I'm piggybacking off the cup and core, bonded, mono-metal thread.

Question:
What is the best cup and core bullet and why?

Choices:
Sierra Gameking or Prohunter
Speer Hot Core
Hornady Interlock
Hornady SST
Nosler Ballistic Tip
Remington Cor-lokt
Winchester Power Point
Berger VLD
Lapua Mega
Norma Vulcan or Alaskan

 

Tough to beat the CoreLokt, it's been around for a very long time, the quality and results are consistent and ammo is everywhere.

I voted Sierra but in truth it depends on what each rifle likes. I have a couple that shoot NBT's best. I don't choose bullets, my rifles do!
GOOD LUCK and GOOD SHOOTING!!!

I voted NBT.

1. Extremely accurate
2. Easy to get to shoot.
3. Thickly tapered base to help hold together to drive bullet a bit deeper.
4. 1800 fps minimum expansion to 3200 fps max which more than covers everything I shoot.
5. Pro-shop prices with free shipping if $200 or more are purchased.
6. Better BC.

Alan

Over the years, I have had really good luck with the plain old Hornady Interlocks.

Best for what?

465H&H

Here's a great chart called "The Best Hunting Bullet"

You'll have to save it to your computer then use the magnifying glass to enlarge it so you can actually read it. I think you can still find this on the web and it may be easier to do so.

It shows the conditions of every popular bullet at different impact velocities and has a good write-up explanation

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Originally posted by 465H&H:
Best for what?

465H&H

+1

It's a meaningless question without the setting the parameters.

For example, the 70 grain 6mm Nosler Ballistic Tip is the BEST bullet in my 6mm Remington HB varminter for prairie dogs at 300 yards and more if there is a significant crosswind , otherwise, in the absence of a crosswind , the 55 grain Blitzking is the VERY BEST BULLET IN THE WORLD, except that my .243 doesn't like it, so when shooting that gun, the Hornady 65 grain V-Max is the VERY BEST.

Or did you mean for elk , deer , or baboons ?

I have the same chart that RC has. It is very interesting how well the common garden variety bullets stack up against the specialty bullets. It proves, if nothing else, that price is not always a good determinator.

Most all of them work, some a bit better than others. Over the years, I have had good success with Hornady, Ren=mington, and Speer. Can't really fault any of the ones listed.

I saw that chart years ago but can't recall where! Sadly I've tried to view the image larger but it doesn't work.

Do you have any website reference to it please?

I voted for the Winchester power point because back before I knew about bonded and monometal bullets I used them. I did not know they were not that good, it appears the deer shot with them did not know they were not good also as they all died most with one shot more or less.

Now I use Swift, TBBC and NorthFork and the deer still die mostly with one shot.

BigB

I voted core lokt. I use the 180 gr. round nose in my 308. Knocks 'em dead. I like speer hot cor too, but they stopped making them.

I voted NBT because I use them most. They shoot extremely well in almost every gun I have ever tried them in. That said whatever shoots best in your rifle is what I would use.

Maybe I should have said "favorite" cup and core. I can't read that chart either. It looks like great information. Maybe someone can find a link to it on the web.

I voted Hornady Interlock, as I have had very positive results on game with them. Kills well, with moderate meat destruction, and very decent accuracy is the usual norm.

I've used the 165 grain Hornady interlock in my 308 for over 30 years and haven't had a failure of any kind on any animal from Antelope to Elk.

I voted Sierra as the accuracy is best in several of my rifles. I do like the Hornady interlock and Nosler old style solid base bullets almost as much.

Of the cup and cores, it's interlock all the way.

They make a real effort to keep the jacket attached to the core.

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Originally posted by ron williams:
I voted Hornady Interlock, as I have had very positive results on game with them. Kills well, with moderate meat destruction, and very decent accuracy is the usual norm.

That's my experience with them as well.

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Of the cup and cores, it's interlock all the way.

They make a real effort to keep the jacket attached to the core.

I second that too. Even though I use GS Custom HV's exclusively, Interlocks were my bullet of choice when I was using conventional bullets, and I'd happily go back to them if I had to.

The worst performing bullet I've used on big game have been any sort of ballistic tip projectile. That also holds for my experience with Nosler Accubonds, which I decided to try. One Deer I took a shot at with a 140gr Accubond in my .280 Remington at 3050fps blew to smithereens on the skin of a Red Deer. I don't know who was more in shock, the deer or me. My mate who I was hunting with at the time ended up shooting that animal with my old rifle (a 30-06 using my load with the 165gr Interlock). The result was a one shot, clean kill with the animal travelling only 5-10 metres before dropping.

Needless to say that was my first and only time using Accubonds, totally gone off them.

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Originally posted by cobra:
Tough to beat the CoreLokt, it's been around for a very long time, the quality and results are consistent and ammo is everywhere.

+1 to that. I find them very accurate in many rifles and good on game without core separation or big surface wounds and jelly meat like the Ballistic tips and Sierra game kings.

Hornady Interlock for me. I've been using them on deer for close to 20 years. Accuracy might be a little better for SSTs and NBTs but Interlock performance on game is far superior.