80 yards if the animal is standing still and I have a rest, I shoot a Remington Inline and have found that 90 grains of Tripple seven gives me the best accuracy. I dont spend much time in open country, because I prefer the brush, so I load with 370gr TC maxi Balls, the 90 grains of pouder drives them all the way through the shoulders on a Elk. Huntncoug mentions the trouble with having to shoot the cap twice, I've had the same thing happen to me , (Nothing like having a loud click and no fire when you have a bull at 25 yards) After it happened the second time I started checking my nipples and found that they had been flattend out on the end and would not allow the cap to seat properly. Now I change my nipples often and havent had the problem. I agree that the T/C is the Gun to get, but make sure you get Stainless it will save you alot of trouble