I'll mess around with some loads. May even go down to 250gr with a good solid bullet design. Not afraid to put the wammy on a Bull at 300 with 220gr RN from my .30-06 so I shouldn't be afraid of a 250 from this rig if I can stay in the 2700-2800 range of MV. My shoulder will probably not like the bench work though

Barnes, I've never had a problem with a Monarch (I have 14 of them on various rifles) but Nikon is changing here of late and I'm beginning to not trust them like I used to as far as the warranty which is why the thoughts of Leupold.