The 222 Rem is one of my favorites, it gives up little to the 223 except with heavies. My little Sako shown is one of my favorite calling rifles for down in the valley bottoms and sage brush. I stared out in the 70's with a Stevens 840 and have had a few over the years. All I have left are the Sako, a Model 70(selling it to finance another light weight) and a custom target/varmint rig that I won a very nice custom built 20 Practical AR in a shooting match..
For pelt hunting my other favorite is the 40gr NBT in a 22-204 but it dotes on the 40's at 4000fps and they have proven to be deadly on large northern coyotes as well but it is the only rifle I shoot them out of.
