Before the internet, the Core-Lokt bullets worked damn good. Guess we didn't know any better till guys with a keyboard saved us. Wait, they probly still do work well. mtmuley
This member make a valid point about keyboard hunters. The point is, few of us ever use a bullet enough to get any real experience, thus we have to rely upon other experiences, IF correct data was obtained. You do have to take some with a grain of salt. A friend swears by the pointed Core-lokt's and will tell anybody that listens that he has 28 years of elk hunting under his belt while using them. To date he has only shot one small cow elk. The other deciding factor is, did the hunter study the bullet after impacting and recover the bullet? I have escorted 42 hunters over the years and only one asked how the bullet did or even looked into the animal. I know of no one but myself that carries a tape measure around to measure distance of bullet travel and paper and pen to take field notes. I have over 100 bullets that have taken from big game animals and they are enlightening. And I am still learning. The question is often asked, how could the bullet fail if the animal is dead. A good question. My personal beliefs are that a cup and core bullet should retain 1/2 it weight without hitting bone and 1/3rd if hitting bone and the core still firmly attached to the jacket, but those are just my criteria's. A few example of the questioned bullets may illustrate the point. I have already mentioned my 4" of penetration and disintegration on a buck , a second 130 grain 270 hit a rib on a mule deer at 225 yard. The bullet blew up and broke the rib but didn't enter the lung cavity. The bizarre thing is a small piece of the jacket base did creep in near the breastbone and make a tiny cut across the heart which is what finally killed it. A fellow guide took a lady out elk hunting using a 6mm Rem and 100 grain Rem Core-Lock bullets. A 300 yard shot and a long follow up recovered a very nice large 5 point. The bullet had struck the heart and was stuck in the opposite rib, completely intact. No expansion at all. You could have reused the bullet. I have seen them blow up, not expand at all, and give perfect performance. One of my personal favorites is a 220 grain 30 caliber round nose Core-Lokt I took out of a mule deer years ago. Absolute text book performance. As mentioned before on these forum pages the round nose is a heavy jacketed bullet while the pointed is a thin jacketed bullet. Someone mentioned Remington 150 grain as a good choice. These are the round nose variety. According to people who have used this load it is the gold standard for cup and core 270 ammo. I hope some member will post photos of some of their recovered bullets. Just a few observations to keep the post stirred.
