I load them in my Model 70 in 308.....using TAC am getting 3165fps and will flatten whitetails. Only drops like 1.6" at 300 yards. That is 270 speed with a 130 grain bullet
The factory Barnes 130s in both .270 and .308 seem so similar on paper. Do you think there's any difference in terms of effectiveness on game of the 130 .308 loads compared to the .270 one out to 300 yards? What if you had to push it with the .308 to 350 or max 400 yards? I know many guys would say the 130 .270 could take game at 500 yards, and I know the .308 does start losing a bit of steam at some point. Do you think you can harvest deer at a max 400 yards with these 130 .308 loads?
Leatherneck, sorry I have not replied to your post on the 130 Barnes. My load using TAC and running 3165 fps, according to JBM Ballistics chart at 400 yards it still has 2113 velocity and 1288 foot lbs of energy....enough velocity to and energy to kill any whitetail at 400 yards. Have killed them over 300 yards with complete pass thru. I got the same bullet in 150 grains loaded up for elk hunt, and it running 2093 velocity and 1458 energy at 400 yards. Would think it would work on bull elk. Have not used it for whitetail, just the 130's. I would not shoot that bullet beyond 400 yards, as you stated, losing velocity and energy. When you getting over 400 yards that a long poke for me and I would pass on that shot....takes a steady hand and good rest, no wind, when it gets that far.
