The 100 grain Nosler Ballistic tip with H 414 is what has shot the best in my wifes Bolt Action 700 Rem Calssic. Barnes 100 grain X bullets shot well with the same powder. The 250 is not real pick about loads and is generally pretty accurate and most of all, it a very shootable gun. Recoils is about as close to Nill as you can get and it kills deer way beyond what is would seem on paper. The 250 is absolutely at its best with 100 grain bullets for deer and antelope. The 87's work well for coyotes and other big varmits. I shoot that and the 257 Roberts more for deer that anything else of late. The 257 Roberts is sort of a 250 Magnum.