is this a dedicated (read: heavy) varmint rifle, or an all-around performer that will ALSO do varmint work?
These particular ground hogs could be from 50ft to 100 yrds. However I might add he'd like to add coyotes to his list of vermin that need to be dispatched. Don't know how far out those usually run.At what distance do you anticipate shooting 'em?
Also on this site is a good old Remington 788 in 22-250 in the classifieds , if I had the money I'd buy it