JeepHammer
Moderator
The 'Super .22' has been around since the .218 Bee, and shows no sign of going anywhere anytime soon.
The .223 Rem/5.56 NATO will be with us for the next 100 years or so, simply because of surplus military ammo & fired cases, and the sheer volume of firearms currently chambered in the round.
Cases in point, .45 ACP, 9mm Para/Lugar, .30-06, 7.62x39R, .308 Win/7.62x51 NATO,
There isn't a real shortage of .45-70 Govt. And it's been how many years since the military dropped that round?...
The .223 is a 'Varmint', round... Small, light, fast, low recoil, inherently accurate in it's original form.
There will always be a following by target & varmint shooters.
As for bolt vs auto-loading, it's up to you...
Both *CAN* be accurate.
I won't get into the type of AR clone shooter I normally see, we all know the stereotype already, and it's accurate...
I shoot AR varmint rifles, right along with bolt action, and I rarely use more than a 10 round mag.
I simply don't have a use for high cap mags since I AIM every shot and don't click off rounds just to hear noise.
I don't participate in 'Speed Gun' competitions but I do build speed guns for the guys that do.
(Shooting pistol size targets at pistol ranges is hardly a 'Sport'...)
As for the MVP, I get the same complaint from every owner, the mag wobbles and doesn't allow the shooter to lay prone very well.
(Again, short mags help, so do synthetic mags)
Until someone makes a long mag well, metal mags are going to wobble.
I understand the MVP can be accurate, but most known shooters say Mossburg barrels are hit & miss in quality. I don't know personally since I haven't owned one, just worked on several.
I know early on they had a keyhole problem, which was corrected.
The .223 Rem/5.56 NATO will be with us for the next 100 years or so, simply because of surplus military ammo & fired cases, and the sheer volume of firearms currently chambered in the round.
Cases in point, .45 ACP, 9mm Para/Lugar, .30-06, 7.62x39R, .308 Win/7.62x51 NATO,
There isn't a real shortage of .45-70 Govt. And it's been how many years since the military dropped that round?...
The .223 is a 'Varmint', round... Small, light, fast, low recoil, inherently accurate in it's original form.
There will always be a following by target & varmint shooters.
As for bolt vs auto-loading, it's up to you...
Both *CAN* be accurate.
I won't get into the type of AR clone shooter I normally see, we all know the stereotype already, and it's accurate...
I shoot AR varmint rifles, right along with bolt action, and I rarely use more than a 10 round mag.
I simply don't have a use for high cap mags since I AIM every shot and don't click off rounds just to hear noise.
I don't participate in 'Speed Gun' competitions but I do build speed guns for the guys that do.
(Shooting pistol size targets at pistol ranges is hardly a 'Sport'...)
As for the MVP, I get the same complaint from every owner, the mag wobbles and doesn't allow the shooter to lay prone very well.
(Again, short mags help, so do synthetic mags)
Until someone makes a long mag well, metal mags are going to wobble.
I understand the MVP can be accurate, but most known shooters say Mossburg barrels are hit & miss in quality. I don't know personally since I haven't owned one, just worked on several.
I know early on they had a keyhole problem, which was corrected.