My small rifle is a 17 Hornet. I’m having trouble getting good groups with it. My 204 regularly shoots .5” groups at 100 meters With 40 gr bullets. .
My 222 is about the same accuracy as the 204. Then there’s the 223, 22-250, 22-250 AI, and the 244 that I use for prairie dogs.
The only one with accuracy issues is the 17. The 223 is getting shot out and so is the 244.
I was a big fan of the 223 because I could bring a couple thousand of them loaded - brass is cheap. But I have not got into the big towns as much anymore.
Between the two you are asking, I’d pick the 221.
