When my MK V was a cannon ,the heavy recoil and atomic muzzle blast wasn't worth the poor accuracy( Accustomed to varmint rifle accuracy) . Couldn't seem to find a buyer ,so found a WBY authorized smith and had him reduce it to 257 WBY . Bought a 10"twist Bartlein 26" bbl Rem Varmint contour.Its now a heavy rifle and even with the brake it kicks,I'd say as much as my braked 7mm WSM . Regardless it seems like it only took 9 rounds to find a 1/2 MOA load . 69grs of IMR 7828 SSC behind a 100 gr Sierra SPBT . 3 shots with a minute between shots and that heavy bbl is hot,( Hot day in NV desert though)