If you’re already into 223, then you’ve got Mags, bolts, brass.....to name a few. Literally nothing special to buy except a barrel.

If you’re like me and in .308 also and have a good stock of bullets already, it’s even simpler.

6.5 Grendel, to me personally, answered a question that other calibers already did. I don’t want to get into a caliber that has so little in common with everything else. The only saving grace for me and 224V is bullet selection, primers and powder.

If 300BLK supersonic isn’t enough (for me), then there’s always .308. I just don’t have justification for an oddball intermediate round. That’s why I said 300BLK sounds easier