Some good rifles mentioned...... we shot Winchester 52s when I was on the High School rifle Team (Decades ago) and Anshutzs in College.

Today (since 2011) I've been very pleased with my CZs.... best bang for the buck in both rimfire and centerfire rifles IMHO.

If you could find a CZ 453 heavy barrel varmint (single set Trigger) in .22lr IMO it would be the best of the CZ models..... for what you want to do........ a good 16 X or better scope will be needed.

My 452 FS/mannlicher in .22 magnum will shoot under the heavy cross hairs of it's 1-4x20 Leupold scope at 100yds (off the bench)..... the best groups have been in the .8-.9 range..... it's my walking in Penn's Woods rifle.