remington core lokts ammo.

[serriaman07]

Has anyone had any problems with the 180 core lokts blowing apart on impact I shot a small buck Saturday and hit it a little high from the angel I shot it at and the bullet completely fragmitted into several peaces it blowed a entering hole the size of a baseball but didn't exit I am using a .30-06 do you think its the angel I shot it on or is Remington just making junk ammo. Now

 

[walker]

sounds like you may have hit something before the bullet hit the deer, but i do not like core locks. but they kill alot of deer every year. jmo

 

[paincave_2000]

sounds like you may have hit something before the bullet hit the deer

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[serriaman07]

It ran 45 yards maybe no blood trail at all I had a clean open shot I have hunted with core lokts for along time but its the first deer I have got in there years any advice on what I should shot other then the core lokts

 

[TeamMainStreet]

Switch to Winchester power points and hunt on.

 

[serriaman07]

You think there will be a big difference in and have to sight it in

 

[paincave_2000]

I always shot the Winchester 150 grain silver tip, not the ballistic tip in my 30-06 and never had one take another step.YMMV....If you do change ammo it'd probably be a good idea to re-sight in our rifle just to be sure.

 

[serriaman07]

I was going to change to the hornady SST I ended up buying a box and everyone says the not good for expanding

 

[Jcalder]

Most companies and reloaders alike push ballistic tip bullets too fast causing them to fragment on impact. You get a massive flesh wound but the penetration just isn't there. I'm not gonna say you will lose a deer cause they kill plenty. But they need to be slowed down a bit. The only experience I have with the sst bullet was trying to reload them in a 308 and they wouldn't group. I'd take a good SP bullet over a ballistic tip unless it's a bonded bullet

 

[serriaman07]

What about the winchester powermaxs

 

[Deer Assassin]

Most companies and reloaders alike push ballistic tip bullets too fast causing them to fragment on impact. You get a massive flesh wound but the penetration just isn't there. I'm not gonna say you will lose a deer cause they kill plenty. But they need to be slowed down a bit. The only experience I have with the sst bullet was trying to reload them in a 308 and they wouldn't group. I'd take a good SP bullet over a ballistic tip unless it's a bonded bullet

i agree with everything but the exception in the 120 nosler bt in .284 it has a thicker jacket and all other bt. we had them milled years ago
i have killed more than 2 truck loads with them any where from 2700 fps mzl vel to 3600 fps mzl vel


the bullet probably hit something and hit the deer key holing

nothing wrong with core lokets

 

[Deer Assassin]

or a fluke bad bullet from mass manufacturing process

 

[Jcalder]

I don't have any experience with the corelokts. I think the .30 cal 180 grain NBT have a thicker jacket like the .284. But that's too heavy for me in 308.

 

[rem270]

I was going to change to the hornady SST I ended up buying a box and everyone says the not good for expanding

If you shoot an sst you won't ever go back to a core loct. There's no comparison. Never lost a deer with an sst and the deer that ran ive seen the blood trail from the stand.

 

[serriaman07]

I am going to use what I got i only have about 8 rounds left

 

[deerhunter10]

not a fan of core lokts at all have had all kinds of problems with them. if you don't hand load switch to hornady sst's and be done with it. at least if your gun likes them I can promise you will like them.

 

[serriaman07]

Is it a pain in the butt to hand load I have never dune it

 

[MUP]

or a fluke bad bullet from mass manufacturing process

I use the 150 gr CL's and have never had an issue over my years of using them, until this year. I had one that misfired. Could be the pin, primer, or maybe some lube got into the pin hole, and it was 10 degrees out there that night, so... But anyway, I've used Rem ammo solely since the late 70's with no problem whatsoever, till this one incident.

 

[RUGER]

I have shot nothing but core lokts for YEARS.
I have had one bad experience with them.
Had one shell one time that when I shot it, it seemed like it didn't have enough powder in it or something.

I was shooting at a deer that was 300+ yards away and the bullet hit the ground about half way to the deer????

Other than that I have no issues with them.
I shoot for both front shoulders, they don't go anywhere after the bullet hits them.

 

[serriaman07]

The round i shoot basically exspolted on impact it blower a entering hole the size of a baseball and didn't exit other then the small peaces of the when I split the deer open it looked like it was shoot by a shoot gun on one side barely any blood where he was laying at someone told me it probly had so much impact that it jailed the blood inside it chest

 

[RUGER]

I am gonna go with whoever said the bullet hit something before it hit the deer.

 

[MUP]

A little off topic, but my daughter's boyfriend shot a doe at nearly point blank range with a ML this year, and it was nearly skinned on the side he shot it on. He was using SST's and 150 gr powder. Wonder if the bullet disintegrated on him?

 

[Rubberduck270]

Was the deer out in the open when you shot or were you shooting through woods?

Even pushed at 300 Win Mag speeds, Core Lokts tend to stay together very well. If the bullet were to impact something before hitting the deer and initiate expansion I can see it leaving a huge entrance wound and no exit.

Either way, a dead deer is a dead deer.

 

[Big Gun]

I've been using 165gr core locks out of my 30-06 for years, never had any trouble.

 

[mike243]

I shoot a 300wm & use 150g corelocks.they will seperate into 3-4 parts on a rib cage at 60y.never seen 165g corelocks I dont think

 

[DaveB]

I started handloading because a box of 150 gr corelokts had at least 6 rounds loaded so light they were hitting the ground in front of the next shooter's target.

Factory ammo is generally good. My handloads are always excellent.

 

[serriaman07]

There was a very very small limb that was in the way it didn't move when I shoot maybe that's all it takes I am glad I found it I was kind of up set cause I shot at the rib cage and it messed up on the shoulder roasts and destroyed the other side of ribs which the processers thrower out because the lead but I am thankful I found him and not wounded him I am going to keep shooting them and see what happens

 

[BigD_625]

I shoot a 300wm & use 150g corelocks.they will seperate into 3-4 parts on a rib cage at 60y.never seen 165g corelocks I dont think

They have the 165gr in 30-06. I got some last year, but haven't tried them. I'm not sure about 300 win.

 

[Grim Reaper]

I use them in my 7mm-08 140gr and never had an issue. The only ammo I have come close to having an issue with was Win ballistic tips for a 270wsm I had. Lost two deer and one bobcat due to the bullets not expanding due to how fast the bullets were moving at close distance.

 

[FULLDRAWXX75]

I used CoreLokts for over 20 yrs. before I got into reloading, used them in several different guns. I only had an issue once, bullet did a complete pass thru behind the front shoulder, in and out and showed very little signs of expansion, entry and exit holes weren't much bigger than the origin bullet dia. I recovered the deer, but was not happy with the result of that one bullet.
175gr. 7mm rem mag...............

FDXX75