I stated in another post about 9422 magnum that my buddy has been using one of these rifles to shoot squirrels for over twenty years.
He has also killed coyote, a couple of fox, several groundhogs and god only knows what else with that rifle.
Since he doesn't hunt out of the state of Illinois and uses a shotgun for most of his hunting, this has been his one and only rifle for all the time I have known him and he has never felt compelled to buy another of any caliber or make.
He bought the rifle brand new and I don't believe he paid more than $250.00 at the time, which was about 1979 or 1980.