There is no right or wrong.
As far as totting a heavy bun 1.5 miles to a fixed station, that should be a non issue. I humped a lot more survey gear than that over the years over hill and over dale. Heaviest is if you put a 26 inch bull on it is 15 lbs.
You would not want to do an active hunt carrying that weight, but slung and carried in non quick deployment is a non issue.
You can just go with a go gauge and tape the back to increase it to a no go and even field reject.
Heavy varmint profile would suit the needs, you can save a bit of weight with a 24 inch barrel that is more than adequate out to 600 yards.
No one can tell you which is a better fit for you, that's just too subjective.
Longer action is better as it allows going to cartridge lengths you would not be able to in short.
6.5 Cred though is more than adequate for Coyoute and it can reach 1000 yds fine even if you can't shoot aht well at hat distance.
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