The 150gr can be pushed a little faster, although not a whole lot, than the 168gr. The 168 has slightly better BC. Interestingly enough, looking at Hodgdon's reloading data (will be using H4350), they show a max of 2897 fps with the 168gr Hornady BTHP and 3068fps with the 150gr Nosler Ballistic Tip. I know those are much different than the Barnes in construction, but there sure isn't much different velocity-wise between those two.
Barnes VOR-TX load with both bullets is 2970fps vs. 2800fps, so a slightly bigger difference.
Comparing those two loads in my Ballistic app shows 10.4 MOA of drop at 500 and 3.9 MOA of wind (10mph) for the 168 vs. 9.4 MOA of drop and 4.1MOA of wind at 500. The 168gr has approximately 100 fl/lbs more energy at 500 than the 150.
I'm sure I'm just splitting hairs here. Any thoughts from the peanut gallery???
Thanks,
Dan
