About the only reason I would choose a 22-250 Remington over a 223 Remington is if I wanted a moderately heavy—too offset recoil—bolt-action rifle for varmint hunting at extended range.

1. The 223 Remington is illegal for deer hunting in most states. Last I checked, the 223 was legal in 39 of the 46 states that allow rifles during the deer season. Maybe it’s a Common Core thing ...

222 Rem. — but has been a popular hunting, sporting, and target cartridge ever since. The 5.56mm NATO cartridge was derived from the .223 Rem. as a dedicated service rifle cartridge by FN about 20 ...

223 caliber, but it wasn’t many ... and I thought it would be a nice rifle for plinking, target shooting, and hunting coyotes as well as pretty good home protection. The Idaho State Journal ...

The Troy 223 National is a handy, well-made rifle that is reliable and fun to ... It's an ideal option for camping, hunting, target shooting and home defense, especially in those states that ...

223 Remington does things a bolt-action ... An instant later the bull was meat, lying atop the oak-leaf covered forest floor. Read Next: Best Hunting Rifles in the West And yet at another time, three ...

And a shot from a deer hunting-style rifle is just as lethal as one from an AR- or AK-style rifle. (Among the most popular ARs, the .223 caliber shoots bullets that are generally smaller ...

223 Rem. in the same rifle, but still keeps it well below even .243 Win. levels. Recoil is also mitigated by one of the disadvantages of an AR-15 hunting rifle setup—weight. My 7.62x39 mm AR-15 ...

Though it can be used for hunting, the AR-15 isn’t really a hunting rifle. Its standard .223 caliber ammunition doesn’t offer much stopping power for anything other than small game.

Among the agenda items is a proposal to set the minimum rifle caliber for deer and bear hunting at .24. That would make it illegal to use calibers such as the .222, .223 and .22-250. According to ...