Wear orange. Might save your life. Look into the 270. I suggest open sited. When you get one, come back here, and we can suggest a good recoil pad like limb saver. Well worth the money. Then go out and get yourself 5 box's of ammo (100 rounds). Cheap stuff like Remington coreloks is perfect. Keep the gun open sited. You will have no business shooting long range yet. Start shooting 25 yards get it really zero'd in or maybe 1/2" low at 25. Don't shoot too much at one time, maybe one box. Its counter productive. Don't fire more than 3 rounds at one sitting before letting the barrel cool down for 10 min or so. Before leaving fire 3 rounds standing up with no rest. Next trip, move out to 50 yards. Shoot off the bench a few rounds, and then before leaving the range each trip, shoot off handed standing up. Just so you understand your limitations and know what you up against. When your hitting 3" groups at 50 yards off the bench, your ready. You can pop a few shots at 100yards each trip after that. Just to see where you are skill wise. But really suggest concentrating on 50 yards. At this point, you should have a box of ammo left for hunting season.