I know just how you feel. It seem like just the other day(actually 35 years ago) that I shot my first deer with my own reloads. It is a special feeling. Mine was a LH 30-06 BDL Remington and I reloaded it with 150 grain Hornady spire points. I shyot a big doe at about 100 yards and she went down like a rock. I felt like a great African hunter. You are now in for a lifetime of great sport and you will always sort of look down on factory Ammo. VAP. I wish I had kept one of the two of those I had. A 308 and a 6MM remington. Good little rifles. I quess thats why Remington quit making them. Go figure. They seem to have a hisory of giving up on thier best products. My biggest gripe on them right now is they quit chambering thier own 260 in the BDL with the 24 inch barrel. They are idiots.