at 50 yards oughta jump down to a target bullet at a lower grain.100? maybe...me and my daughter use a 223 with a 55 gr mc from remi (target bullet if you will) on a 15 acre plot that we get 10 acres to hunt on..longest shot bein 113 yards, but so far never longer than 97yrds.and most less than 50!!.took 4 deer thurs and friday .....3 dropped in their tracks and 1 ran about 100yards+/- leaving a painted trail that my 11 year old daughter found and tracked all the way to the deer!!!!