I'm looking into a varmit rifle for mainly groundhogs, but maybe coyotes in future years and I'm leaning towards the 700 VLS in 22-250. I looked at one at the local Gander Mountain, it looks pretty good, but I figured I would ask for some advice/recommendations before I went too much further in the process. I looked at a Savage or two, but I wasn't overly impressed with their overall looks. Also, I would like to keep the price under $800 for the rifle, but preferably less if possible.

Any advice you can offer me on possible rifles to look at would be greatly appreciated.