Seen this .17 HMR by savage with the Remington rotary clip semi auto today. Nice nice little gat. You can get these in a 20 grain. If not the 22LR this would be the varmint gun of choice for me. 22 is great when you want to keep the fur but the 17 there is no keeping the pelt.
http://www.savagearms.com/launch/a17Stock with trigger job. Nice scope great combo.