Actually, .25 or .32 are more common as auto pistols.
The .22 short or LR round just doesn't have enough gas pressure to cycle the slide of an auto, unless it is extremely well engineered. A 22 Mag shell can cycle an auto pistol slide, but just barely.
I have a .22 LR Beretta auto pistol; cute little thing - looks like I got it out of a box of CrackerJack. Damn thing sounds like a howitzer, but a pea-shooter would be far more accurate. It jams every other shot, on average.
Don't ferget about the 32 S&W long. Or H&R's .32 magnum.
Have one of the Smith's-a model 31. A fine little pistole-a great starter gun for a female. And it's probably the most accurate pistol I own right now. Factory ammo is rather weak, but the hollowpoint loads I'm running are hovering right around 1000fps.
Small and fast...
What sort of ammo are you shooting in that Beretta?
I have a .22 LR Beretta auto pistol; cute little thing - looks like I got it out of a box of CrackerJack. Damn thing sounds like a howitzer, but a pea-shooter would be far more accurate. It jams every other shot, on average.
Its a Target pistol very accurate and had no problem cycling the slide. I know because I own one
that looks just like this one. :D