Because the Vltor is $2500, and it's the brand of the week. Nothing against them personally, they're nice guns. Too nice, almost. Again, nothing against them personally. I spoke with them at SHOT Show. Nice folks.
For starters, the .223 is a tiny round that will grossly over-penetrate, and leave a very tiny hole. The idea behind a home defense weapon is to stop whatever/whoever is threatening you on the spot.
So you have two options. A single .22 cal projectile delivered on target per trigger pull, or you can deliver nine .33 caliber projectiles in a nice even spread pattern, per pull of the trigger. That's over 13 times the ventilation real-estate that you just put in the thoracic cavity of your target, and increases your odds of striking a vital organ by the same 13 fold (otherwise ignoring the law of averages).
So do you still pick that single .22 cal bullet?
Nah, of course you do. You probably make all headshots, eh?
Well, we can't all be ninjas...
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