I've actually been fuming about this for quite some time, but my buddy and I were doing our usual thing, you know, thinking about our next "must have", and the subject of a nice bolt rifle in the fabulous American cartridge of .223 was the subject. I, as a profound lover of traditional firearms, would love to have a really nice walnut bolt rifle in the cartridge.
I find them in bogus cartridges like 450 Bush and .204 Ruger, as well as 22-250 and other much less popular rounds than the .223, and I have to wonder. Are these companies run by a bunch of morons or what? Let's look at it strictly from a financial standpoint or a sales standpoint.....the three cartridges listed above are ok in their own right, but rifles in .223 sell at a rate that must be somewhere around 1,000 times more often. So, if you are making these decisions for me, in the words of DJT: "You're fired"! If you look at the round itself, you know that it is one of the most accurate and flat shooting cartridges in the world, with almost no recoil. It would be outstanding as a Hog rifle and just a blast to shoot. Some, though I wouldn't recommend it, have used them to hunt deer. I have killed the one deer I ever shot at with a .223 myself.
I just had to get this off my chest, and wonder how many feel the same way. Rant over.
** edit.....I really mean an American manufactuer....you know Winchester,Ruger,Mossberg,Savage,Kimber,Remington, etc.
I find them in bogus cartridges like 450 Bush and .204 Ruger, as well as 22-250 and other much less popular rounds than the .223, and I have to wonder. Are these companies run by a bunch of morons or what? Let's look at it strictly from a financial standpoint or a sales standpoint.....the three cartridges listed above are ok in their own right, but rifles in .223 sell at a rate that must be somewhere around 1,000 times more often. So, if you are making these decisions for me, in the words of DJT: "You're fired"! If you look at the round itself, you know that it is one of the most accurate and flat shooting cartridges in the world, with almost no recoil. It would be outstanding as a Hog rifle and just a blast to shoot. Some, though I wouldn't recommend it, have used them to hunt deer. I have killed the one deer I ever shot at with a .223 myself.
I just had to get this off my chest, and wonder how many feel the same way. Rant over.
** edit.....I really mean an American manufactuer....you know Winchester,Ruger,Mossberg,Savage,Kimber,Remington, etc.