Quote Originally Posted by tpd223 View Post
I'll bet almost nobody has experience with this set-up, so,,,, I'm guessing you might have to extrapolate from the guys who use .22 Hornets, etc. for varmint shooting.

Just looking at ballistics I think you can safely say it's better than a .22mag, a bit less than the Hornet.

I have often thought that the 5.7 would be a nifty caliber to chamber in something like this;

http://www.ruger.com/products/rotary...22/models.html

for plinking at groundhogs and such. Certainly less noisy than using one of the bigger .22 centerfire rounds.
Especially necked down to .17