Last trip to South Dakota my brother and I were shooting prairie dogs.A bad wind was blowing.His 223 with 55 gr bullets drifted way less than my 17 shooting 20 gr vmax or the old Hornady 25 gr HP.Either way though we both had a hard time hitting anything over 100 yards.Problem I have in my area is the lack of lead free bullets to shoot in it.Nobody makes one.Last correspondence I had with Hornady I was told they were working on one but was having trouble making one that will withstand the velocity's possible with the centerfires.None of the other manufacturers I contacted had any desire to make one.True if ya push bullets of the seme weight and BC faster ,it will drift less in the wind.It is easier to get a more efficiant bullet as caliber increases.In all honosty the wind was blowing so hard that day even my .300 RSAUM and 150 gr bullets were blowing off target .The 17's can be challenging like I said but I will not trade mine for anything else.Ya just have to know it;s limitations just as all things in life.