It has been my experience that shooting light bullets in this rifle is about worthless unless it is just for 100 yd plinking. The Ultra-Mag has the potential with 180 and heavier bullets for accurate long-range shooting AND 100 yd plinking. The lighter bullets fall-off very quickly, but the heavier bullets keep sailing forever. Since the 300 Ultra-Mag..is NOT a likely candidate for casual plinking...but a serious hunting rifle..ALL of my loads will from now on be SERIOUS hunting loads. Last year I used mine for some target shooting and really liked the 150 gr Nosler Balistic tips because they were extremely accurate at 100 yds....However, my last hunt, I saw an Enormous Bull Elk out 500+ yds...and guess what I had in my Ultra-Mag? Yup...(3) 150's. I hadn't expected to see an Elk, just grabbed the Ultra-Mag cause I was planning to sit with my girlfreind instead of hiking and hunting brush with the Whelen. I only had the 3 cartridges that were in the magazine and no back-ups.....I took two shots....and then finally remembered to use my call..the bull turned sideways and I took my final shot while my girlfeind watched with the glasses. She said that it hit the ground at his feet, aim higher with the next one.....
Anyway...I will never use light plinking loads or lighter bullets in this rifle again....the point of impact changes too drastically.
