Yea, for all the slinging copper with my 284 down range to 500 yds. In anticipation, I took my old mulie buck at ~ 100 yds, not on the hill but down in the bottom among the cottonwoods. The 150-gr TTS at 2900 went "coast to coast" though, brisket to pubis. This rifle and R17 seem to be in the same Mutual Admiration club -- not that it was needed for this shot.