I'm getting lot's of practice in with my 10/22, getting some consistent results with open sights at 50 yards (not consistently good, but consistent 
). An awesome member here was able to help me out with a scope for it, so that's my next thing to experiment with. Unfortunately my OCD doesn't allow me to make a decision without way to much research so here I am asking for opinions. Of course I want to have half a dozen different guns right now, but my budget won't allow that to happen. I had thought about getting a shotgun for my next gun, but the thing is I am very much enjoying going to the outdoor range with my buddies and punching paper. I think demolishing pumpkins and other various types of squash at the local gravel pit or target shooting with a shotgun would get a little boring after a while (I still intend to get one eventually and try trap).
My question is this, is .223 the next logical progression from the .22 rimfire? I still intend to thoughrally enjoy my 10/22 but I think I would like to get a little further down range eventually, the local range is building a 300 yd backstop this year. I don't see myself hunting in the coming 1 to 2 years and the .223 seems like reasonably priced ammo compared to say a .308.
Or maybe a 30/30 that I can target shoot and would also be a reasonable deer gun eventually? What I'm getting at is something reasonably cheap to shoot with a reasonable amount of recoil for a day at the range.
Thanks in advance
). An awesome member here was able to help me out with a scope for it, so that's my next thing to experiment with. Unfortunately my OCD doesn't allow me to make a decision without way to much research so here I am asking for opinions. Of course I want to have half a dozen different guns right now, but my budget won't allow that to happen. I had thought about getting a shotgun for my next gun, but the thing is I am very much enjoying going to the outdoor range with my buddies and punching paper. I think demolishing pumpkins and other various types of squash at the local gravel pit or target shooting with a shotgun would get a little boring after a while (I still intend to get one eventually and try trap). My question is this, is .223 the next logical progression from the .22 rimfire? I still intend to thoughrally enjoy my 10/22 but I think I would like to get a little further down range eventually, the local range is building a 300 yd backstop this year. I don't see myself hunting in the coming 1 to 2 years and the .223 seems like reasonably priced ammo compared to say a .308.
Or maybe a 30/30 that I can target shoot and would also be a reasonable deer gun eventually? What I'm getting at is something reasonably cheap to shoot with a reasonable amount of recoil for a day at the range.
Thanks in advance
