The three responses above are the most pertinent presented. I will point to another J Barness article where he touted 2700 as the magic muzzle velocity regarding bullet performance as well as providing reasonable trajectory. I think everyone trying to squeeze an extra 100 fps out of a hunting rifle should read it. The real lesson of the article was his pictorial comparison of the 308 loaded to approx 2700 fps to a 300 mag at longer ranges . The trajectory drop delta was not near what many would expect and imho really exposes the folly of pushing the pressure envelope trying to get an additional 100 fps out of an already adequate cartridge.
This is a very old thread, but does anyone know where to find the referenced article?
