Essentially yeah. Just wanted something that could cover all the big game bases for NA anyway. If I went off continent to africa or something, if I could afford to take the trip, I could afford a fancy larger gun or something for the really big stuff. But even then, the .308 would still kill a lot of critters over there. I'd like to shoot some sort of animal with it regardless just for shits. My .223 still hasn't killed anything yet (I shot at a crow this fall and missed).