I owned a browning a-bolt in 300 wsm and loved it. It shot 200 grain partition handloads into a3/4 inch three shot group at 200 yards. My handloads chronographed at 2850 fps. I never shot any game with it because I ended up selling to my father to help finance an elk trip. I'm certain it would be quite lethal though. I also owned a winchester M70 in 270 wsm that was quite a shooter. I sold (worked it off over the summer)it to my step son for his first deer rifle. He killed a nice 11 point whitetail this year with it and the deer only traveled 25 yards after being shot. The tracking job was done in the dark and the blood trail was impressive even under a flashlight.