ahhhhh you dont even KNOW me and you dont think i can take a 300yard shot??? thats a good one....i use a leupold varix II 3x9x40......im hunting fields that were just cut and bailed and a groundhog walking around is plainly visible.....i took one even farther on tuesday....about 400....ill admit that one took me a few shots to get the bullet where it needed to be...but i did it...i dont care what you think.....you nobody...and that was your first post........congrats.......what a great start.....the 3006 is over kill i admit....but hey....i got it....it kills em......and dont have anything else to reach out there with.....weather you believe me or not i could care less......im upto 10 this year and 3 were atleast 300+most were 150-300...the rest were closer........oh ya...did i mention the one i got at 50 with a flintlock??? dont believe that either do you?