I can tell you that even though the $ of ammo is high. This is one heck of a long range deer cartridge. A few years ago my cousin had a gun shop and just before deer season he was busy and asked if I would mind sighting in his 257 WBY for him. (Foolish question). When I got it to the range it only took me a couple of shots to sight it in for him. I then proceeded to take out the 500 meter ram and 300 meter pig shillouettswe had there. What a hoot to shoot. Recoil as I remember wasn't bad. He was a bit upset when I handed him the empty ammo box. He is in a wheel chair and hunts a pole line. He ended up dropping a nice buck a few days later at about 350 yds.