James you will find the Vanguard in 300 wsm to be a real ***** cat recoil wise and will suprise you with its accuracy. It is phenomenal. I have been getting 2950 with 65 grains of H4350 and a nosler partition out of a Model 70 and an Abolt when I owned them. The 2 didn't differ by more then 10 fps even though the Abolt is 1" shorter in the barrel length area. Factory ammo was right where it was supposed to be according to published figures as well.