Originally Posted by Xtec Shooter

That's a good point, but one that also has to be taken into consideration before buying your rifle. Are you going to be shooting A LOT through paper? If so and you can't go in the backyard and dig up more and more coffee cans stuffed with cash....WSMs or WSSMs probably aren't what a guy should be looking for.

Part of the reason why I'm doing the beforehand work on picking ammo and knowing ballistics before I throw down $100 or more on ammo just to see how it goes. Hopefully I'll pick a good performing bullet and my gun will like them the first time through! I compare it to this. I'm a diehard bow hunter and know my gear through and through and shoot about 9-10 months out of the year. But I don't slap on a piece of gear to the bow just to see what it does, I research the heck out of it so I'm not wasting my time or money. LOL