Ammunition

[Red Devil]

Anyone here ever shot Hornady SST interlokts? I bought some yesterday at Academy. I shot Winchester XP3 270 130gr last year and they workedfine. Academy didn't have any and I asked if they still made them and he said he didn't know.

[LaAngler]

i have had some bullet failure (jacket to core separation) with the winchester's. never shot interlokts but I am a firm believer in remington core-lokts, the damage i've seen done by core lokts is just devastating.

[Red Devil]

I tried the core lokts and just wasn't happy with the grouping.

[LaAngler]

how far are you shooting? I am getting less than 1 moa with my core lokts out of the 700

[Red Devil]

We were sighting in at 50 yds. I'm just not keen on the soft tips. Something in my mind tells me those little dings on the tips affect the flight of the bullet. Just my opinion thought.

[flounder_smacker]

core lokts are the best bang for your buck. thats all i shot out of my 308 and i can get them touching at 50 yards. for hunting you really cant go wrong, every animal i have shot with them either drop or run maybe 20 yards.

[LaAngler]

Originally Posted by flounder_smacker

core lokts are the best bang for your buck. thats all i shot out of my 308 and i can get them touching at 50 yards. for hunting you really cant go wrong, every animal i have shot with them either drop or run maybe 20 yards.

same here, the only time i've lost a deer with core lokts that i knew was a hit was a long long shot with a compact rifle shooting off hand.

i did shoot a buck with a federal premium bonded bullet and it acted like a full metal jacket, i will never do that again.

[Red Devil]

Well, I'll give the Hornady's a try this year and see what happens. Dangit I'm fired up.

[flounder_smacker]

only other bullet i would ever switch to is the vital shocks. guy in the lease hunted with them last year and dropped every deer/hog he shot. but for 50 bucks a box ill stick with my 17 dollar core lokts

[Gerald]

We were sighting in at 50 yds. I'm just not keen on the soft tips. Something in my mind tells me those little dings on the tips affect the flight of the bullet. Just my opinion thought.

I use the Cor-locks with good results, but I mostly hunt in the woods where my shots are always less than 100 yds…..usually around 50 yards.

RD…..I too have wondered about the long range effect of the somewhat less than smooth tips on the Cor-lock bullets.

Has anyone ever tried smoothing out [sharpen?] the tips of a Cor-lock bullet? What effect did this have on the bullet accuracy? Did the bullet perform the same when shooting a Deer?

[eman]

Originally Posted by Gerald

I use the Cor-locks with good results, but I mostly hunt in the woods where my shots are always less than 100 yds…..usually around 50 yards.

RD…..I too have wondered about the long range effect of the somewhat less than smooth tips on the Cor-lock bullets.

Has anyone ever tried smoothing out [sharpen?] the tips of a Cor-lock bullet? What effect did this have on the bullet accuracy? Did the bullet perform the same when shooting a Deer?

unless you were to use a micrometer to measure the surface of the bullet each and every time you touched it w/ a file or sand paper you risk
getting a bullet that is out of balance and this could cause you to have ammo that you can not even put on paper much less count on when hunting.
same thing can happen if you start fooling around w/ the hollow in a hollow point bullet.

[Jordan]

i use core-lockts... their awesome !!!

[Hackberry Hustler]

I have been using Federal Premium Nosler ballistic tips 130 grain 270 for the past few years and have not had to track any game...These things really do a number on em and group really good out of my gun...