I own a Savage M99R 250-3000 that came from my Sister in Law's Dad. He used it on about everything in Wyoming while feeding his family. When I got it he gave me a partial box of 117 Sierra Pro Hunters, said they were his elk bullet. He used 87s for deer and antelope but liked to get up close and shoot elk in the neck with those 117s. Once I got dies and started working up loads I found out why he liked to get close, at 100 yards the 117s were hitting the target sideways.