.223/5.56 - Would you own it if not for a semi?

I swing both ways. AR and 788. The .223 has pretty much obsoleted the .222 and .222 Magnum and has probably cut into sales of .22-250. Just too much ammo and data out there, same as .30-06 and .308, the government support is huge.
 
The .223 has pretty much obsoleted the .222 and .222 Magnum and has probably cut into sales of .22-250. Just too much ammo and data out there, same as .30-06 and .308, the government support is huge.
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Exactly, 223 dominates the field. You almost have no choice. Most of the alternatives are for nostalga and hand load only options. The 22-250 is still alive and kicking, but; as you say; I bet its taken a good hit in popularity. I was looking at federal budget 380 $20 a box and 9mm $10 a box. Walmart - Same exact grade ammo. This is what is has come to. A few sacred calibers: 9mm, 223, 308 and some Russian junk 762. Not govt support so much as military image. Like the Russian junk.
 
I have both and if I did not have ARs, I would still have .223s. I got out of .22-250 last year as I am working on a .224 Valkyrie.

The only caliber I bought purely because of the gun it was in was a .300BO and .308Win, and I will likely do the same with a 6.5CM. The 300BO is long gone.
 
.222, .222 Magnum and .223/5.56 cartridges are in a different ballistic league than cartridges like the .22-250, .220 Swift and the .225 Winchester. Not better or worse (each has its potentially more useful niches) but a different "category" altogether.
 
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