SamsonMan22
Lil-Rokslider
This is kind of where i’m stuck. The ability to stay on target with a 22 caliber, deliver quick follow-up shots (if presented) but also incapacitating as quickly as possible, sometimes with suboptimal accuracy.
An AR-platform 22arc seems to be a hybridization of the small frame 223 and the energy output of the 22 creed/22-250 but would require me to reload, or better yet have my dad (whom I gave all of my reloading equipment to…thanks 3 year old that occupies much of my free time)
My ruger SFAR was supposed to be the perfect solution for what I needed but had been an utter piece of sh!t and can’t make it 2 rounds without having ejection issues.
I thought about the 22arc as well but can’t see the point, I would rather have the 223 with the abundance of ammo and brass available being that it is plenty of cartridge in the ranges you listed.
No ARs here so I can’t help you in that department, I’m using a bolt gun. I will say I was a lever gun man for a long time because of how fast I can shoot one, after shooting a deer this year with the 223 I was amazed watching the whole thing unfold. I put a second shot into an animal dead on its feet because I always shoot until they are down. Looking back at it now I more than likely would have watched the animal fall before I got another shot off with something larger if it killed as fast as the 223 did that day.
I shot saw the impact, racked the bolt, and shot again all in the matter of a couple seconds. The deer never left the scope from the time I started until it was laying there dead. I’m sold on it as a 0-500yd gun given the wind isn’t too extreme, I see no need for anything else for my deer hunting here. This coming from a guy who used to think I needed a 30 cal to do the job, one with a magnum head stamp was all the better.