Welcome my friend, you will learn a lot of good info from people like Ruger and others. If you want to get bigger in caliber you can go up to a .270 or a 30 ought 6. I have both and I do seem to favor the .270 for sentimental reasons as my Dad left it to me. It is 51 years old and I made sure I took a deer with it first this year in front of the 06.