At what temperature did you develop this load. My hunting loads I like to be in the 50-60 degree range. The difference between you Varget and TAC load is a 100 yds in energy.
I run those 130s in my daughter’s 308 at 2900 fps and work well so your Varget one would be just fine.
The bullet entered between ribs destroyed the vitals and the exit hole was caliber size between ribs again. The darn buck made a good 30 yds into the nastiest brush and grass without leaving a blood trail at last light , not fun.
Hitting a rib on exit would have made a big difference here.
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I’ve never had a Barnes fail me yet. I have quite a selection of them on had now.
My son last year had an interesting experience with the Hammer’s 90gr AH in his 257 Wby.
My 308 Win has a 1:12 twist and shoots 208 A-max and Berger 210 VLD just fine.
With the added velocity of the 300 WM I believe you will be just fine with the 200gr.