I'm sure you can get a 115-120 gr bullet to shoot well out of the gun. For small varmints, I've always wanted a bullet that would come apart on either a hit, or a miss and a skip off the ground. I'm always afraid of ricochets and bullets skipping off the ground and sailing off for a mile or more. Around here, it seems like everywhere you look, sooner or later there's a farm house "over there" and you have to be concerned.

I know not everyone has the same shooting conditions, but it's something that I have to watch out for here.