I love my Ruger 10/22 for target practice & plinking. It's obviously not a high powered hunting rifle. But if you like target shooting, small game hunting and don't want to pay an arm and a leg for a rifle & it's ammo you can't go wrong with a 10/22. If you have the choice I would recommend getting a 10/22 with a bull barrell (target barrell). You get quite a bit more performance and accuracy out the gun that way.

Ultimately you need to decide what you want to use your firearm for and match the function to the caliber.