I have hunted with it for years . It has the flat shooting range of the 300 WM but the hitting power of the .338 . There are a lot more bullets available now than there was . It is my go to rifle for important hunts when you need all the advantages . With the heavier bullets I get almost no meat damage on smaller game like whitetails . It has the same hitting power at 500 yards as the 308 does at muzzle . Brass is hard to find and ammo is not cheap .