js8588
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Even an IPhone will getchya*...
*means “get you” in Michigander.
Dated an East Grand Rapids gal for a while. I getchya.
Even an IPhone will getchya*...
*means “get you” in Michigander.
This about sums it up for me.It's ok as a varmint round. Premium ammo to realize it's accuracy potential costs about the same as .22-250, which is a far better varmint round. Plinking ammo in 5.56 is cheap and plentiful, but it is only suitable for plinking and casual target shooting. I prefer the 7.62x39 as an intermediate rifle round, but do prefer the AR to the AK platform.
Haven't read the responses yet but...
Do I like it? No. It's an underpowered pea shooter with mediocre ballistics...
But...I own and shoot it because the military made it ubiquitous.
I don't like 308/7.62 NATO either. Fat, dumpy, and again, thanks to the military, ubiquitous.
Same general feelings on 9mm.
I like
6.5 Grendel
10mm
7.62x25
327 Federal
45 (Long) Colt
6.5x55
9.3x62
7.62x39 (I know, I'm a hypocrite)
270 Winchester (there's almost nothing it can't do)
Yes, but that would be the grandparent cartridge.Did Newton not use the .30-06 as the parent for the .250-3000? Hence the 22-250 and 308 both trace back to the .30-06.
And let's not forget that the .30/06 was derived from the .30/03, and when you climb the .30/03's family tree you find a bunch of interesting forebears. Most of which spoke German.Did Newton not use the .30-06 as the parent for the .250-3000? Hence the 22-250 and 308 both trace back to the .30-06.
Hence the 22-250 and 308 both trace back to the .30-06.
The parent cartridge for the .22-250 is the .250 Savage (.250-3000), but otherwise, 100% agree. FWIW, .223 will kill deer further than 200 yards. and my son has done so, but I stick to less than 150.
While I wouldn't at all say it's immoral, I myself would hesitate to use 223/556 for whitetail deer. I'm not saying it can't be done, but good bullets can only do so much.I am thinking of getting a bolt action rifle in this caliber so I have a common ammo pool with my AR.
Someone suggested that it is "immoral" (his words - not mine) to hunt deer with a .223/5.56. I am pondering the efficacy of that statement...
It wouldn't be immoral to hunt deer with the .223 in the hands of a person who is an excellent hunter who knows the limitations and respects the game. However, I'd consider it immoral to let beginner hunters who have no idea of the limitations of the round, nor the chances for success/failure of the choice.I am thinking of getting a bolt action rifle in this caliber so I have a common ammo pool with my AR.
Someone suggested that it is "immoral" (his words - not mine) to hunt deer with a .223/5.56. I am pondering the efficacy of that statement...