Tried to post this a few hours ago, hope this isn't a second post.

Been using 130 grain corelokt bullets in my .270 for about 15 years with excellent results on deer and antelope. I'm putting together a 300 win mag and am wondering about hand loads with 165 (3100-3200 fps hopefully) and 180 gr. (3000ish hopefully) corelokts.

Any comments, positive or negative, about these bullets in the 300 or '06 on game? Thanks.

Al, Have heard mixed results on these bullets, from zippin' right through without expanding, to blowing up when hitting a bone. I'd save them bullets for the remington factory, and buy a decent bullet like 180 Hornady, Nosler BT or 190MK, I've loaded all these bullets in 300Mags, and got rave reviews from my patrons. The 190MK has yet to be tried on game, maybe this year Mike will get one(deer)with it. Jay

Nothing wrong with the 180 corelokts in the 300 winnie.....I'd prefer the Nosler Partition or a bonded bullet but the old remmy bullets are still good to go.

Jay--you've heard of core locts zipping on thru, that has got to be a first!

Where on earth did you hear this, and was it from people who found their quary?

Thx

MD

Bet more deer have been killed with CoreLokts than any other bullet! I've never had one fail even from my 270 at 3,100 FPS MV.

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Originally posted by RaySendero:
Bet more deer have been killed with CoreLokts than any other bullet! I've never had one fail even from my 270 at 3,100 FPS MV.

I've had them separate in my 7 X 57 at 2,400'/sec

still killed the deer however.

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Originally posted by Mark Dobrenski:
Jay--you've heard of core locts zipping on thru, that has got to be a first!

Where on earth did you hear this, and was it from people who found their quary?

Thx

MD

Mark, Guy at work, whom I reloaded some 165 Hornadys for his BAR 06, told me he shot a deer either last year or year before, and when he recovered the deer he noticed a small hole on the off side. Thats all I know about it. Jay

Thanks Jay but as that doesn't tell the fella much about the core loct now does it?

I've seen plenty of offside holes that were not that big, did the fella comment at all about the internal damage?

MD

I know you asked about 300win mag,but here is a Red stag i shot with 150gr core-lokt 7MM MAG at 200 yards this is a pretty hot load Stag went about 20 yards and dropped the bullet did not reach the second shoulder heart and lungs were a real mess.I do use Partitions now on the bigger deer,save core-lokt for goat culling and Fallow deer.

I've taken all my elk and deer the last 20 plus years with either rem 165gr or 180 gr bullets. Last year my nephew took a 5x5 bull and 4x4 buck here in Colorado and bear,deer in Calif and antelope this year in New Mexico all with 180gr rem bullets in a 300mag. For me the rem bullets work and I had a 30cal 180gr doing over 3400fps in a 30-378wby never had a problem. I plan on using rem bullets again this year. I know guys who only use partition bullets and have good luck with them and won't use anything else kind of like me and my rem bullets. Well good luck.

Core-Lokt, Sierra, Nosler Ballistic Tips, etc. will all kill game. A premium bullet like a Nosler Partition, TBBC, A Frame, North Fork etc.
is just a little better insurance, for very little more in cost.
It is the BULLET that does all the work.
Whether I have just driven to the deer lease, or, flown on 4 different airplanes and taken a 2 hour boat ride, or a 10 hour horse back ride,
I NEVER skimp on the bullet I use.

I have never had a problem with bullet performance using core lokt bullets. I had a 150 grain Core lokt bullet from a 300 Winchester magnum factory load go far beyond the call of duty on a short range shoulder shot on a feral hog of 175 pounds. I found it barely under the hide on the other side after going thru the shoulder joint/ball weighing 81 grains and it looked like a slightly overexpanded bullet with the core still in what was left of the jacket. Range was 30 yards.

I've shot a lot of deer with Core-lokt bullets and they fall in their tracks if shot right. They use the so called "premium bullets" on the hunting shows and then have to track the deer to find it. I guess I just don't get it, cause my Remys put them down real quick.

mt AL,

I'd steer away from the 165s in the 300 WM. The 180s will probably work but, the 165s are like a Varmint Bullet.

