I just feel we have gone so far afield with this gun. It’s originally a high velocity 22 with a fragmenting bullet, now everyone is shooting 77 grain bullets at moderate velocities
Long range shooters started shooting the heavier high BC bullets and the military started using open tip match bullets to get better lethal performance than ball ammo.
The high velocity 55 grain fmj ammo that some say was so deadly has just as many people saying how inefficient it was. In fact, studies show it's (M193) marginal at best. It can yaw and break apart causing lots of damage or it can pencil right on through. The 62 grain ammo was brought out to increase effectiveness on body armor at 300 meters and suffers the same problems as any FMJ ammo does.
For our uses, I'd much rather have a 55 grain NBT or TSX but I've killed enough stuff with the 77 grain OTM bullets to have them loaded in my home defense mags.
