where is that "foot-in-mouth" smiley, I have wanted to use it at least 4 times today.
For an auto, the Ruger Mark III is one of the finest .22s I have had the pleasure to put holes in cans and paper with. The Beretta Neos evidently gets fairly high praise, and is easy to clean, but it may not have the style or ergos that make a plinker a favorite.
2 other choices you may want to look at, the Walther P22, I dig the looks of them, and the Ruger 22/45, which evidently has very close ergos to mimic a 1911, an added bonus for muscle memory and .45 "practice" on the cheap.