Back when I was guiding in the 1980's, when backing up mule deer and pronghorn hunters I carried a .257 Roberts with 100-grain Partitions handloaded to about 3250 fps, with the rifle sighted-in at 300 yards. (This was sort of a Bob Hagel-level load, but not excessive in the rifle's 24" barrel.) Along with using the scope's duplex reticle as a rangefinder and longer-range aiming point, this made finishing off wounded animals much easier back before lasers and "turrets" appeared on the market.
Oh, and when sighted-in at 300, the point-of-impact at 100 yards was just about exactly three inches high.
