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T. O'Heir · September 29, 2020, 02:06 PM

Easily. A Hot-Cor is a deer hunting bullet. Makes no difference how pretty the point is either. Only the base of a bullet matters. The cartridge used matters a whole lot.
Using a .270 Win, with a MV of roughly 3060 FPS, at 300 it'll be going about 2259 FPS, but more importantly, it'll have about 1472 ft-lbs of energy. Sighted in at 200, it'll be 7" low at 300.
A .270 Weatherby with 3200 FPS MV, will have 2520 FPS at 300 with 1835 ft-lbs. Sighted in at 200, a 130 will drop 5.9" at 300.

September 29, 2020, 02:06 PM	#2
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	Easily. A Hot-Cor is a deer hunting bullet. Makes no difference how pretty the point is either. Only the base of a bullet matters. The cartridge used matters a whole lot. Using a .270 Win, with a MV of roughly 3060 FPS, at 300 it'll be going about 2259 FPS, but more importantly, it'll have about 1472 ft-lbs of energy. Sighted in at 200, it'll be 7" low at 300. A .270 Weatherby with 3200 FPS MV, will have 2520 FPS at 300 with 1835 ft-lbs. Sighted in at 200, a 130 will drop 5.9" at 300.