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Great as the 10/22 is (I've owned 2), I am more of a realist. If you have a limited budget and want to get shooting, buy what you can afford.
Personally, for cheap shooting fun, I've had some really good times with a Marlin Model 60 (I think it was). It's a simple .22LR autoloader using an integral tube mag. Tube mags suck, but they have the advantage of being less expensive to produce and design than a magazine fed gun.
Marlin makes good value-priced guns. Ruger's are better, dollar for dollar, and you will never go wrong with a Ruger product (my personal overall favorite firearms manufacturer after all), but I am still a realist. Get an inexpensive safe rifle and go blow some ammo downrange. If you find that you love it, you will figure out a way to get the money for a spiffier firearms. If not, you're out less money than with a more expensive initial buy.
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