second try). Those misfires are a good chance to make sure you aren’t flinching and to check for other bad habits. Just try a second and third time to shoot them, and most of them will eventually go “boom”.

3. You should eventually get a bigger caliber. Maybe. But why start with something that costs a lot more per round if you’re building basic skills? The .22 is the place to start when shooting, or that’s what the Scouts believe. As a certified NRA Handgun Instructor, I agree with the BSA on that. Once you’ve fired off 5,000 rounds of .22LR from the S&W 22, you’ll know what gun you want next.