I"m glad you've made you choice, but I'm still putting in my two cents worth.
) I have guns chambered in all three calibers, well 5.56 instead of .223 but still. 22LR are almost obligitory or d*mn well should be, believe me if you don't jave one now when you get one you'll wonder how you got along with out it.
I got my first 22Hornet nearly 40 years ago with the idea of turkey hunting and going after varmints which the llargest I was going to go after would be coyotes, which run in the 20 to 30 pound range, and figured that my range would be no more than 150 yards. Never go to take a turkey or hunt crows with it, but what it does to crows is give you a cloud of feathers at 50 yards, give or take.
The 223 is good for coyotes out to 300ish yards, I've not gotten them at that range but they were closer for me. So depending on the shooter's and the gun's ability it should work well at that distance.
I''ve also got a 22-250 and a 220 Swift. The 220 Swift has never made it out in the field, but what a 22-250 did to turtles in my grandfather's farm ponds was quite impressive.
I've been asked: "How many guns do you need to have?" My answer remains the same: "One more."