'Bought a Savage 99C .308 in 1968.Equipped it with a fix 4X scope ;then changed to a 3X Wide Field when I had a deer so close I could not tell which hair I was shooting at.With that rifle I have shot Blacktail,Whitetail and Mule deer,wild pig, Black Bear, Pronghorn, Elk a Moose and the head off the occasional grouse where legal. Ranges 5Yds to 312 Yds.The last 20 years I have used nothing but 165Grn.Barnes X. Has always worked perfectly from large to small. I have several other rifles in other calibers but never would have "needed" anything other than that first .308.