What's your favourite "varmint" rifle, and what for?

[CJRBOLTGUN1]

I though my suggestion of 270Win was excessive for a Varmint cartridge....300SAUM.. I guess it comes down to the size of your Varmints!

really comes down to personal choice,
If we weren't so restricted id have a top-notch AR with QD scope and thermal on the ready ,that would pretty much cover most of my needs, the bolt actions would probably get sold off or sit idle in the safe

[Wapiti]

I though my suggestion of 270Win was excessive for a Varmint cartridge....300SAUM.. I guess it comes down to the size of your Varmints!

Yeah true... But it's all I've got that fits the bill at this moment mate.
I have other heavy stuff but it's way more extreme.
The lighter for calibre bullets in .30 will be screaming out, so making sure the game isn't too big in that case is really something I'll have to watch for.

I know from trying in a 300 RUM Sendero years ago, that an 110gn V-max goes so fast that it just turns into a grey streak that ends at about 30-40m.
So you can go too far.
But I think it's all about having fun doing it, not purely doing the job just adequately or economically, surely?

[Wapiti]

According to the ADI online reloaders guide, with 2208 I can expect over 3500fps from any of the 125gn bullets. In that fat little shortarse case.
I do remember Win 760 was very fast with 150gn bullets, I suppose I'll have to check an old version of Uncle Nick's manual.

I wonder why I have used magnum primers in the past. That case is the same length as 308 Win, so hmmmm.