Well, I can't say about the factory ammo, but mine is an older one and it shoots darn near anything I feed it, and does it well. recoil is negligible,to me anyway, and you can always get a Limbsaver to make it feel better. I notice a slight drift in POI after about 6 or so rapidly fired rounds, but at a leisurely pace it doesn't move as much as my .270 NEF does. The rifles are surprisingly accurate.