How will the Remington 185 Remington's work on elk or moose? I am starting to work on a Mauser in 8x57 I have with the purpose of it being my youngest son's elk rifle.
For that matter, how are the Hornady 195's on heavier game?
My shade tree analysis of the Remington 185 Corelokt is that it will be virtually identical or slightly "harder" than the 180 grain .308 Corelokt. I melted the lead out of both and determined that the jacket of the 180 grain .308 was approximately 30% of the total weight of the bullet. The jacket was approximately 35% of the total weight of the 185 grain .323 bullet.
In other words, you cannot push the 185 grain Corelokt fast enough, out of an 8X57mm Mauser, to have it fail on a cud chewing animal.
I cannot vouch for the 195 Hornady, but they tend to be the toughest of the cup-n-core bullets. I suspect they would be at least as capable as the 185 Corelokt.
