I thought I wanted a big magnum rifle. I got a Mauser .300WM… sighted it in on a led sled. Wasn’t too bad. Then I shot a doe with it. At 110yards it dropped her in her tracks. Not even a big exit wound. But it almost blew me out the back of the shooting house. When I cleaned her there was a hole though both ribs and lungs I could almost stick my fist through. I decided it was overkill and traded it to deadeye48 for his wife’s Tikka 7mm-08. I’ve been happy with the change.

There are sooooo many cartridges out there. If you look at ballistics charts there seems always be 3-5 that all perform pretty much the same. Just shoot what you are confident and comfortable with. I’m sure it will be fine. Just don’t tell goatkiller about it if it’s a pea shooter.