The CLs are one of the most explosive game bullets I've used.

I used the 150 CLs in 30-06 for years at a MV of around 2950 and they were very explosive up close. Many of the deer I shot at close range w/ those loads, the bullet didn't exit. They just blew to shreds.

I also tried the 150s in a 7RM for a few years and the results were even worse than w/ the 30-06. Huge entrance wounds w/ only small pieces of shrapnel making it to the other side of the animals.

I've found the NBTs and Hdy ILs to be a good bit tougher than the CLs.

I will say that the 150 RN CLs do great from a 30-30 win. When pushed at 2300 fps MV they are deadly on close range whitetails. If those don't exit, they are usually against the opp. hide in a nice little mushroom. In that slow round you need a soft bullet IMO.

If your looking for a low cost bullet the Hdy Ils are hard to beat.

Good Luck!

Reloader

I have had some real problems using the 150 grain core-lokt in the 300 Win on elk. Both elk were hit in the ribs and neither penetrated through both lungs. The elk also ran a considerable distance and had to be shot again. The 165's would be marginal in my mind the 180's should be acceptable at 3000 fps or less. I would prefer a tougher bullet.

Found this link on another thread:

http://www.seahook.com/bestbullet.jpg

Check out the 30 caliber Remington CoreLokts! They seem to have held together and expanded well over a wider range of velocities than most - Even better than a lot of the premium bullets!

I'm going to try out the Rem corloks in 150gr and 180gr in my 300 RUM. I hope they hold together otherwise I have to shoot Nosler partitions.

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I'm going to try out the Rem corloks in 150gr and 180gr in my 300 RUM. I hope they hold together otherwise I have to shoot Nosler partitions.

If you are looking for a varmint bullet, you'll probably like the 150 CLs. The 150 will absolutely disentegrate on impact. When shooting whitetails w/ them, I usually got big entrance wounds and no exits if any bone was hit but, If you waited for that perfect broadside shot and shot em' in the lungs, they exited most of the time. That was at velocities far less than a 300 RUM so I can imagine they'd be even more explosive in that round. The 180s are "supposed" to be better. I threw away too many shoulders and pieces of bloodshot backstrap to get any further than the 150s in my 7RM and 30-06s. I've had much better luck w/ Hdys and NBTs, they are both expansive as well but they seem to exit 99% of the time.

Good Luck!

Reloader

RaySendero,

You must be refering to the Round noses in that chart because the Ptd SPs didn't do very well especially at higher(Magnum) impact speeds. Those round noses do hold together well, I've shot them from a 30-30 for years. I tried them in 30-06 but, they drop like a rock. Good brush hunting bullets.

Reloader

Your are right - They preformed very well. But the pointed spitzer did not. However I've not lost a deer with either - They both kill. I was just amazed that the RNs performed so well considering all the others tested!

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Originally posted by RaySendero:
Your are right - They preformed very well. But the pointed spitzer did not. However I've not lost a deer with either - They both kill. I was just amazed that the RNs performed so well considering all the others tested!

If one does not need the range of a spitzer...I'll take a round nose any day of the week, including over a premium bullet.. Round noses just plain work.... corelokts also are some of plain vanilla, but I have never had one fail me either.... I have had one or two tough deer hit with them over the years, but they always still did their job....

cheers
seafire

I have found a bunch of Remington PSPCL bullets mostly 150 and 180 grain 30 caliber bullets reasonably intact under the hide on the far side they were hit elk. Very dead elk.

Top Preditors picture is as good a reason NOT to use a corelokt in a 300 as I can think off, too much blood shot meat....

Over the years the reason we got premium ands super premiums bullets was because the super 30s were blowing bullets up from time to time..I found this to be true on ocassion so I went to Nolsers and stayed there...

The Corlokts have always been my favorite bullet but only at up to about 2800 FPS..They are great 30-06, .308, 270, 280 bullets, and I still use them .....but for the hot magnums I will always use super premiums, it only makes since to do so...I can see no excuse what so ever to do otherwise....

If you don't want to step up to a premium Nosler partition or barnes bullet you could go with the Accubond or Interbond. They are somewhere in the middle. I'd still reccomend a 165.