Ever see a man who'd been shot with a 223 softpoint? Such hits blow pieces of you out on the ground. The round has plenty of power for use vs men, if it's got the right bullet in it. It's low cost, concealable when taken down, there's a night sight for it, drop in trigger jobs for it, it's still handy with a suppressor on the shorter barrels, you can get chromed bores and chambers, it's corrosition resistant. It's usable with just one arm, it's available in the mail with nobody knowing you have it, via the 80% finished lowers. The last is reason enough to favor it, in a LOT of states. it's got plenty of range and accuracy. It'll take deer every bit as well as the 30-30 ever did. It'll brain much bigger animals to 100m, too.