Pappy,

Yep, that's exactly why the 130 isn't loaded to max in her .308--and was loaded that fast only after we had a muzzle brake installed a couple years ago. Before the brake the most velocity she could tolerate from the 130's without getting headaches was around 2650. Which is exactly why the previous cow elk she killed, in 2014 I believe, was taken with her NULA .257 Roberts and a 100-grain TTSX loaded to 3150--which also worked great.

Before she started getting recoil headaches, the standard load in the pre-brake .308 was the 150-grain Nosler E-Tip at just about exactly the velocity we're loading 130's to now.


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