sabbfan
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I’d like to get a bolt rifle for varmints and casual back yard target shooting. Coyote would be the varmint of choice with prairie dogs as an option if I take a trip out west. I live in Iowa so my deer hunting is taken care of with a 44 mag Henry, I have a 30-06 for an elk trip scheduled for next year so I won’t be using it for any larger than a coyote. 223 is an obvious choice, but I’d also like something different. With the newer calibers available now, and since I don’t have anything in that category already, what are the opinions on something like 224 Valkyrie, 6.5 Grendel, 6 creedmoor, 204 Ruger etc compared to the classics like 223, 22-250, 243 etc. I do reload but it’s all been straight wall pistol calibers up to this point, Basically if you were starting out on a varmint/target rifle which caliber would you pick right now?