Well, bud, I am not knocking you. I would just hate to see you get a bad taste in you mouth in shooting by not getting the desired results. I know it would have been difficult for me to start on something like that. When I started shooting, it was a 243 and 270 and I had a hard time learning the basics, cause number one, nobody taught me.

Keep at it. I would consider a 7mm-08 to learn on and keep that weatherby handy. They can be a handful.