Agree with short action and huntsman
Those who do not own, or haven’t hunted/used suppressors only know what you have read on a forum, magazine, or imagined. I have yet to know anyone who regretted having one or didn’t carry/use when they could
I’ll take my 243 at 18” with a can on it all day for actual hunting purposes.
Don’t give two [bleep] about the looks of a actual hunting rifle.
A 16-18” 223 1-7.5 or 1-8 twist Montana would be hard to keep in stock. ergo’s/form/function/utility all in one