It looks like it'd be a good varmint gun for sitting on the edge of abpeanut field and shooting any varmints you see. I don't think it'd be my first choice for varmints because ammo is almost the same as 204 or 22-250. And 223 can be found cheap and dang near anywhere unless a shooting or something happens. The savage rifle is approximately $320 and for that price it can't be that bad. Personally I want one. But I would rather buy a long range rifle, a howa talon in 204, then maybe I'd get that. Just my opinion