I've shot .22s till I'm ... well, still tickled silly with 'em. Nothing so cheap, while still so good at what they do so well.
Some're better than others but every one has done good enough for what I'd want 'em to do.
Got a couple 10/22s that'll knock 10 for 10 AK brass off the shelf every pull at 25 yds = plenty good enough fun & "serious work."
.22 LRs seem to be ammo-dependent in many ways. I'd run a box of 50 through each to see what each likes. Likely enough, any problems can be attributed to the bullets rather than the gun.
Browning makes a sweet-heart rifle, 10/22s are just too too not to have a couple, & with the other "mumble" amount of others we have, they all do well enough.
Maybe lucky. No sweat, no hassle.
One mention. Every .22LR rifle I've had, here & there, you'll run in to a rond that doesn't go bang.
Ya know what I do?
Just work the action, pitch that round & who could care less?
There's that self defense-tyhing, I know. I have & use a revolver exclusively for that. Action "pitches" the round, if need be .... we could talk = 'nother forum.