First trip out with my new Shadow + Kadet kit. 120 rnds of 9mm (Practically all I could get my hands on recently WHAT'S WITH OTTAWA? - 1 green box of 115gr? fmj - 1 WWB 124gr - and 2 mags of WWB 147gr jhp) and for .22 a full brick of Blazer value pack, 525 rnds, and 2 mags from the Federal 525 value pack.
That was a fun outing and I suffered only 3 malfunctions. 1 .22 dud from Blazer, 1 fail to chamber a blazer (it was getting a bit gunky near the end), and one fail to extract a 9mm WWB (124gr fmj).
I'm stoked about that gun decision! So, um that's +1 for the CZ center fire & Kadet Kit.
If anybody remembers, I was the one concerned about the action staying open with the Kadet Kit. While it doesn't when manually playing with an empty mag, it stayed open all but one time when actually firing .22 rounds through it. (Bit of relief there)
Good luck OP on your selection. You seem to be fairly relaxed with your "first .22 gun budget" compared to a lot of other folks, so you should be pretty happy.
Incidentally Wolfgang had delivered a little present to me upon my return from the range. I shan't be wanting now..