Was wondering what you plan to hunt with it. I do use Barnes bullets in my 300 win mag 175GR LRX I have takin a few elk and some nice mule deer with it. I tried the Barnes 200gr LRX and it went right through it and it also hit a rib and never opened up. The only good thing after tracking for 2 hours found the elk piled up down on edge of field not far from truck. I also was think about using the 130gr for white tail. But maybe in my 308.