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From your list, I would suggest the CZ in the "American" version. They are very accurate rifles for the money. If you want to learn marksmanship, start shooting small bore rifle silhouette (all standing, off hand, no slings, jackets or any other aids other than a scope - which you will need to see the targets well enough to hit them). Guarenteed to be a humbling expericence the first time out. However, if you stick with it, in a few years you will be amazed at how well you will be able to shoot a rifle. One word of warning, you will soon want something better than your CZ. Anchutz rifles are the standard in small bore silhouette and they are amazingly accurate (and costly). You will also need to test ammo lots to find one your rifle likes best. Rimfires can be very picky. I have tested as many as 8 lots of same type of Lapua ammo before I found one my rifle really liked. Lots it did not like would shoot 2 -3 inches at 100 meters. The lot it liked shot 0.5 inches at 100 meters.

I have a ruger 10/22 (bought it new from TG&Y as a kid for $36.00) and it is a lot of fun to shoot but it won't hold a candle to the bolt actions in accuracy unless you send a huge ammount of money on it and it still won't keep up with the Anchutz rifles.

John