Ballistics of a .50 Beowulf are similar to a .45-70. Hits harder than a .30-06 to 100 yds then falls off from there. With a 100 yard zero it's like 11" low at 200 and 22" at 250, but it still packs enough horsepower to take down pretty much anything on the planet: at least enough for anything I need to shoot. I'm hoping to shoot a spring bear with my bow, but I'd also like to see what the Beowulf can do. Any hunting stories I've seen online have been one shot kills on everything up to moose.