I like the 257 but for point and shoot to 350 or 400 yards, even a 308 will do that. It is all about how the cartridge is sighted in. My 308 spits out a 130 grain TTSX at 3150 Fps, sighted 4.2 high at 100 you are good to nearly 400 yards.
Barnes 130 TSX BC 340 3150 FPS Zero at 325 yards | | | | | | | | | |
Range | Path | ComeUp | Velocity | Energy | Momentum | ToF | Windage | Windage | Optimal |
yds | in | clicks | fps | ft/lbs | lb ft/s | sec | in | clicks | Game Wgt |
Muzzle | -1.5 | Infinity | 3150 | 2864 | 58.5 | 0 | 0 | NaN | 792 |
25 | 0.3 | -4 | 3077 | 2733 | 57.15 | 0.024 | 0 | 0 | 739 |
50 | 1.8 | -14 | 3006 | 2608 | 55.82 | 0.049 | 0 | 0 | 688 |
75 | 3.1 | -16 | 2935 | 2487 | 54.51 | 0.074 | 0 | 0 | 641 |
100 | 4.2 | -16 | 2866 | 2371 | 53.23 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 597 |
125 | 5 | -15 | 2798 | 2259 | 51.96 | 0.126 | 0.1 | 0 | 555 |
150 | 5.5 | -14 | 2731 | 2152 | 50.71 | 0.154 | 0.2 | 0 | 516 |
175 | 5.7 | -12 | 2665 | 2049 | 49.48 | 0.181 | 0.3 | 1 | 480 |
200 | 5.6 | -11 | 2599 | 1950 | 48.28 | 0.21 | 0.3 | 1 | 445 |
225 | 5.2 | -9 | 2535 | 1856 | 47.09 | 0.239 | 0.4 | 1 | 413 |
250 | 4.4 | -7 | 2472 | 1764 | 45.92 | 0.269 | 0.5 | 1 | 383 |
275 | 3.3 | -5 | 2410 | 1677 | 44.76 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1 | 355 |
300 | 1.9 | -2 | 2349 | 1593 | 43.63 | 0.331 | 0.8 | 1 | 329 |
325 | 0 | 0 | 2289 | 1513 | 42.51 | 0.364 | 1 | 1 | 304 |
350 | -2.3 | 3 | 2230 | 1435 | 41.41 | 0.397 | 1.1 | 1 | 281 |
375 | -5 | 5 | 2171 | 1361 | 40.33 | 0.431 | 1.3 | 1 | 260 |
400 | -8.2 | 8 | 2114 | 1290 | 39.25 | 0.466 | 1.5 | 1 | 239 |
425 | -11.9 | 11 | 2057 | 1221 | 38.2 | 0.502 | 1.7 | 2 | 221 |
450 | -16.1 | 14 | 2001 | 1155 | 37.15 | 0.539 | 1.9 | 2 | 203 |
475 | -20.8 | 17 | 1946 | 1093 | 36.13 | 0.577 | 2.2 | 2 | 187 |
500 | -26.1 | 20 | 1891 | 1033 | 35.13 | 0.616 | 2.5 | 2 | 172 |