RE: Should i buy one rifle to do it all or two.
 

Another vote for the Encore...:D

RE: Should i buy one rifle to do it all or two.
 

one thing to keep in mind, the 22-250 has been mentioned several times. The down side to that caliber is the (relatively)large powder capacity. I handload and decided that for varmits the cost for a 22-250 was about equal to the 243,25-06, 250savage,ect... yet those others are all big enough to use on deer as well as varmits where the 22-250 isnt. So you get a one dimentional gun that is relatively (compared to the 223)expensive to shoot. I think that you would be better off with ONE nice rifle(243,250savage,257roberts,260,7mm08,25-06etc..) w/ an excellent scope, trigger job, and maybe a custom barrel or stock as opposed to two rifles.

RE: Should i buy one rifle to do it all or two.
 

This is what I was going to say. I've got a Handirifle in .223, and I'm looking for an 06 barrel.

RE: Should i buy one rifle to do it all or two.
 

I use a 25-06,have for years.When you say varmits are shooting chucks all day long or are you calling coyotes?I have a .223 for shoothing prairie dogs and chucks and I use the 25-06's for when I'm calling yoete's.
If you planning to shoot 100-200 rnds I would say go with .223 then buy a seperate rifle for deer,and that can be anything from 250 Savage to .338 Mags.
Plus the price of .223 ammo won't set you back.
BBJ

RE: Should i buy one rifle to do it all or two.
 

.243 would be the best combo. You can go from a 55gr balistic tip thats shooting 4000 fps for varmints to a 70 gr for bigger pests to a federal premium 100 gr. that put the .243 on par with a 25-06 for deer. the .243 or the 25-06 will be better at long ranges for varmints than any of the smaller calibers because they will drift less in wind.

RE: Should i buy one rifle to do it all or two.
 

i would go with a 223wssm or a 243 wssm they both are great and now you can get them in a reminton semi auto the 223 wssm is a big increase in each catagory like velocity, energy and so on and you can use them for deer and varmits but the 243 wssm wssm means winchester super short mag the 243 wssm is a small but reasonable increase i might get the 243 wssm but good luck glad i could help they would be realy great if you get a nice scope then you got a killing machine with ethier ok good luck and thank you