Reloading question 130 grain vs. 150 grain

I would go with the 150 for knockdown. Your not losing that much velocity with the 150 . Are the 150 grains noslers also?

I shot only 130 out mine for a few years til I realized it's almost impossible to find an area on out lease where you would have a shot further that 200-300 yards. Most are 150 yds max. So I switched to 150

I got into reloading for a while a decade ago and gave it up as I cant shoot as much and theres really no savings with reloading any more. With my experimenting I eventually steered toward a heavier bullet and away from ballistic tips. The ballistic tips performed well on paper, not so much on actual game.

That being said, my primary guns are a 257 WBY and 300 WBY so I'm pushing plenty of velocity and pretty darn flat anyway. I'm a fan of the Barnes X bullets and have taken whitetail, mulie, black bear, hog, and moose with them. The devastation from the X bullet has to be seen to appreciate. The only common complaint about the X is the amount of copper fouling left in the barrel.

Blood trailing from the 300 WBY has been measured in inches not yards and I'm not taking head shots. Several shots have been in excess of 200 yards.

The Ruger #1 is one of the strongest actions available. You can readily surpass SAAMI specs and build real screamers for that gun.

Chip, I handloaded the 270 exclusively for five years, I was shooting a factory 700 adl with a little trigger work. I found that in THAT gun the 150 ballistic tips were FAR better at killing and in accuracy than the 130! I actually all kept my targets and a quite a few pics of the physical damage done by the 150s! I never lost a deer with the 150, I lost three in that time frame shot through the ribs with 130. I also shot Sierra pro hunter, game king, nosler partition, lost river and a few others. The 150 bt was the most accurate for me! Now with that being said, the 130 partition will flat kill there arse!! It's not as accurate, but accurate enough, it MOST of the time it'll leave there arse right there. It'll have a small entry and exit but everything inside will be jello

And even after all that you still HAVE test things and see what works for YOU and what you like! That's the joy of handloading