If you can handle the recoil and shoot it well there is no reason not to use the 338 RUM. It's likely that you are out of the norm. This is good since obviously you can handle the rifle. I think people's pet peeve is some novice bringing a 300 RUM to deer camp that can't take a deer with a 270. These types think the big boom will frighten the deer to death instead of shot placement. Kudos if you can handle the RUM and my hat is off to you.