The Ranch's throat would SHAME Linda Lovelace and CM spouts suck ass as a constant. The S/S Compact 223 is THE way to fly.
Poke the S/S version in a MDT LSS chassis,'Horn ring the bitch,arrange POA/POI sanctity ala MQ FixedFhuqker and feed it AM steel 5-rounders as a utility default,with a coupla MDT poly 10's in the ruck,as reserve.
75 A-Max go without sayin'...just sayin'.
Hint.
Lose the fhuqking stupid trigger flipper bitch and re-spring to get well under 2lbs pull easily.
The OEM Milk Jug handle sucks heavy ass,whether Ranch,Compact or S/S Regular.
Plywood soothes alotta schittiness,but is well shy of a Chassis's Splendor.
Due the Rimfire's use of the unequalled Ruger rotary 77/22 mags,losing the flapper re-springing and going plywood with a inclined DIP rail,connects ALL dots there.
In the Ranch the SAS mag extension will not grant a 75A-Max smooch,though Hornie 75HPBT's will.
Anywhooo...avoid the Ranch at ALL costs,as it's fraught with multiple inherent concessions and cannot begin to touch the S/S version's mechanical advantages. It is a Magnificent Myth Misnomer to "think" that the 223 chamber,won't happily digest ALL things 5.56.
Hint.
You've been led to water......................