Thanks for your replys. My main reason for asking is I hear so many of my friends say the 300 ultra is the best elk rifle blah blah blah. I am sure it is very capable, along with about 10 others of killing elk. I shot my elk this year with my Stevens 7mm mag at just over 600yds. Across a canyon. It was a one kill shot. I don't make a habit of shooting this far, and probably never will again. I just wondered what all the hub-bub was about the 300 ultra.