Another thing about the .222`s that is amazing is that they never seem to wear out barrels. I`ve got a friend that bought one in 1960 and carried it in his truck ever since. It`s had 1,000`s of rounds through it and he findly quit hunting with it 2 tears ago because he wasn`t hitting with it any more. I briught it home and run some Sweets 7.62 throuh it, after 50 patches they were still just as blue as the first 1 was. I got tired of cleaning it and took it out and fired a 5 shot group at 80 yrd. to see if I had gained anything. 5 holes all touching. He had never run any copper soulvent through it. I put another coat of finish on the stock and took it back, I figure I`ll clean the rest of the copper out of it in another 20 or 30 years.
They aren`t the flatest shooting guns around, but they`ve probibly killed more groundhogs than any other round.