I thought you were leaning to a 17 hornet , which would be a great walk around fox yote skunk badger rifle.  Not sure i would take it to BC for deer though.  With that in mind I'd would lean to the 223 or 22-250  with a stout bullet.  Nosler is supposed to be producing a new bonded solid base bullet in .223 for this very purpose.  60 gr partition would also be an option .  I see Ruger is making a small bolt gun  chambered in .357 mag which would also be interesting walking varminter.

I like my little CZ .223  model 527 varmint , medium contour shoots very good.

I just bought a Remington SPS DM 270WIN for $459.00 , I thought it was a good buy.Anyome have this rifle?It is new in the box.

I ended up buying a CZ 527 LUX in .222




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Who sells those if you don't mind me asking?

As far as I know they are not in stores yet in Canada.  The add above, from the online catalogue is from "La Baron" in the east.  (google "LaBaron firearms")

Yes, the idea of a rimfire with relatively cheap ammo with such "good" ballistics and near center-fire performance is intriguing.  But I just bought a .222?? so what will I do?

Yes I will buy another rifle.

I like my new CZ .222 so much with its set trigger that I may sell off a couple of "big game" rifles and buy a new CZ rifle in .270 or 6.5X55 for big game hunting.