dmurphy317

200 yards is doable with that gun IF, as stated before, your load is cappable and you are cappable.

One thing to remember is that you don't need a 150gr powder load to shoot 200 yards. You do need an accurate load with enough bullet to do the job at 200 yards.

I prefer heavier bullets (i.e. 300+ grains) for longer shots as they retain more energy as the distance increases. The exception may be the 250 gr Shockwave style bullets, they have plenty of energy for deer size game at 200 yards even pushed by 100gr of powder (about 1800fps). For elk size game the 460 NoExcuses bullet over 90gr of 777is more than enough at 200 yards but is down about 12" when sighted in 3.5" high at 100. That's not a big problem with elk but on deer it makes hold over at distance more critical.

Again,consistant accuracy is more important than speed as long as there is enough energy on the connecting end of the shot. Also plenty of practice out to and beyond the max range you plan to shoot.