Anyone used the 180 grain .308" version?

Accuracy?

I've only used the .243 100 grain.....accuracy was totally acceptable for deer hunting.

I'd like to hear about others in the Remington line as well.....seems they don't get the word out very well.

BTW....they kill deer nicely!

As far as factory ammo goes, the Remington Core Lokt Ultra was the second most accurate load in my A Bolt .243. However, I never hunted with it so I can't comment on the on game performance of the bullet.

LWD

I haven't tried any of the bonded stuff but I can testify that plain old Corelokts are excellent hunting bullets.

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Originally posted by McCray:
Anyone used the 180 grain .308" version?

Accuracy?

I have used it, and it is way too soft and does not penetrate anywhere nearly as well as expected. Just fine for Deer, but not for Elk or Wildebeast.

" IF " the Jackets are Plated-On to the Lead Core, then I've used them for many years. If they are Flux Bonded, then I have not.

There has been a 0.224" 50gr and a 55gr PLHP and a 0.243" 80gr PLHP for many years. They made them in my youth, stopped making them, and then began making them again in the late 70s or early 80s time frame. The Lead Core is Formed(which is significantly easier to do outside of a Jacket and keep it Balanced and Concentric), then the Jacket is PLated on(PLHP). Which means the Jacket can't separate since it is Plated-On.

The 50gr-ers are the ones I've used the most and are my normal Carry Bullet in my 223Rem. Excellent Accuracy for the Cost and Kill extremely well. Only problem is the Price has gone up on them in the last couple of years and makes a good many other Bullets join them at the same Price Level.

" IF " the BIGUNs do as well as the LITTLEUNs, they will make a peron very happy with the Kill results.

Thanks everyone...

Terry, what speed were you driving them at?

I'm idly looking for something between my normal Sierra practice/deer load and my "Sunday-go-to-Africa", A-Frame load.

They'll be out of an '06 at 2800-ish fps.

Thanks again.

I was using Remington Factory ammo which the Chrony said were going 2811 fps.

180gr bullet at 2800, I wouldn't worry about the bonded version. 180gr is enough mass to hold together well, velocity is not excessive, and the simplier the construction, the better it will shoot.

Remington's been making the core-lokt for a long time and deliver a nice consistant product. They shoot suprisingly well and should fit your nitch nicely.

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Originally posted by McCray:
Anyone used the 180 grain .308" version?

Accuracy?

I started using the 165/180gr Rem bullets back in the 80's in my deer/elk rifles and never had a problem. I've used the 180 in a 30-338mag,300Wby,300RUM,,300mag velocity ranges from 3000fps up to 3300fps on elk only one of them needed a 2nd shot and he was down but not dead. I haven't tried the Ultra Bonded.

Rem made alot of bullets over the years they made a 6mm 80gr called "Power Lokt" HP and they made 6mm 80gr Match bullet and I still have afew of them in factory labeled boxes.

I've also got some Rem BT 270 they made for a vendor. I'm not sure if they sell them anymore but I've got small amount of 7mm 140gr bullets. In my 17cal I shot alot of the Rem 25gr HP was a great varmit bullet and I still shoot the 22 cal 50gr HP in alot of my varmit rifles.

I've used the 150 grain in my 30-06 and get excellent accuracy, but have not tried the 180 grain bullets.