Do NOT start with an automatic, folks.
Think : REVOLVER!
Simple, simple, simple.
Change later, iffen you want—months and a few THOUSAND rounds later, perhaps.
After decades of shooting, I’ve never had a failure in an automatic that I couldn’t fix in a few minutes. With the exception of my issued M9 which broke most times I shot it.
I’ve owned 4 revolvers and had many lockups with prolonged shooting sessions. Several that I had to solve by hiring a gunsmith.
If you can regularly clean your weapon, the revolver may be more reliable but if you plan on ever being in a situation we’re you must keep shooting a dirty weapon, the auto is more reliable in my experience.