I have hunted with it maybe 5 times ( elevated stand) I have a couple of 300+ yard kills on whitetail. I hand load and my go to load was 125 grain Accubond, 55 grains of Varget, around 3150 FPS. Flat shooting , light recoiling and basically point ant shoot to 325 yards ( 200 yard zero). Also, I happened upon a Winchester 150grain Extreme Point cheap ammo that shot 3 at 200 yards that were touching(2920 FPS) . Go figure. The 30-06 just keeps on producing after all these years.