I had one in an A-Bolt and liked it a lot. I found the narrow and small but pad area on the A-Bolt kicked me more than I liked for precision shooting..seemed to get worse when I hit 60! So I sold it. However fine caliber and with a bit greater expansion ratio you can get a bit more raw horsepower than the 300WSM. That's just physics. Great caliber and as brass is available now stock up...you can convert 300 WSM so no despair there either.