My first was a .30-30 with some crappy scope on it, A year or two ago I bought my first bolty in .30-06 - but have been limited to 100 yards at Lexington. With a good spotter I could hit anything I can make out with my optics. I'd love to start at 300 and work up to 1,000 but I don't have the optics for it - I think my max would be 600 or so.