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My old man killed truck loads of Bucks, Bulls and Bears with the 180 grain Corlokt out of his old 300 Savage. Now a days I load 180 Hornady RNSP for him, and he still is pretty amazing.
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I started out with that bullet in my Rem 760 .30-06. It served me well but the 150 Core-Lokt gave me more dramatic kills. I still use the 180 CLRN for certain applications.
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I couldn't tell you how many deer growing up I shot with 150/170grain Core-lokts in 30-30 but I've shot all of one deer with Remington factory 30-06 180 grain roundhouse Core-lokt. It was a doe whitetail, that dressed out at 135lbs. Nice doe, absolutely hammered her at about 30' in heavy popple. Total pass through, in a very less than optimal spot. She went all of 12' and it looked like a couple gallons of red paint were tossed on the trees and ground. I was very impressed. Now I use Winchester Super X (Powerpoints) exclusively in my rifles because that's what my Great Grandpa used his whole life in his only two rifles, a 22lr and a 30wcf. I'm 35 and the older I get, the more nostalgic I get (red & black plaid wool, iron sights and I even found NIB felt boots and rubber over shoes). But, if I was to switch to a different ammo it would be Remington Core-lokt in flat and roundhouse variety. Thanks, Justin
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The 180 CLRN was my go-to load out of my .300 until it was no longer available. Bad medicine on whitetails. 'Never had a deer run more than a few yards. Most were DRT. Very important where we hunt in Pa. as if a deer gets moves away after being shot on the first day, there's a good chance someone else will be hanging a tag on it.
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They work well in my 308. They're all I use in it anymore.
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I shot nine or ten of the first dozen or so deer I killed using this bullet, mostly because that was what the local hardware store stocked in .30-06 in those days. All were one-shot kills. I was shooting Texas whitetails that are about half the size of your New York whitetails. It wouldn't be my first choice today, but I wouldn't hesitate to use it again if that was what I had with me. I see no valid reason to not use it as your whitetail/bear load. I think that you will like it.
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Anyone chronographed the .30-06 factory stuff?
Midway has it on sale but not in stock.
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A couple of years ago, I chronographed a variety of factory loads for several friends. Although the .30-06 180 CoreLokt was not among them, all of the Remington loads in my samples were pretty much as advertised. I would be surprised if that one would be any different.
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The rem. load cronied 2600fps from the 18.5" barrel of my m7600 carbine. thats better than ive been able to do with my handloads.
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THANKS Autofive. With the 180 Federal Power-Shok I'm getting 2509fps 5sht avg from my 17"bbl .30-06. So I'd probably get about the same with the RNCL ammo.
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