Your logic sounds reasonable to me though .22 winmag is my alternative to 5.56. I always get eye-rolls when I say that but it works for me for pest control. T

Your logic sounds reasonable to me though .22 winmag is my alternative to 5.56. I always get eye-rolls when I say that but it works for me for pest control. That little 40 grain can handle fairly large pests. I do have .22LR but the only .22 rifle I have is a Ruger K10/22 and I am probably going to sell it. I am not a fan of their firing mechanism and I don't really like auto-loaders. About 98% of my shooting is the .22 winmag due to the length of my fields. I reserve the 30-O6 for protecting the horses and family from anything big that comes around but that is thankfully very rare.