Your rifle will either like Barnes bullets or hate them but in any case get some Barnes CR-10 bore cleaner, best stuff out there and you will need it!!! Barnes bullets tend to copper up the bore. My experiance with the Rigby and Rugers chambered for it are that they will shoot Barnes bullets fine. As for help reloading, give me a call and stop by the shop I will help you work up a load, you do the shooting!!! Believe it or not that rifle/cartridge works great on deer, minimal meat damage and I do not care what angle, you can get the bullet into the vitals and out, one other pluss, you have the woods to your self, that is why I hunt with that sort of rifle amoung other reasons. You can reach me at 207-938-3595 or at [email protected] I could probably help you out with loading questions that way also.