Definately get into the reloading. You can load the 300 down, but why bother. Anything that I ever shot with it was a full power load, and they never complained. A 300 is very versatile. The 25 06 fills the niche for smaller stuff. I found that the 120 grain Speer worked great in it a long time ago. For the 300, the 200 grain spitzer was excellent.