The 22 gets no respect. It should terrify any sane person. It was invented in a time when they were putting theory into practice too.
It wasn’t a fun gun to them.
True, but for distance without going ballistically expensive, the 204 ruger is a sweet round. Works great on any varmint, even human sized, and being up to a quarter mile away or more you have lots of escape options not available to the 22.