I would suggest you strongly consider something with a tubular magazine. You can't lose it, and it's very unlikely to fail. It also usually carries a lot of rounds, and you can mix all kinds of 22 ammo--long rifle, CB longs (very quiet lower-powered "stealth" rounds), shorts, whatever you can scrounge. I have a Marlin bolt action with a tubular magazine and a Weaver 3-6X or so variable scope that is a tack driver and tough. It came with a real black walnut stock.
A tubular mag is always a good choice also. I learned on nothing but tubular mag's. Having said that I have also poured the little suckers out on the ground more than once by accident while loading. If you go that route, be careful. I have recently noticed Remington has a new (at least to me) .22 Semi-Auto and have heard good things on it.
Whinchester made a .22 semi-auto in the distant past that the tube mag went thru the stock. That would reduce the chances of a ding causing a problem. Long out of production though. It was old when I was born 37 years ago.
Still and all, my money buys some version of 10/22. It is the M14 of .22 rifles.
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