Bolt guy here, I have a very nice AR with uppers in 20P and 223. I just can't warm up to it, it feels awkward in my hands, noisy, to much to do the make sure it fires when you want it to. I've killed coyotes with it so I'm not blow smokke out of my ass. My bolt actions run from 20P to 6mm-204, with my favorits 20P, 222 Rem, 22-204, 22-250AI. I am partial to combo guns with my favorites 12/5.56x50R Mag , 12ga/22 Sav Highpower(5.6x52R0 and 16ga/16ga'6.5x58R Sauer.
I have found calibers to be of little concern, my 222 Rem kills the just as well as the 22-250AI, use an appropriate bullet. I call coyotes so most of my shots are under 100 yards even in open country.
I do hunt for pelts, hate runners and find it is hard to find anything over .224 to be more consistently fur friendly than .224 and under, they put coyotes down as well as the bigger bores.
Last edited by erich; 12/28/22.
