Sam, I bought a 223 in RAR a couple years back for exactly the same reasons you are looking to buy.

A little trigger work, barrel channel opening, and a new mag provided by Ruger and I'm pretty happy with this beater. I think they have the kinks worked out with the mags now and the new stocks on the RAR's are more rigid compared to the one I purchased.

Cheapest ammo I could find that wasn't FMJ

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