within a 500 yard limit, your optics and shooting abilities are going to be far more important than your choice of cartridge.
300 or 30-06 will do fine inside that envelope..
don't dink around with a BDC type scope, develop your load for the cartridge you choose. Call the folks at Leupold and have them build you a custom turret. couple of hundred bucks and you are in the game.
no counting clicks or using mil dots, just dial and shoot..
It's really that simple, once you learn how to shoot, estimate yardage, windage, etc...
I just put a scope on the 300 mag project I have going, i'm building a 1000 yard sporter... I should follow my own advice, i'm twisting turrets like a mad man!
good luck!
