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A ecent sporter-weight bolt rifle in .223 will do it all. Put a decent medium-variable scope on it, something like a 3.5-10X or at most a 4-12X and you're set.
That rig covers the very broad middle spectrum of all varminting, and while there may be better tools for situations at both ends of the varmint spectrum (such as bazillions of colony pests at short range to the other extreme, predators at long range), a good bolt .223 will do pretty well for those, too. It's usable and affordable if you reload or not, there's ammo for it everywhere.
Plus, it's not so specialized that you couldn't use it anywhere else between varmint trips.
I have an armload of varmint/predator guns, but if I had to pick just one to handle varminting on a trip, I'd reach for the bolt .223 - every time.
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