130vld vs 139 Scenar

muzzle energy and muzzle velocity are 2 different things... if you can run the 140 at 2900 fps you can run the 130s at 3010 which would give you equal windages and a flatter trajectory
 
Aside from running out of elevation on your scope or for trying to keep within the elevation of your reticle, why do you care how much drop it is at 1000?

I'm shooting 140VLD's out of my 260 Remington at 2731fps. It's not a hot load by any means. If I upped the velocity to 2900 it would only be a 1.3mil difference between the two.

Where I do care is because @ 2731 it stays supersonic to 1375M and @ 2900 it stays supersonic to 1475M. 100 more meters of potentially predictable flight.

With 100MOA elevation on the scope and 20 MOA Rail I am good to roughly 1850M.

The 140vld has enough kinetic energy to harvest elk to roughly 625M @ 2731fps and @2900 it has enough kinetic energy at 750M. At 625M there is only a 0.6mil or 2.1MOA difference. Keep in mind a lighter bullet will have a shorter effective range (for a 130VLD it is approximately 550M)

I guess it depends on what you are looking to do.
 
I have 100MOA in the scope 20moa on my base flatter the better thats all less dial turning


in the end the best shooting bullet wins for me but its nice to hope the fastest and flattest works best


Heck with my LTR I need 47/49MOA to get to 1000meters
 
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